Towards achieving circularity and sustainability in feeds for farmed blue foods

SM Colombo, K Roy, J Mraz, AHL Wan… - Reviews in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to describe the role of 'blue‐food production'(animals, plants and
algae harvested from freshwater and marine environments) within a circular bioeconomy …

Trends in seaweed extract based biostimulants: Manufacturing process and beneficial effect on soil-plant systems

MEM El Boukhari, M Barakate, Y Bouhia, K Lyamlouli - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The time when plant biostimulants were considered as “snake oil” is erstwhile and the
skepticism regarding their agricultural benefits has significantly faded, as solid scientific …

Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives

ET Kostas, JMM Adams, HA Ruiz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of
renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate …

A critical review on biomass pyrolysis: Reaction mechanisms, process modeling and potential challenges

AK Vuppaladadiyam, SSV Vuppaladadiyam… - Journal of the Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is a versatile technology for exploiting diversified feedstocks to produce a wide
range of products, including biochar, bio-oil, and syngas with high potential in diverse …

Antiviral activity of carrageenans and processing implications

M Álvarez-Viñas, S Souto, N Flórez-Fernández… - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carrageenan and carrageenan oligosaccharides are red seaweed sulfated carbohydrates
with well-known antiviral properties, mainly through the blocking of the viral attachment …

The essentials of marine biotechnology

A Rotter, M Barbier, F Bertoni, AM Bones… - Frontiers In marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Advances in extraction methods to recover added-value compounds from seaweeds: sustainability and functionality

GS Matos, SG Pereira, ZA Genisheva, AM Gomes… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are a renewable natural source of valuable macro and micronutrients that have
attracted the attention of the scientists in the last years. Their medicinal properties were …

[HTML][HTML] The global problem of nuisance macroalgal blooms and pathways to its use in the circular economy

CFH Joniver, A Photiades, PJ Moore, AL Winters… - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Macroalgal blooms are increasing globally as a result of anthropogenic stressors and are
leading to negative environmental and socio-economic impacts. There is, however, an …

Anaerobic digestion for producing renewable energy—the evolution of this technology in a new uncertain scenario

CA Sevillano, AA Pesantes, E Peña Carpio… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion is a well-known technology with wide application in the treatment of
high-strength organic wastes. The economic feasibility of this type of installation is usually …

Kappaphycus alvarezii macroalgae: An unexplored and valuable biomass for green biorefinery conversion

AR Rudke, CJ de Andrade, SRS Ferreira - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Kappaphycus alvarezii is the 5th world's most cultivated macroalgae, since it is
an essential source of carrageenan, widely used in food industry. However, K. alvarezii is an …