Green analytical chemistry applied to the investigation of agro industrial wastes generated in Brazil and Australia

• Grant number: 18/50025-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2018
• End date: June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Agreement: Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani
• Grantee: Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani
• Principal researcher abroad: Emily Frances Hilder
• Institution abroad: University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50926-0 - INCT 2014: biodiversity and natural products, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

As recognized by the United Nations, there is a need to intensify research on technologies for converting agricultural waste into useful resources for society. It is estimated that about 30% of waste mass generated worldwide come from forestry and agricultural activities. This figure should be even greater in Brazil and Australia due to their intense agricultural activities. The search for compounds of interest in waste through advanced value- added strategies based on green technologies, before adding them to low value-added products has been seen as a way to preserve environmental resources and as a strategy to diversify the generation of products from a single feed-stock. These efforts would necessarily be driven by scientific research based on principles of sustainability from the earliest stage. The aim of this project is to develop sustainable analytical approaches and methodologies for the chemical investigation of biomass-derived wastes generated in Brazil and Australia. The experimental procedures will consist of extraction of agricultural waste using food grade NADES components, analysis of the prepared samples by green HPLC, MS and NMR and separation of analyses and NADES with porous polymeric adsorbents. Five missions from each side have been planned in 2 years. With the potential to derive significant value from waste biomass, it expected that future work will be in collaboration also with industry partners who can benefit from the results of this work. This will be in addition to seeking further from local agencies. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ASSIRATI, JULIA; RINALDO, DANIEL; RABELO, SARITA CANDIDA; BOLZANI, VANDERLAN DA SILVA; HILDER, EMILY FRANCES; FUNARI, CRISTIANO SOLEO. A green, simplified, and efficient experimental setup for a high-throughput screening of agri-food by-products - From polar to nonpolar metabolites in sugarcane solid residues. Journal of Chromatography A, v. 1634, DEC 20 2020. (18/50025-3, 17/06216-6, 18/09886-5, 18/01786-1, 14/50926-0)

CREMASCO, GABRIELA; SUTTON, ADAM T.; FUNARI, CRISTIANO S.; ARRUA, DARIO R.; DUSSAN, KELLY J.; HILDER, EMILY F.; BOLZANI, VANDERLAN S.; RINALDO, DANIEL. Sustainable and Biomimetic Methodology for Extraction of High-Value-Added Compounds in Almond Hulls. Molecules, v. 29, n. 13, p. 16-pg., 2024-07-01. (18/50025-3, 14/50926-0, 20/15024-6)