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REVIEW article

Front. Nat. Prod.
Sec. Isolation and Purification
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fntpr.2024.1425242
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Adopting biorefinery and a circular bioeconomy for extracting and isolating natural products from marine algae

Provisionally accepted
Ahmed Zayed Ahmed Zayed 1Hosam M. El-Seadawy Hosam M. El-Seadawy 1Attia Eman Attia Eman 2Mohammed Ismael Rushdi Abd Samad Mohammed Ismael Rushdi Abd Samad 3Usama R. Abdelmohsen Usama R. Abdelmohsen 2*
  • 1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
  • 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
  • 3 South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

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    Seaweeds or marine algae with their three main taxa are recognized as a potential pot for numerous products. This has been imperative to valorize their components at an industrial scale in the context of the sustainability goals of the United Nations (UN). Biorefinery approaches have been attempted for several decades to produce bioactive, biofuels, fine chemicals, and nutritional products from seaweeds.However, with the recent UN goals, climatic changes, and the global economic situation, it is essential to assess all the production processes involved concerning several factors. Numerous steps are performed following algae collection, including optimization of downstream processing (e.g., drying, extraction, and purification), in addition to suitable preservation to maintain products' integrity till their usage. Moreover, breakthroughs in biotechnologies and the biological sciences are also targeted to achieve the goals of the blue circular bioeconomy which focuses on renewable resources of foods, drug discovery, and energy, while preserving the ocean ecosystem. Hence, the current article provided new insights into the various processes to valorize marine algae in the frame of circular bioeconomy and sustainability concepts.

    Keywords: Natural Products, marine algae, Macro algae, Extraction techniques, separation techniques

    Received: 29 Apr 2024; Accepted: 29 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zayed, M. El-Seadawy, Eman, Ismael Rushdi Abd Samad and Abdelmohsen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Usama R. Abdelmohsen, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

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