Recent rapid growth of the world's population has increased food demands. This
phenomenon poses a great challenge for food manufacturers in maximizing the existing …

Abstract Background For centuries, Passiflora species have been used in folk medicine,
especially as sedatives and anxiolytics, and in recent decades have been exploited by the …

Banana, orange and potato peels (BP, OP and PP, respectively) were immobilised to
produce biosorbent beads that were employed for the biosorption of heavy metals from a …

A variety of organic wastes can be used in innovative methods to treat water pollution
through the adsorption process. In this work, we evaluated the effect of particle size (500 …

Edible films made up of yellow passion fruit (YPF) rind and pectin as a matrix-forming agent
are proposed as a means of valorizing passion fruit processing wastes. YPF films were …

This study prepared a biosorbent from the agricultural waste of atemoya peels, which was
then used to remove the methylene blue dye. The atemoya peels were used in natura, and …

O presente trabalho avaliou a capacidade de adsorção do corante azul de metileno nos
resíduos da palha de milho e da bainha do palmito pupunha in natura. A caracterização dos …

In Brazil, the leather industry is an important economic segment moving around U $3 billions
of dollars a year. However, high amounts of water are requested to transform skin animals …

Living biomass biofilters constitute an excellent alternative for heavy metal bioremediation.
In situ biomass and exopolysaccharides production involve a crucial advantage over other …

This work presents a review on the composition and extraction techniques for recovering
phytochemicals from passion fruit by-products. The review approaches on the characteristics …