This review presents innovative extraction techniques and their role in promoting
sustainable ingredients for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. These …

Essential oils are natural products which have many interesting applications. Extraction of
essential oils from plants is performed by classical and innovative methods. Numerous …

Essential oils are concentrated liquids of complex mixtures of volatile compounds and can
be extracted from several plant organs. Essential oils are a good source of several bioactive …

Medicinal plants are the most popular forms of traditional plants used to maintain health, as
well as prevent or treat physical and mental disorders. Chemical compounds of plants are …

Medicinal herbs have an essential function in health and therapy. Bioactives of medicinal
plants showed fewer side effects than manufactured drugs and their antioxidant properties …

Plant secondary metabolites are known to be an important source of foods, fragrances,
pigment, drugs and so on. Extraction is one of the crucial steps for research and …

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) is a process that removes solutes from a solid matrix
into a solvent. Phenomena such as electromagnetic transfer, heat transfer, mass transfer …

Box–Behnken response surface methodology was used to investigate and optimize
microwave assisted extraction (MAE)(treatment power and time) of antioxidant compounds …

Since ancient times, essential oils (EOs) have been known for their therapeutic potential
against many health issues. Recent studies suggest that EOs may contribute to the …

The development of environmentally friendly processes with limited generation of polluting
streams to attain sustainable utilization of raw materials is encouraged. The implementation …