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Emerging technologies for the production of nutraceuticals from agricultural by-products: A viewpoint of opportunities and challenges

Charis M. Galanakis
- 01 Oct 2013 - 
- Vol. 91, Iss: 4, pp 575-579
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In this paper, the authors explore the possibility of adapting the latest technologies in the recovery downstream processing of agricultural by-products in the context of nutraceuticals, with the aim of inspiring researchers to investigate the critical parameters that prevent broad commercial implementation of emerging technologies in particular application.
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This article is published in Food and Bioproducts Processing.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 390 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emerging technologies.

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Challenges and opportunities

M. Kropff
TL;DR: This chapter discusses all the critical outcomes from previous chapters, suggests solutions to overcome difficulties during implementation, and ultimately presents a perspective on where the food industry goes now, following the current consumer acceptance tendencies.
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Kinetics of Microwave-Assisted Extraction Process Applied on Recovery of Peppermint Polyphenols: Experiments and Modeling

TL;DR: In this paper , the microwave-assisted extraction of polyphenolic compounds from organic peppermint leaves was investigated, and the influence of microwave irradiation power (90, 180, 360, 600, and 800 W) on total extraction yield, total polyphenols yield, and flavonoid yield were investigated.
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Extraction and characterization of polyphenols from fruits and vegetable waste through green extraction technologies with special reference to antioxidant profile

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors extracted and characterized the polyphenols from selected fruits and vegetable waste via green extraction technologies, and extracted the antioxidants from the studied peel were extracted by adapting the supercritical and ultrasound added extraction techniques alongside conventional extraction.
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Spelt vs common wheat: potential advantages and benefits

TL;DR: A brief review of existing studies that compares spelt and modern wheat from various aspects of quality including technological, nutritional, functional and safety performance shows spelt shows acceptable breadmaking performances and shows advantages as being a hulled wheat.
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