Biomass as Renewable Raw Material for Bioproducts of High Tech-Value

The progressive increase in environmental awareness and petroleum costs has raised the interest in developing of fuels, materials and chemicals from renewable raw material sources. The use of renewable carbon sources in place of non-renewable carbon sources can have significant beneficial impact on the chemical industry. The valorisation of biomass components represents a new frontier of economically sustainable and environmentally friendly processes. Biomass as renewable raw material for bioproducts of high tech-value outlines the use of biomass as a raw material, from terrestrial and aquatic sources to obtain extracts (e.g. polyphenols), biofuels, and/or intermediates (furfural, levulinates) by chemical and biochemical processes. The production of natural polymers using biomass as  a raw material and biosynthetic process, cellulose modified by biochemical and chemical methods and other biochemical to be used in the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals. Reviews biomass resourcesLists compounds with bioactive propertiesDescribes processes for biofuels from biomassIncludes chemical and biochemical processesOutlines production of polysaccharides and cellulose derivativesFeatures applications in the field of medicine and pharmacy INDICE: 1. Biomass for fuels and biomaterials 2. Microalgae as renewable raw material for bioproducts: Identification and biochemical composition of microalgae from a raceway pond in The Netherlands 3. Macroalgal biomass: characterisation and pre-treatments for environmental and industrial applications 4. Integrated processing of biomass for fine chemicals obtaining: Polyphenols 5. Assessing the sustainability of biomass use for the production of biofuels 6. Biodiesel a green fuel obtained through green technologies 7.  Catalytic Approaches to the Production of Furfural and Levulinates from lignocelluloses 8. Biocatalytic strategies for the production of biobased polymers from biomass 9. Biomass derived polyhydroxyalkanoates - Biomedical applications 10. Biochemical modification of cellulosic biomass 11. Chemically modified Polysaccharides with applications in nanomedicine 12. Cellulose-based hydrogels for medical/pharmaceutical applications 13. Thermoresponsive supramolecular hydrogels comprising diblock methylcellulose derivatives

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63774-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 462
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés