Sustainable extraction of phytochemicals from agricultural and food by-products using eutectic solvents and their integration into functional materials
Luis Alfonso Jiménez‐Ortega, Marta Marques, Priscila Quiñónez-Angulo, Alexandre Paiva, J. Basilio Heredia, Ana Duarte, Josué D. Mota‐Morales
Abstract
Advances in DESs have transformed the sustainable valorization of agricultural and food by-products. These solvents enable efficient phytochemical extraction and support the development of DES-based functional materials, including eutectogels.
Topics & Concepts
Extraction (chemistry)AgricultureEutectic systemFunctional foodChemistryPhytochemicalSustainable agricultureWaste managementFood industryFood processingPulp and paper industryEnvironmental scienceFood scienceFood productsBiotechnologySustainable developmentGreen foodSolvent extractionFood additiveProcess engineeringIonic liquids properties and applicationsExtraction and Separation ProcessesHeavy Metals in Plants