INVESTIGADORES
FURLAN Ricardo Luis Eugenio
artículos
Título:
Soybean hulls, an alternative source of bioactive compounds: Combining pyrolysis with bioguided fractionation
Autor/es:
GIRI, G; VIARENGO, G; FURLAN, RLE; SUAREZ, AG; GARCIA VESCOVI, E; SPANEVELLO, RA
Revista:
Industrial Crops and Products
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2017 vol. 106 p. 113 - 123
ISSN:
0926-6690
Resumen:
The trend for material and energy recovery from residues along with the need to reduce greenhouse gases has led to an increased interest in the thermal exploitation of biomass and/or their wastes. Due to the enormous quantity generated every year, agro-industrial byproducts have an attractive potential to be recycled. One way to do this is by means of pyrolysis, a thermal decomposition of high molecular weight polymers into simpler compounds. In this study, we applied an autographic assay to analyze the biological effect of bio-oils produced by pyrolysis of soybean hulls. The discovery of a compound with antimicrobial activity validated this novel approach as a tool for the generation of bioactive compounds.
