Biotransformation of Waste Biomass into High Value Biochemicals

Part I. General Concepts

1. Waste Biomass: A Prospective Renewable Resource for Development of Bio-Based Economy/Processes
Surinder Kaur, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Satinder Kaur Brar, Kshipra Misra, Harinder Singh Oberoi

2. Pretreatment Strategies to Enhance Value Addition of Agro-industrial Wastes
Adenise Lorenci Woiciechowski, Susan Grace Karp, Keli Sobral, Júlio Cesar Carvalho, Luiz Alberto Junior Letti, Vanete Tomaz Soccol, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

3. Thermochemical Transformation of Agro-biomass into Biochar: Simultaneous Carbon Sequestration and Soil Amendment
Mausam Verma, Naceur M’hamdi, Zeineb Dkhili, Satinder Kaur Brar, Kshipra Misra

Part II. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites

4. Microbial Pigments
Júlio C. Carvalho, Lígia C. Cardoso, Vanessa Ghiggi, Adenise Lorenci Woiciechowski, Luciana Porto Souza Vandenberghe, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

5. Utilization of Agro-industrial Waste for the Production of Aroma Compounds and Fragrances
Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Krishnamoorthy Hegde, Satinder Kaur Brar, Mausam Verma

6. Antioxidants
Mamta, Kshipra Misra, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Satinder Kaur Brar, Mausam Verma

7. Solid-State Fermentation of Agricultural Residues for the Production of Antibiotics
Ganesh Kumar Arumugam, Venkatesh Selvaraj, Dharani Gopal, Kirubagaran Ramalingam

8. Plant Growth Hormones and Other Phytochemicals
Luciana Porto Souza Vandenberghe, Cristine Rodrigues, Juliana Oliveira, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

Part III. Natural Functional Food Products

9. Probiotics
Galina Novik, Anastasiya Sidarenka, Elena Kiseleva, Emily Kolomiets, Estera Szwajcer Dey

10. Prebiotics
P. S. Panesar, Vandana Bali, Shweta Kumari, Neha Babbar, Harinder Singh Oberoi

11. Potential of Agro-residues as Sources of Bioactive Compounds
Neha Babbar, Harinder Singh Oberoi

Part IV. Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products

12. Biologically Active Compounds Form Seafood Processing By-Products
Se-Kwon Kim, Pradeep Dewapriya

13. Microbial Statins
Leandro F. Santos, Júlio C. Carvalho, Rosália Rubel, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

14. Exploring Plant and Agro-industrial Wastes for Antimicrobial Biochemicals
Sangeeta Negi

15. Pharmaceutical Enzymes
Deeplina Das, Arun Goyal

16. Biocosmetics
Alessandra Cristine Novak, Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

Part V. Other Biochemicals

17. Biopolymers Synthesis and Application
Emna Chaabouni, Fatma Gassara, Satinder Kaur Brar

18. Exploitation of Agro-Industrial Wastes to Produce Low-Cost Microbial Surfactants
Partap Bir Singh, Harvinder Singh Saini

19. C3–C4 Platform Chemicals Bioproduction Using Biomass
Emna Chaabouni, Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Fatma Gassara, Satinder Kaur Brar

Avainsanat: Environment, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology