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Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

Issue 16/2023

Special Issue: Agro-food Waste As A Resource For High Value Products: Innovative And Sustainable Biotechnological Approaches (pp 14301–15225) and Regular Papers (pp 15227–15309)

Content (73 Articles)

Editorial

Agro-food waste as a resource for high-value products: innovative and sustainable biotechnological approaches

Prakash Kumar Sarangi, Sanjukta Subudhi, Krushna Prasad Shadangi, Pravakar Mohanty

Review Article

Cleaner deoxygenation of graphene oxide from agro-byproducts for downstream and biological applications

Regnant Chuah, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Sreeramanan Subramaniam

Review Article

Transformation of agro-biomass into vanillin through novel membrane integrated value-addition process: a state-of-art review

Jayato Nayak, Aradhana Basu, Pinaki Dey, Ramesh Kumar, Anuradha Upadhaya, Sanchari Ghosh, Bhaskar Bishayee, Smruti Rekha Mishra, Suraj K. Tripathy, Shirsendu Banerjee, Madhubanti Pal, Parimal Pal, Snehasish Mishra, Bikram Basak, Byong-Hun Jeon, Sankha Chakrabortty

Review Article

Recent progress on production technologies of food waste–based biochar and its fabrication method as electrode materials in energy storage application

Intan Syafiqah Ismail, Muhamad Farhan Haqeem Othman, Nor Adilla Rashidi, Suzana Yusup

Open Access Review Article

Recent development in the application of walnut processing by-products (walnut shell and walnut husk)

Summaia Fordos, Namrah Abid, Muhammad Gulzar, Imran Pasha, Fatih Oz, Arashi Shahid, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal Khan, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Rana Muhammad Aadil

Original Article

Microwave-assisted hot water treatment of sugarcane bagasse for fast pyrolysis

Payam Ghorbannezhad, Guofeng Shen, Imtiaz Ali

Original Article

Removal of heavy metals from wastewater using low-cost biochar prepared from jackfruit seed waste

Mohammed Khadem, Abid Husni Ibrahim, Imran Mokashi, Alaa Hasan Fahmi, Syed Noeman Taqui, V. Mohanavel, Nazia Hossain, Isa Baba Koki, Ashraf Elfasakhany, Mohammed A. H. Dhaif-Allah, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Akheel Ahmed Syed

Original Article

Optimization of cellulose extraction process from sugar beet pulp and preparation of its nanofibers with choline chloride–lactic acid deep eutectic solvents

Hamid Soleimanzadeh, Fatemeh Mirzaee Bektashi, Samaneh Zamani Ahari, Dariush Salari, Ali Olad, Alireza Ostadrahimi

Original Article

Experimental research on waste and inedible feedstock as a partial alternate fuel: environmental protection and energy-saving initiative

Ganesan S, Dinesh babu Munuswamy, Ganesan Subbiah, Yuvarajan Devarajan, Ruby Mishra, Jeyaseelan Thangaraja

Open Access Original Article

Fluidized bed steam cracking of rapeseed oil: exploring the direct production of the molecular building blocks for the plastics industry

Chahat Mandviwala, Judith González-Arias, Martin Seemann, Teresa Berdugo Vilches, Henrik Thunman

Original Article

Comprehensive metabolite profiling and therapeutic potential of black gram (Vigna mungo) pods: conversion of biowaste to wealth approach

Manikandan Arumugam, Dinesh Babu Manikandan, Sujitha Mohan, Arun Sridhar, Srinivasan Veeran, Sudharshini Jayaraman, Thirumurugan Ramasamy

Correction

Correction to: Comprehensive metabolite profiling and therapeutic potential of black gram (Vigna mungo) pods: conversion of biowaste to wealth approach

Manikandan Arumugam, Dinesh Babu Manikandan, Sujitha Mohan, Arun Sridhar, Srinivasan Veeran, Sudharshini Jayaraman, Thirumurugan Ramasamy

Original Article

A new Enzolv process for simultaneous delignification and lignin-derived chemical production from the woody biomass of Melia dubia

