Dueñas Paton, Montserrat <br/><br/>
Agricultural and Food Waste : Analysis, Characterization, and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Their Possible Utilization 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2020 
 - 1 electronic resource (83 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The food processing industries produce millions of tons of losses and waste during processing, which are becoming a grave economic, environmental, and nutritional problem. Fruit, vegetable, and food industrial solid waste include leaves, peels, pomace, skins, rinds pulp, stems, seeds, twigs, and spoiled fruits and vegetables, among other waste released in food production, which can be formed during cleaning, processing, cooking, and/or packaging. These wastes are characterized by being an important source of bioactive compounds, such as phenolic compounds, dietary fibers, polysaccharides, vitamins, carotenoids, pigments, and oils, among others. These bioactive compounds are closely associated with beneficial effects on human health. These by-products can be exploited in different industries: in food industries for the development of functional ingredients and/or new foods or natural additives; in pharmaceutical industries for medicinal, healthcare, or cosmetic products; in agricultural industries as fertilizers or animal feed; and in chemical industries, among others. The reutilization of these by-products will ensure the sustainable development of food industries and reduce their environmental impact, which will contribute to the fight against environmental problems, leading to potential mitigation of climatic change. Therefore, the determination of bioactive compound composition in agricultural and food waste and the production of extracts containing these compounds is the first step towards its reutilization. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>books978-3-03943-347-6 9783039433469 9783039433476 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03943-347-6  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Research & information: general<br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Food & society
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Natural red pigment Monascus purpureus Brewer’s spent grain Submerged fermentation Plackett-Burman design Chemical characterization X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) Cucumis melo polyphenols flavonoids antioxidants by-products waste valorization LC-MS/MS fatty acids antioxidant activity reutilization of food waste salted egg white ovalbumin extraction aqueous two-phase flotation cork volatile compounds aroma waste bioactive compounds food waste functional foods characterization and extraction phytochemicals climatic change phenolic compounds