Use of green Starbon® technologies in separation science: analysis of organic substances derived from Brazilian agroindustrial residues

• Grant number: 13/12052-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: January 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Vânia Gomes Zuin Zeidler
• Grantee: Vânia Gomes Zuin Zeidler
• Host Investigator: James Hanley Clark
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of York, England

Abstract

This project aims at developing analytical methodologies which are incipient to determining bioactive high-value organic substances, extracted from Brazilian agro-industrial residues, with emphasis on the green Starbon® technologies. The research for new sorbents derived from renewable sources has been growing in the last decades, especially for chromatographic columns to separate substances of high and medium polarities in complex matrices. In this context, besides guaranteeing improved efficiency, reproducibility, stability and the potential for automation, the chromatographic methods must also be as green as possible, as should be the whole analytical procedure. The analysis of flavonoids and alkaloids extracted from plant residues, apart from showing opportunities to aggregate total value of important raw material in Brazil, carries the inherent challenges to establish or improve the separation technologies. This includes optimization and scaling processes, energy efficiency etc., based on the principles of Green Analytical Chemistry. It is important to note that the collaboration of the scientific groups of the DQ-UFSCar and the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence of the University of York in the UK will greatly contribute to the consolidation of a new research line in Brazil which is focused on the analysis of bioactive substances of natural origin coming from biomass residues using analytical green methods. This requires the appropriation of know-how to the management of research platforms and knowledge generation in association with academic, governmental, non-governmental and industrial sectors of Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

ZUIN, VANIA G.; SEGATTO, MATEUS L.; RAMIN, LUIZE Z.. Plants as resources for organic molecules: Facing the green and sustainable future today. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, v. 9, n. SI, p. 1-7, FEB 2018. (13/12052-5, 14/50827-1)

BELLETE, BARBARA S.; RAMIN, LUIZE Z.; PORTO, DEYVID; RIBEIRO, ALANY I.; FORIM, MOACIR R.; ZUIN, VANIA G.; FERNANDES, JOAO B.; SILVA, MARIA FATIMA G. F.. An Environmentally Friendly Procedure to Obtain Flavonoids from Brazilian Citrus Waste. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 29, n. 5, p. 1123-1129, MAY 2018. (13/12052-5, 14/50827-1, 08/57859-5)

ZUIN, VANIA G.; RAMIN, LUIZE Z.. Green and Sustainable Separation of Natural Products from Agro-Industrial Waste: Challenges, Potentialities, and Perspectives on Emerging Approaches. TOPICS IN CURRENT CHEMISTRY, v. 376, n. 1, FEB 2018. (14/50827-1, 13/12052-5)

ZUIN, VANIA G.; SEGATTO, MATEUS L.; RAMIN, LUIZE Z.. Plants as resources for organic molecules: Facing the green and sustainable future today. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, v. 9, p. 7-pg., 2018-02-01. (14/50827-1, 13/12052-5)

ZUIN, VANIA G.; BUDARIN, VITALIY L.; DE BRUYN, MARIO; SHUTTLEWORTH, PETER S.; HUNT, ANDREW J.; PLUCIENNIK, CAMILLE; BORISOVA, ALEKSANDRA; DODSON, JENNIFER; PARKER, HELEN L.; CLARK, JAMES H.. Polysaccharide-derived mesoporous materials (Starbon (R)) for sustainable separation of complex mixtures. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, v. 202, p. 451-464, SEP 1 2017. (13/12052-5)

ZUIN, VANIA G.. Circularity in green chemical products, processes and services: Innovative routes based on integrated eco-design and solution systems. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, v. 2, p. 40-44, OCT 2016. (13/12052-5, 14/50827-1)