Waste-derived biomaterials as building blocks in the biomedical field

Abstract

Recent developments in the biomedical arena have led to the progress of several biomaterials by utilizing bioactive molecules from biological wastes arising from the fish, meat, and poultry industries. These...

New vegetable-waste biomaterials by Lupin albus L. as cellular scaffolds for applications in biomedicine and food

“…An elastic-brittle behavior of the bioplastic, in terms of Young modulus and breaking load, was observed. Our results combined with other previous studies using vegetable-waste derived material suggest the possibility to design and manufacture biomaterials with customized mechanical properties that can respond to specific application needs, ranging in different areas, from packaging to biomedicine [59][60][61][62]. Varying the vegetable species, it is possible to obtain materials carrying different biochemical, physical and mechanical properties.…”

Production of Nano Hydroxyapatite and Mg-Whitlockite from Biowaste-Derived products via Continuous Flow Hydrothermal Synthesis: A Step towards Circular Economy

“…Millions of tonnes of biowaste are produced annually worldwide from agriculture, sewage, households, food processing industries, and restaurants [ 6 , 7 ]. The disposal of wastes into water bodies and landfills creates concerns for waste management as well as environmental sustainability and consequently significantly threatens human and animal health [ 6 , 8 ]. On the other hand, these wastes are affluent sources of proteins (collagens, gelatines, eggshell membrane proteins, keratin, albumin, glycinin, etc.)…”

“…On the other hand, these wastes are affluent sources of proteins (collagens, gelatines, eggshell membrane proteins, keratin, albumin, glycinin, etc.) [ 6 , 9 , 10 ], polysaccharides (cellulose, chitin, hyaluronic acid, pectin, etc.) [ 6 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] and bioceramics (hydroxyapatites, other calcium phosphates, larnite, wollastonite, etc.)…”

“…[ 6 , 9 , 10 ], polysaccharides (cellulose, chitin, hyaluronic acid, pectin, etc.) [ 6 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] and bioceramics (hydroxyapatites, other calcium phosphates, larnite, wollastonite, etc.) [ 14 , 15 ].…”

Bioactive Peptides from Salmon Collagen: An in silico Approach

“…Collagen is a target for applications in many fields such as the cosmetic industry, food additives, tissue regeneration, bioactive peptides, etc [3][4][5][6][7][8]. In this report, we work with the reported sequences of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout collagen, doing an in silico hydrolysis with Alcalase (subtilisin) and characterizing the peptides obtained by a set of descriptors and physicochemical properties obtained with the Peptide package [5] implemented in Rstudio [6], and comparing them with other reported peptides of known activities.…”