Giancarlo Cravotto

TL;DR: The six principles of green-extraction are introduced, describing a multifaceted strategy to apply this concept at research and industrial level, and offer an updated glimpse of the huge technological effort that is being made and the diverse applications that are being developed.

TL;DR: This critical review is aimed at discussing the present status of cavitational chemistry and some of the underlying phenomena, and to highlight some recent applications and trends in organic sonochemistry, especially in combination with other sustainable technologies.

TL;DR: The results indicate that US and MW, either alone or combined, can greatly improve the extraction of bioactive substances, achieving higher efficiency and shorter reaction times at low or moderate costs, with minimal added toxicity.

TL;DR: A review of green extraction techniques and their role in promoting sustainable ingredients for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries is presented in this paper, where the authors focus on the strategies and present them as success stories for research and education and at the industrial scale.

TL;DR: Green extraction of natural products is based on design of extraction processes which will reduce or eliminate energy consumption and petroleum solvents, while ensuring a safe extract and quality as discussed by the authors, it is a concept to meet the challenges of the 21st century protecting both our environment and consumers, and in the meantime, enhance competition of academia and industries to be more ecologic, economic and innovative.