Advances in the food packaging production from agri-food waste and by-products: market trends for a sustainable development

NL Cristofoli, AR Lima, RDN Tchonkouang… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agricultural waste has been a prominent environmental concern due to its significant
negative impact on the environment when it is incinerated, disposed of in landfills, or …

Biorefinery of biomass of agro-industrial banana waste to obtain high-value biopolymers

C Redondo-Gómez, M Rodríguez Quesada… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
On a worldwide scale, food demand is increasing as a consequence of global population
growth. This makes companies push their food supply chains' limits with a consequent …

Pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic wastes into value-added products: recent advances and possibilities

D Batista Meneses, G Montes de Oca-Vásquez… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
A number of industries currently produce many tons of agroindustrial wastes with significant
consequences on the environment and human and animal health. In recent years …

Beyond the peel: biorefinery approach of other banana residues as a springboard to achieve the United Nations' sustainable development goals

GE Motta, M Angonese, GA Valencia… - … Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2022 - Elsevier
In global exports, the commodity banana generates billions of dollars annually, a market
which is accompanied by the discard of extraordinary amounts of valuable agricultural …

The Influence of Low Shear Microbore Extrusion on the Properties of High Molecular Weight Poly(l-Lactic Acid) for Medical Tubing Applications

B Dillon, P Doran, E Fuenmayor, AV Healy, NM Gately… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biodegradable polymers play a crucial role in the medical device field, with a broad range of
applications such as suturing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, scaffolding, orthopaedics …

Production and Application of Polylactides

J De Oliveira, LPS Vandenberghe, SF Zawadzki… - … in Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Polylactide [poly (lactic acid); PLA], a polyester, has a predominant role as a
biodegradable polymer produced from natural resources. Its properties allow applications in …

Synthesis and characterization of a novel drug-loaded polymer, poly(lactic acid-co-aminomethyl benzimidazole)

GZ Mo, YC Wu, ZF Hao, QF Luo, XY Liang… - Designed Monomers …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Using aminomethyl benzimidazole (AMB) as a model of benzimidazole-type drugs, a
potential biodegradable drug-loaded polymer poly (lactic acid-co-aminomethyl …

Studies on microwave-assisted ring-opening polymerization and property of poly (9-phenyl-2, 4, 8, 10-tetraoxaspiro-[5, 5] undcane-3-one)

F Liu, L Mei, Z Tan, G Yan, J Guo, Q Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Poly (9-phenyl-2, 4, 8, 10-tetraoxaspiro-[5, 5] undcane-3-one)(PPTC) was
synthesized by the microwave-assisted ring-opening polymerization (MROP) of a six …

Drug and gene delivery from electrospun fibers for neural repair

DL Puhl - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) affects millions of individuals in the United States alone and
can result in loss of motor and sensory function. The native repair response in the peripheral …

Biorefinery of biomass of agro-industrial banana waste to obtain high-value biopolymers

C Redondo, M Rodríguez Quesada, S Vallejo Astúa… - 2020 - repositorio.una.ac.cr
On a worldwide scale, food demand is increasing as a consequence of global population
growth. This makes companies push their food supply chains' limits with a consequent …