The way forward to produce nutraceuticals from agri-food processing residues: obstacle, solution, and possibility.

Food matrices contain bioactive compounds that have health benefits beyond nutritional value. The bulk of bioactive chemicals are still present in agro-industrial by-products as food matrices. Throughout the food production chain, there is a lot of agro-industrial waste that, if not managed effectively, could harm the environment, company, and how nutritiously and adequately people eat.

Isolation of Food Grade Dye from Flower Petals of and Determination of Marker Compounds for Its Quantitative Analysis.

Health concerns associated with synthetic dyes/colorants have fostered the use of natural coloring materials for food applications. This study has been carried out to extract a natural dye from the flower petals of (family Fabaceae) under an eco-friendly and organic solvent-free approach. Hot aqueous extraction of dry flowers followed by lyophilization of the resulting extract furnished an orange-colored dye in ∼35% yield.

Isolation, optimized extraction, and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array method for quantitative analysis of chiratol in Swertia paniculata.

The global natural product-based industry is growing fast with the introduction of new phytochemicals and herbal extract products from different geographical regions. Swertia paniculata is a well-known plant with medicinal properties; however, the quality control for its major phytochemical constituents from the Himalayan geographical region is nevertheless reported. Therefore, the first objective of this investigation was to characterize and optimize the extraction process while the second objective was to validate a quantitative analytical method for chiratol from S.

Sustainable blueberry waste recycling towards biorefinery strategy and circular bioeconomy: A review.

Waste valorization using biological methods for value addition as well as environmental management is becoming popular approach for sustainable development. The present review addresses the availability of blueberry crop residues (BCR), applications of this feedstock in bioprocess for obtaining range of value-added products, to offer economic viability, business development and market potential, challenges and future perspectives. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first article addressing the blueberry waste valorization for a sustainable circular bioeconomy.

Recent developments on solid-state fermentation for production of microbial secondary metabolites: Challenges and solutions.

Microbial secondary metabolites (SMs) are the intermediate or the product of metabolism produced during fermentation process. SMs are produced during stationary phase and play a major role in competition, antagonism and self defence mechanisms. These metabolites finds application in the pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics etc.

A critical review on current strategies and trends employed for removal of inhibitors and toxic materials generated during biomass pretreatment.

The main objective of biomass pretreatment is to separate biomass components and provide easier access with ultimate aim for lignin removal, hemicellulose protection and cellulose crystallinity reduction. Effective bioconversion with least inhibitory compound production would play a considerable role in economic practicability of the process in order to achieve economic sustainability. In this regard, detoxification is an important condition to make biomass hydrolysate acquiescent to bioconversion; also, understanding of inhibitors effect on growth and fermentation are necessary requirements for system detoxification.

Improved upstream processing for detoxification and recovery of xylitol produced from corncob.

This work deals with the development of an improved process for xylitol production from corn cob hydrolysate by biotechnological routes emphasizing the detoxification of corncob acid hydrolysate. The acid hydrolysate obtained by acid hydrolysis of corn cob was concentrated and detoxified by activated charcoal, membrane process and ion exchange resin process. The resultant partially purified corncob hydrolysate was used in fermentation.

Delivery of phytochemicals by liposome cargos: recent progress, challenges and opportunities.

Bio-availability is a major concern in delivery of dietary phytochemicals for better bio-efficacy. The reduced bio-availability of food bioactive compounds is evident due to degradation during human digestion process which involves liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. The bio-efficacy of any nutrient can be increased by increasing bio-availability.

Bioconversion of pentose sugars to value added chemicals and fuels: Recent trends, challenges and possibilities.

Most of the crop plants contain about 30% of hemicelluloses comprising D-xylose and D-arabinose. One of the major limitation for the use of pentose sugars is that high purity grade D-xylose and D-arabinose are yet to be produced as commodity chemicals. Research and developmental activities are going on in this direction for their use as platform intermediates through economically viable strategies.

Isolation of a new flavonoid and waste to wealth recovery of 6--Ascorbyl Esters from Seeds of (family- Rutaceae).

is a plant species native to India. Commercially available food products such as jam, jelly, candy, squash etc. are prepared from ripe fruit pulp of .

Efficient detoxification of corn cob hydrolysate with ion-exchange resins for enhanced xylitol production by Candida tropicalis MTCC 6192.

The present study demonstrates utilization of secondary agricultural wastes for xylitol production. The highest xylan-to-xylose (70%) conversion was achieved using dilute nitric acid as catalyst followed by resin treatment. Results show that resin treatment efficiently removed nitrate salt (70%), phenolic content and 5-HMF (70%).

Nano silver particle synthesis using Swertia paniculata herbal extract and its antimicrobial activity.

In the present study, green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is demonstrated using medicinal herb Swertia paniculata extract. The plant extract acted both as reducing and capping agents during synthesis process, where silver nitrate was used as silver source. Subsequent analysis revealed that particles had size range between 31 and 44 nm and were spherical in shape.

Antifungal and phytotoxic activity of essential oil from root of Senecio amplexicaulis Kunth. (Asteraceae) growing wild in high altitude-Himalayan region.

This work was aimed to evaluate the essential oil from root of medicinally important plant Senecio amplexicaulis for chemical composition, antifungal and phytotoxic activity. The chemical composition analysed by GC/GC-MS showed the presence of monoterpene hydrocarbons in high percentage with marker compounds as α-phellandrene (48.57%), o-cymene (16.

Comparative evaluation of two Trichoderma harzianum strains for major secondary metabolite production and antifungal activity.

This investigation was undertaken to identify the major secondary metabolite, produced by two Trichoderma harzianum strains (T-4 and T-5) with their antifungal activity against phytopathogenic fungi using poison food technique. The ethyl acetate extract was subjected to column chromatography using n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol gradually. Chromatographic separation of ethyl acetate extract of T.

Synthesis, antifungal activity and structure-activity relationships of vanillin oxime-N-O-alkanoates.

Vanillin oxime-N-O-alkanoates were synthesized following reaction of vanillin with hydroxylamine hydrochloride, followed by reaction of the resultant oxime with acyl chlorides. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by IR, 1H, 13C NMR and mass spectral data. The test compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activity against three phytopathogenic fungi Macrophomina phaseolina, Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotium rolfsii by the poisoned food technique.

Activity of alkanediol alkanoates against pathogenic plant fungi Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotium rolfsii.

Thirty known dialkanoates of ethylene, propylene and diethylene glycols were synthesized by reacting the glycols with acyl chlorides and their structures confirmed by IR, NMR and mass spectral analyses. They exhibited significant antifungal activity against two phytopathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani Kuehn and Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc in a dose dependent manner. Propylene glycol dipentanoate was the most active against R.

Chemical composition and antifungal activity of Artemisia nilagirica essential oil growing in northern hilly areas of India.

Essential oil extracted from aerial parts of Artemisia nilagirica was analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. Forty-three constituents amounting to 98.16% of the total essential oil contents were identified.

Synthesis and pesticidal activity of new N-alkyl-N-[1-(2-hydroxyphenyl) ethyl]amines.

A series of novel N-alkyl-N-[1-(2-hydroxyphenyl) ethyl]amines were synthesized as potential new agents to control pests. Their structures were confirmed on the basis of IR, NMR and elemental analyses. Six new N-alkyl-N-[1-(2-hydroxyphenyl) ethyl]amines were prepared by reduction of corresponding Schiff bases using sodium borohydride in 80-87 % yields.