Polysaccharides from fruit and vegetable wastes and their food applications: A review

BE Ozcan, N Tetik, HS Aloglu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fruit and vegetables are a great source of nutrients and have numerous health benefits. The
fruit and vegetable industry produces enormous amounts of waste such as peels, seeds …

Exploring sustainable alternatives: Wood distillate alleviates the impact of bioplastic in basil plants

S Celletti, R Fedeli, M Ghorbani, JM Aseka… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing interest in bioplastics and bio-based crop management products in agriculture
is driven by the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. However, recent …

[HTML][HTML] Non-Conventional Starches: Properties and Potential Applications in Food and Non-Food Products

HJM Carvalho, MT Barcia, M Schmiele - Macromol, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increasing industrial demand and the search for novel ingredients in food and non-food
sectors have driven research efforts toward alternatives to traditional commercial starches …

Optimization of bioplastic film from kapok cellulose production at different acetylation

JJ Poon, CY Cheok, MC Tan - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2024 - Springer
Plastic film is widely produced and applied in many daily applications. Although it provides
many benefits to human activity, the disposal of commercial plastics has always been a …

Characterization of bioplastics produced from yam and potato peels using hydrochloric and acetic acids

TK Bello, EC Eze, MS Usman, MT Isa - Biomass Conversion and …, 2024 - Springer
The calls for green biodegradable plastics to replace synthetic ones are continuously
growing amidst the current environmental threats. These threats are evident all over the …

From Corn Starch to Nanostructured Magnetic Laser‐Induced Graphene Nanocomposite

ST Sankaran, A Dallinger, AC Bressi, A Marino… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) is a 3D, conductive, porous material with a high
surface area, produced by laser irradiation of synthetic polymers with high thermal stability …

Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst) starch for bifunctional purposes: Wastewater treatment by photocatalytic systems and bioplastic production

I Mutmainna, S Suryani, PL Gareso, D Tahir - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Starch contains high levels of amylose and amylopectin and has good biodegradability,
making it an attractive alternative biopolymer raw material and is considered to have …

Eco-friendly bio-composite sheets: a study on the utilization of banana peels, cassava starch, and banana stem fibers

GKK Ishara, PA Koliyabandara… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Massively using conventional plastics has led to significant environmental issues, including
harm to ecosystems, wildlife, and human health, contributions to greenhouse gas emissions …

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, and physical characteristics of biodegradable plastics of banana peel (Musa Paradisiaca) mixed …

IA Ariffin, N Marsi, NA Huzaisham… - Journal of …, 2024 - journal.ump.edu.my
Bioplastics have become a subject of interest for numerous purposes, such as food
packaging and biomedical applications. Synthetic plastic takes around 100 years to degrade …

Valorization of Banana Waste and Its Applications in Food Packaging

CVL Jayasinghe, H Rajapakse… - Agro-Wastes for …, 2024 - books.google.com
The need for alternative, sustainable, eco-friendly raw material is among the greatest
requirements in the present industrial as well as domestic applications worldwide. The …