Molnar, M.; Gašo-Sokač, D.; Komar, M.; Kovač, M.J.; Bušić, V. Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Extraction of Organic Compounds from Food Industry By-Products and Agro-Industrial Waste. Separations2024, 11, 35.
Molnar, M.; Gašo-Sokač, D.; Komar, M.; Kovač, M.J.; Bušić, V. Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Extraction of Organic Compounds from Food Industry By-Products and Agro-Industrial Waste. Separations 2024, 11, 35.
Molnar, M.; Gašo-Sokač, D.; Komar, M.; Kovač, M.J.; Bušić, V. Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Extraction of Organic Compounds from Food Industry By-Products and Agro-Industrial Waste. Separations2024, 11, 35.
Molnar, M.; Gašo-Sokač, D.; Komar, M.; Kovač, M.J.; Bušić, V. Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Extraction of Organic Compounds from Food Industry By-Products and Agro-Industrial Waste. Separations 2024, 11, 35.
Abstract
Global food waste has a huge impact on the environment, as it is a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and wasted natural resources. Across the world, over 30% of food is lost or wasted each year. Aside from this, food industry, as well, is one of the biggest sources of agro-industrial waste and by-products, which can be valorized and used for different purposes. Such waste is a good source of bioactive organic compounds which can be extracted without al-tering their properties, where deep eutectic solvents (DESs) can serve as green solvents and excel-lent replacement for volatile organic solvents. Isolated compounds can be used in innovative food production, chemical production, cosmetics and other industries. DESs have attracted extraordi-nary attention due to their advantages such as environmental friendliness, availability and easy preparation, easy handling and utilization of non-toxic components for their formation. Due to those properties, they are a greener alternative to classic organic solvents for many processes, in-cluding extractions. In this paper, we review the utilization of deep eutectic solvents as potential green media for the extraction of organic compounds such as polyphenols, carbohydrates, pro-teins, alkaloids from by-products of the food industry and agro-industrial-waste.
Keywords
deep eutectic solvents; bioactive organic compounds; food industry by-products; greener sol-vents; agro-industrial waste
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Applied Chemistry
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