Biotechnological potential of apple pomace for value-added products

Value added products from hemicellulose: Biotechnological perspective

Biotechnological Generation of Value Added Products from Spent Pulping Liquors: Assessing the Potential of Extremophiles

Worldwide bio-economy concepts foster the conversion of biomass into a range of food, health, fiber, industrial products, and energy. However, there is a risk that the diversion of farmland or crops for the production of biofuels and bio-based products compromises the food supply-the food versus fuel dilemma. One way to circumvent this dilemma is the use of spent liquors from the pulping indust...

Apple Pomace as Potential Source of Natural Active Compounds.

Apple pomace is a waste product of the apple manufacturing industry that has been in the focus of life sciences as it represents a low-cost source of fruit-derived compounds. High fruit consumption is associated with beneficial health effects, and therefore, apple pomace and its constituents raise therapeutic interest. The present work reviews (i) the chemical constituents of apple pomace, (ii)...

Biotechnological production of value-added carotenoids from microalgae

We recently evaluated the relationship between abiotic environmental stresses and lutein biosynthesis in the green microalga Dunaliella salina and suggested a rational design of stress-driven adaptive evolution experiments for carotenoids production in microalgae. Here, we summarize our recent findings regarding the biotechnological production of carotenoids from microalgae and outline emerging...

Value Added Products from Oil Shale

Oil shale is more than an energy source. It is also a source for various valuable materials. These materials include pyridine, carbonate minerals, alumina, ammonium sulfate, phosphate, sulfur, uranium, vanadium, and zinc, to name a few, from which numerous value-added products can be manufactured. For example, catalysts are made from vanadium and zinc, while alumina is a widely used material fo...