The need to increase circularity of industrial systems to address limited resources availability
and climate change has triggered the development of the food waste biorefinery concept …

Phenolic compounds have attracted scientific interest due to their bioactive properties.
Moreover, the environmental awareness has increased considerably and, with it, research …

Abstract Background Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important vegetable crop,
with a global production of around 368 million tonnes and more than 5000 known varieties …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of synthetic organic compounds containing
carbon, hydrogen and chlorine atoms. They have been used in various industrial and …

Agro-industry generates large amount of waste with diverse characteristics. The
accumulation of agricultural waste is in the excess of 2 billion tons worldwide. This makes it …

The vast and ever-growing amount of agricultural and food wastes has become a major
concern throughout the whole world. Therefore, strategies for their processing and value …

Polyphenolics, which are ubiquitous in plants, currently are among the most studied
phytochemicals because of their perceptible chemical properties and antioxidant activity …

This study reports the optimised conditions (temperature, ethanol concentration and
processing-time) for antioxidant extraction from potato peel (Agria variety) waste. At short …

Ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) were
optimized (by response surface methodology, RSM) and compared for the recovery of total …

Natural antioxidants such as vitamin C, tocopherols and tocotrienols, carotenoids, and
phenolic compounds are largely distributed in plant products. Most of them are not …