Iniya Kumar Muniraj, P. V. Anbu, K. T. Parthiban, Sivakumar Uthandi

Original Article

Sustainable bioethanol production from enzymatically hydrolyzed second-generation Posidonia oceanica waste using stable Microbacterium metallidurans carbohydrate-active enzymes as biocatalysts

Amal Souii, Afwa Gorrab, Rania Ouertani, Awatef Ouertani, Khouloud Hammami, Nesrine Saidi, Yasmine Souissi, Habib Chouchane, Ahmed Slaheddine Masmoudi, Haitham Sghaier, Ameur Cherif, Mohamed Neifar

Original Article

Supercritical fluid extraction of essential oils from Citrus reticulata peels: optimization and characterization studies

Shreya Rajput, Samandeep Kaur, Parmjit S. Panesar, Avinash Thakur

Original Article

Bacterial cellulose production from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) hydrolysate using Komagataeibacter xylinus strain

Zur Ain Aqilla Zaki, Fabiana Francis, Nurul Aqilah Mohd Zaini

Original Article

Functional characterization of high-yield plant protein powder valorized from de-oiled sour cherry seed using microwave-assisted enzymatic extraction followed by spray- and freeze-drying

Bülent Başyiğit, Ahmet Görgüç, Esra Gençdağ, Ümran Cansu, Fatih Mehmet Yılmaz, Mehmet Karaaslan

Original Article

Oil cake extract as low-cost alternative media for increasing lipid and biomass productivity in Scenedesmus quadricauda for biofuel applications

J. Anand, K. Ramamoorthy, J. Sagaya John Paul, K. G. Sreekala, M. Sathuvan, L. Bhavani, S. Nagaraj

Original Article

Phytochemical profile of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seed oil: identification of bioactive anti-pathogenic compounds for traditional Siddha formulation

Raman Pachaiappan, Krishnan Nagasathiya, Pinki Kumari Singh, Allwyn Vyas Gopalakrishnan, Palaniyandi Velusamy, Kumarasamy Ramasamy, Devadasan Velmurugan, Rangasamy Kandasamy, Palaniappan Ramasamy, Subash C. B. Gopinath

Original Article

Lignin derived aromatic monomers from birch wood by laccase (LccH) pretreatment and Ru/C catalyst: a two-pot approach for sustainable biorefineries

Sekar Nishanth, Andrey S Chikunov, Sugitha Thankappan, Oxana P Taran, Valentin N Parmon, Sivakumar Uthandi

Original Article

From modeling and optimizing extraction of peels beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) betalains to in silico probing of their antibacterial multitarget mechanisms

Moufida Chaari, Sarra Akermi, Khaoula Elhadef, Karim Ennouri, Hajer Ben Hlima, Mariam Fourati, Ahlem Chakchouk-Mtibaa, Tanmay Sarka, Mohammed Ali Shariati, Lotfi Mellouli, Slim Smaoui

Original Article

How sustainable is the biohydrogen produced from sugarcane vinasse? An approach based on life cycle assessment

Roberto Carlos Ramírez-Díaz, Dorian Prato-Garcia, Ruben Vasquez-Medrano

Original Article

Investigation of lactic acid production in optimized dairy wastewater culture medium

Samira Moradi, Fatemeh Zeraatpisheh, Farideh Tabatabaee-Yazdi

Original Article

Hydrogen peroxide–assisted ozonation enhanced methane production from molasses-based anaerobically digested spent wash

Naveed Ahmed Qambrani, Zeeshan Ali Abro, Asad Ayub Rajput, Rasool Bux Mahar

Open Access Original Article

Composting date palm residues promotes circular agriculture in oases

Mustapha El Janati, Paul Robin, Nouraya Akkal-Corfini, Ahmed Bouaziz, Ahmed Sabri, Mohammed Chikhaoui, Zahra Thomas, Abdallah Oukarroum

Open Access Original Article

Novel nano-biosorbent materials from thermal catalytic degradation of green pea waste for cationic and anionic dye decolorization

Norbert Onen Rubangakene, Marwa Elkady, Ahmed Elwardany, Manabu Fujii, H. Sekiguchi, Hassan Shokry

Original Article

Purification, identification and in silico models of alkaloids from Nardostachys jatamansi — bioactive compounds for neurodegenerative diseases

