REVIEW ARTICLE
Water an Eco-Friendly Crossroad in Green Extraction: An Overview
Dasha Mihaylova1, Anna Lante2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 13
First Page: 155
Last Page: 162
Publisher ID: TOBIOTJ-13-155
DOI: 10.2174/1874070701913010155
Article History:
Received Date: 30/07/2019Revision Received Date: 26/09/2019
Acceptance Date: 13/10/2019
Electronic publication date: 11/12/2019
Collection year: 2019
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In this review, the function of water and the increasing role of water as a green solvent and co-extractant based on its application in ancient times and the need of environmental thinking have been discussed. A brief summary of various extraction methods for natural products, the application of conventional and innovative processes, based on water and future insights and perspectives considering water as an eco-friendly crossroad in green extraction have been reported. Taking into account also the issue of wastewater, this paper calls for-more effective use of water as a finite resource.