Artichoke Biorefinery: From Food to Advanced Technological Applications

Economically Viable Components from Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) in a Biorefinery Concept

Biorefinery applications are receiving growing interest due to climatic and waste disposal issues and lack of petroleum resources. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is suitable for biorefinery applications due to high biomass production and limited cultivation requirements. This paper focuses on the potential of Jerusalem artichoke as a biorefinery crop and the most viable products ...

Genetically Engineered Lactobacilli for Technological and Functional Food Applications

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are Gram-positive microorganisms that produce lactic acid as a major product of their metabolism. Among them the genus Lactobacillus comprises a large heterogeneous group of low G+C DNA content, anaerobic and nonsporulating bacteria, that includes species widely used in the food industry. They play key roles in fermented dairy, meats and vegetables products. Due to th...

Optical Elastography: From Theory to Clinical Applications

An Information Food Chain for Advanced Applications on the WWW

The Internet and especially the World Wide Web are growing at a tremendous rate. More and more information is becoming directly available for human consumption. But humans have a limited information processing capacity and are often not able to find and process the relevant information. Automation, in the form of processing agents that provide a powerful extension to human capabilities, is requ...

Microwave-Assisted Extraction for Microalgae: From Biofuels to Biorefinery

The commercial reality of bioactive compounds and oil production from microalgal species is constrained by the high cost of production. Downstream processing, which includes harvesting and extraction, can account for 70-80% of the total cost of production. Consequently, from an economic perspective extraction technologies need to be improved. Microalgal cells are difficult to disrupt due to pol...