Green chemistry design in polymers derived from lignin: review and perspective

J Sternberg, O Sequerth, S Pilla - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of lignin for material and chemical applications has gained interest in recent times
due to the environmental focus on using biomass for renewable materials as well as the …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial propionic acid production

RA Gonzalez-Garcia, T McCubbin, L Navone… - Fermentation, 2017 - mdpi.com
Propionic acid (propionate) is a commercially valuable carboxylic acid produced through
microbial fermentation. Propionic acid is mainly used in the food industry but has recently …

Short-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge and in situ use in wastewater treatment plants with life cycle assessment

X Li, W Liu, W Zhang, A Zhou, Q Xu, Z He… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing waste-activated sludge (WAS) and shortage of carbon source (CSs)
production for biological nitrogen removal (BNR) have limited sewage treatment …

Production of caproic acid from mixed organic waste: an environmental life cycle perspective

WS Chen, DP Strik, CJN Buisman… - … Science & Technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Caproic acid is an emerging platform chemical with diverse applications. Recently, a novel
biorefinery process, that is, chain elongation, was developed to convert mixed organic waste …

Microbiology, flavor formation, and bioactivity of fermented soybean curd (furu): A review

G Wei, B Chitrakar, JM Regenstein, Y Sang… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soybeans are an important plant-based food but its beany flavor and anti-nutritional factors
limit its consumption. Fermentation is an effective way to improve its flavor and nutrition. Furu …

[HTML][HTML] Oriented fermentation of food waste towards high-value products: A review

Q Wang, H Li, K Feng, J Liu - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Food waste has a great potential for resource recovery due to its huge yield and high
organic content. Oriented fermentation is a promising method with strong application …

Uniform chemical functionality of technical lignin using ethylene carbonate for hydroxyethylation and subsequent greener esterification

LY Liu, MJ Cho, N Sathitsuksanoh… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Full utilization of plant-based feedstocks for sustainable societies must include the
valorization of lignin, an abundant aromatic component of the cell wall of plant stems, in …

Propionic acid-rich fermentation (PARF) production from organic wastes: A review

Y Chen, X Zhang, Y Chen - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, increasing attention has been drawn to biological valorization of organic wastes.
Wherein, propionic acid-rich fermentation (PARF) has become a focal point of research. The …

Fermentative production of propionic acid: prospects and limitations of microorganisms and substrates

EM Ammar, GP Philippidis - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Propionic acid is an important organic acid with wide industrial applications, especially in
the food industry. It is currently produced from petrochemicals via chemical routes …

Propionic acid production from soy molasses by Propionibacterium acidipropionici: Fermentation kinetics and economic analysis

H Yang, Z Wang, M Lin, ST Yang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Propionic acid (PA) is a specialty chemical; its calcium salt is widely used as food
preservative. Soy molasses (SM), a low-value byproduct from soybean refinery, contains …