Bioactive Molecules in Agrifood Waste: Isolation, Analysis and Reuse

Dear Colleagues,

The concept of circular economy represents a development model that aims to mitigate the negative impacts of human actions by implementing the fundamental principles of the “3Rs”: reduction, reuse, and recycling. One challenge is the identification of agrifood waste components that can be included in the production chains for preparing new feed or food ingredients through biorefining, fractionation, and purification with physical, chemical, or biological procedures involving microorganisms, plants, or higher animals. The challenges concern the chemical and biological risks associated with these practices, i.e., the presence of anti-nutritional or toxic substances, which they risk accumulating in the case of “shortcuts” in the food chain.

This Special Issue aims to collate research articles and review papers on bioactive isolation and characterization of agrifood waste and possible toxicological aspects linked to their reuse. In particular, the following topics are of interest:

• Bioactive isolation;
• Bioactive characterization;
• Bioactive dosage;
• Toxin isolation;
• Toxin characterization;
• Toxin dosage;
• Validation processes of food methods;
• Metrological approaches in food analysis.

Dr. Irene Dini
Guest Editor

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• analytical methods
• validation
• metrological approach
• biological methods
• bioactive
• toxins
• circular economy
• sustainability