Nagasathiya Krishnan, Vairamani Mariappanadar, Anantha Krishnan Dhanabalan, Velmurugan Devadasan, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Pachaiappan Raman

Original Article

Methylene blue removal by agricultural wastes from Annona muricata and Treculia africana seeds

Christopher Uchechukwu Sonde, Nnaemeka Nnaji, Stevens Azubuike Odoemelam, Francis Kalu Ekuma, Godwin Chigaekwu Ezeh, Chukwunonso Peter Okoli

Original Article

Lactic acid production from sugarcane field residue as renewable and economical bioresource by newly isolated Pediococcus pentosaceus HLV1

Harika Katepogu, Young Jung Wee, Suresh V. Chinni, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Asad Syed, Ali H. Bahkali, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Veeranjaneya Reddy Lebaka

Original Article

Production of gallic acid and relevant enzymes by Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus oryzae in solid-state fermentation of soybean hull and grape pomace

Ignacio Cabezudo, Cecilia S. Galetto, Diana Romanini, Ricardo L. E. Furlán, María Rocío Meini

Original Article

Selective microbial resolution of lupanine racemate: Bioprocess development and the impact of carbon catabolite repression on industrial wastewater valorisation

Stella Parmaki, Teresa Esteves, João M. J. Gonçalves, Arianna Catenacci, Franscesca Malpei, Frederico C. Ferreira, Carlos A. M. Afonso, Michalis Koutinas

Original Article

G lycosyl hydrolases of Bacillus spp. from the vermicasts of epigeic Eudrilus eugeniae for biomass valorization

Daphy Meurial Chandra, Sugitha Thankappan, Sivakumar Uthandi

Original Article

Recycling of mixed food waste and tea waste through tub basin composting

Kishor Kumar Maharjan, Prakrit Noppradit, Kuaanan Techato, Saroj Gyawali

Original Article

Multiobjective response and chemometric approaches to enhance the phytochemicals and biological activities of beetroot leaves: an unexploited organic waste

Moufida Chaari, Khaoula Elhadef, Sarra Akermi, Hajer Ben Hlima, Mariam Fourati, Ahlem Chakchouk Mtibaa, Tanmay Sarkar, Mohammed Ali Shariati, Maksim Rebezov, Teresa D’Amore, Lotfi Mellouli, Slim Smaoui

Original Article

Efficient extraction, excellent activity, and microencapsulation of flavonoids from Moringa oleifera leaves extracted by deep eutectic solvent

Ping Wei, Yue Zhang, Yao-Ying Wang, Jin-Feng Dong, Bi-Ni Liao, Zhi-Cheng Su, Wu Li, Ju-Cai Xu, Wen-Yong Lou, Hui-Hui Su, Chao Peng

Original Article

Impact of radio frequency-assisted hot air drying on drying kinetics behaviors and quality features of orange peel

Aysel Elik, Hikmet Sabri Armağan, Fahrettin Göğüş, Natalya Oboturova, Andrey Nagdalian, Slim Smaoui, Mohammad Ali Shariati

Original Article

Optimization of process parameters for enhanced methane production from banana peduncle by thermal pretreatment

P. M. Rose Benish, V. Mozhiarasi, V. Nagabalaji, D. Weichgrebe, S. V. Srinivasan

Original Article

Processing of marine microalgae biomass via hydrothermal liquefaction for bio-oil production: study on algae cultivation, harvesting, and process parameters

Thangavelu EswaryDevi, Rangasamy Parthiban, Jayaseelan Arun, Kannappan Panchamoorthy Gopinath

Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Computational evaluation of microalgae biomass conversion to biodiesel

Momir Milić, Biljana Petković, Abdellatif Selmi, Dalibor Petković, Kittisak Jermsittiparsert, Aleksandar Radivojević, Milos Milovancevic, Afrasyab Khan, Slađana T. Vidosavljević, Nebojša Denić, Boris Kuzman

Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Machine learning prediction of higher heating value of biomass

Zuocai Dai, Zhengxian Chen, Abdellatif Selmi, Kittisak Jermsittiparsert, Nebojša M. Denić, Zoran Nešić