Publications by authors named "Aurore Cournoyer"
Wastewater and by-product treatments are substantial issues with consequences for our society, both in terms of environmental impacts and economic losses. With an overall global objective of sustainable development, it is essential to offer eco-efficient and circular solutions. Indeed, one of the major solutions to limit the use of new raw materials and the production of wastes is the transition toward a circular economy.
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- - Porcine blood from slaughterhouses is a valuable source of proteins, mainly consisting of hemoglobin, which can be hydrolyzed using pepsin to create peptides, including antimicrobial ones.
- - Discoloration treatment helps remove the unwanted color from these hydrolysates, but it negatively affects the quantity and effectiveness of the antimicrobial peptides present, with some peptides losing their activity post-treatment.
- - The study identified eight new antifungal peptides from raw porcine cruor hydrolysates, highlighting their potential as effective natural preservatives, making this the first report of such sequences from this source.