Sustainable valorization of onion (Allium cepa L) skin as a resource for value-added products: A comprehensive review

IF 5.5 2区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI:10.1016/j.scp.2025.101942

Sampson Kofi Kyei , William Iheanyi Eke , Alex Justice Frimpong , Robert Dery Nagre , Onyewuchi Akaranta

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The valorization of industrial waste through sustainable methods aimed at converting it into higher-value products has garnered significant attention owing to increasing issues related to climate change and the exhaustion of non-renewable resources. This review addresses the utilization of onion skin waste to produce valuable goods, promoting a circular economy and eco-friendly resource utilization. It aims to appraise the possible uses of several different extraction methods for obtaining bioactive chemicals out of onion skin waste and evaluates their efficiencies to highlight their potential as industrial raw materials for sustainable development. Moreover, this review examines a multidisciplinary method for valorizing onion skin as a possible resource for various industrial applications and other therapeutic applications linked to their anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective activities. This approach encourages the recycling and reuse of biomass while delivering a substitute for traditional extraction methods, thereby supporting the broader goals of sustainable chemistry. The review will advance studies on onion skin waste and improve industrial applications.

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洋葱（Allium cepa L）皮作为一种增值产品资源的可持续增值：综合综述

由于与气候变化和不可再生资源枯竭有关的问题日益增多，通过旨在将工业废物转化为高价值产品的可持续方法使其增值已引起了极大的注意。本文综述了利用洋葱皮废弃物生产有价值商品，促进循环经济和资源的生态利用。它旨在评价从洋葱皮废料中获得生物活性化学物质的几种不同提取方法的可能用途，并评价其效率，以突出其作为可持续发展的工业原料的潜力。此外，本综述探讨了一种多学科的方法来评估洋葱皮作为各种工业应用和其他治疗应用的可能资源，其抗癌，抗菌，抗氧化，抗炎，抗糖尿病和神经保护活性。这种方法鼓励生物质的回收和再利用，同时提供了传统提取方法的替代品，从而支持可持续化学的更广泛目标。本文的研究将进一步促进洋葱皮废弃物的研究和工业应用。

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Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy Environmental Science-Pollution

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8.20

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6.70%

发文量

274

审稿时长

37 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy publishes research that is related to chemistry, pharmacy and sustainability science in a forward oriented manner. It provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the intersection and overlap of chemistry and pharmacy on the one hand and sustainability on the other hand. This includes contributions related to increasing sustainability of chemistry and pharmaceutical science and industries itself as well as their products in relation to the contribution of these to sustainability itself. As an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary journal it addresses all sustainability related issues along the life cycle of chemical and pharmaceutical products form resource related topics until the end of life of products. This includes not only natural science based approaches and issues but also from humanities, social science and economics as far as they are dealing with sustainability related to chemistry and pharmacy. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy aims at bridging between disciplines as well as developing and developed countries.