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Tannin: A New Insight into a Key Product for the Bioeconomy in Forest Regions

Version 1 : Received: 10 February 2021 / Approved: 10 February 2021 / Online: 10 February 2021 (16:18:39 CET)

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Pagliaro, M.; Albanese, L.; Scurria, A.; Zabini, F.; Meneguzzo, F.; Ciriminna, R. Tannin: A New Insight into a Key Product for the Bioeconomy in Forest Regions. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 2021, doi:10.1002/bbb.2217. Pagliaro, M.; Albanese, L.; Scurria, A.; Zabini, F.; Meneguzzo, F.; Ciriminna, R. Tannin: A New Insight into a Key Product for the Bioeconomy in Forest Regions. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 2021, doi:10.1002/bbb.2217.

Abstract

Produced in many world’s countries at over 1 million tonne/year rate by extraction of certain woods and barks with boiling water, tannin is a class of high molecular weight biophenols increasingly used in a number of industries. This study offers a new bioeconomy insight into an old natural product that, we argument in this study, will play a crucial role in the development of the bioeconomy of forest regions. After providing an updated picture of key economic and production aspects, we show how flourishing research on tannin’s biological activity and technological applications has revealed many new properties which are likely to drive significant growth in demand in the near and mid-term future. The study concludes with selected recommendations for bioeconomy scholars and for policy-makers based in forest areas.

Keywords

Tannin, forest regions; bioeconomy; polyphenols; chestnut; organic electrodes

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Forestry

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