The tomato processing industry can be considered one of the most widespread food
manufacturing industries all over the world, annually generating considerable quantities of …

Cutin is the main component of plant cuticles constituting the framework that supports the
rest of the cuticle components. This biopolymer is composed of esterified bi-and trifunctional …

Highly stretchable biobased and biodegradable agricultural mulch films based on polylactic
acid (PLA) and 10, 20, or 30 wt% various nonedible vegetable wastes such as spinach …

Edible superhydrophobic surface for food related application has been fulfilled on various
substrates; however, the independent edible superhydrophobic material has yet to be …

The use of agro-industrial wastes to obtain compounds with a high added-value is
increasing in the last few years in accordance with the circular economy concept. In this …

Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most important biopolymers employed on the market due
to its good mechanical strength and barrier properties. On the other hand, this material …

Bioplastics were prepared from the fatty fraction (ie, unsaturated and polyhydroxylated fatty
acids) of tomato pomace agro-wastes. Aliphatic polyesters were synthesized at different …

With the increasing world population, the food need of humanity is increasing proportionally.
Agricultural wastes constitute an important potential for the global economy as they contain …

This study primarily aimed to enhance the extraction of cutin from industrial tomato peel
residues. Initially, the conventional extraction process was optimized using response surface …

Cutin, one of the main structural components of tomato peels, is a waxy biopolymer rich in
hydroxylated fatty acids. In this study, 10, 16-dihydroxyhexadecanoic acid (10, 16-diHHDA) …