Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 56: Bioconversion of Food and Agricultural Waste into Value-added Materials [Hardcover]

This book reviews the sources, extraction, processing and applications of value-added compounds from agro-waste, with a focus on drug delivery, tea, apple pomace, lignin nanocomposites, bioethanol, fertilizers and sitosterol. Food residues provide bioactive molecules, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants, and animal feed.Preface.- Chapter 1 Bioconversion of agricultural waste into bioethanol and fertilizers.- Chapter 2 Recycling apple pomace in food and agro-industries.- Chapter 3 Drug delivery systems for apple pomace active compounds.- Chapter 4 Synthesis and photochemical applications of lignin-based metal oxide nanocomposites.- Chapter 5 Valorization of agricultural waste sitosterol in medicine.- Chapter 6 Tea fruits and flowers are an unexploited resource of medicinal active compounds.- Chapter 7 Recovery of food additives from agro-industrial residues.- Chapter 8 Extraction of bioactive compounds from food waste.- Chapter 9 Plant and food waste as a source of therapeutic compounds.Dr. Ajay Rana is a Project Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur. He has published several research articles in peer reviewed international journals based on his research work with various international patents to his credit. He has successfully transferred few of the technologies from his research work to industries. He has huge passion for product and process technology development for the sustainable valorisation of agro and forestry bioresources using green and sustainable process/bioprocess technologies and post-harvest value addition. He has extensive experience in phytochemicals exploration, downstream processing, process optimization, and bioprocessing of bioactive phytochemicals from medicinal and aromatic plants.