History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Deep eutectic solvents for boosting electrochemical energy storage and conversion: a review and perspective

J Wu, Q Liang, X Yu, QF Lü, L Ma, X Qin… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The pursuit of sustainable energy utilization arouses increasing interest in efficiently
producing durable battery materials and catalysts with minimum environmental impact. As …

Status and advances of deep eutectic solvents for metal separation and recovery

Z Yuan, H Liu, WF Yong, Q She, J Esteban - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing discharge of metal-associated waste not only causes growing concerns on
the environment and human health but also accelerates the depletion of natural metal …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities

AG Atanasov, SB Zotchev, VM Dirsch… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural products and their structural analogues have historically made a major contribution
to pharmacotherapy, especially for cancer and infectious diseases. Nevertheless, natural …

Revisiting the physicochemical properties and applications of deep eutectic solvents

SP Ijardar, V Singh, RL Gardas - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, deep eutectic solvent (DES) or ionic liquid (IL) analogues have been considered
as the newest green solvent, demonstrating the potential to replace harsh volatile organic …

The therapeutic potential of apigenin

B Salehi, A Venditti, M Sharifi-Rad, D Kręgiel… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several plant bioactive compounds have exhibited functional activities that suggest they
could play a remarkable role in preventing a wide range of chronic diseases. The largest …

Carrageenan: drug delivery systems and other biomedical applications

EM Pacheco-Quito, R Ruiz-Caro, MD Veiga - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

Deep eutectic solvent as green solvent in extraction of biological macromolecules: A review

JKU Ling, K Hadinoto - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Greater awareness of environmental sustainability has driven many industries to transition
from using synthetic organic solvents to greener solvents in their manufacturing. Deep …

Bioactive phenolic compounds from agri-food wastes: An update on green and sustainable extraction methodologies

L Panzella, F Moccia, R Nasti, S Marzorati… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Phenolic compounds are broadly represented in plant kingdom, and their occurrence in
easily accessible low-cost sources like wastes from agri-food processing have led in the last …

Deep eutectic solvents in the transformation of biomass into biofuels and fine chemicals: a review

KTT Amesho, YC Lin, SV Mohan, S Halder… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The global energy demand has been projected to rise over 28% by 2040, calling for more
renewable resources such as lignocellulosic biomass to produce biofuels, and for green and …