Mayara Barcelos

Federal University from Jequitinhonha and Mucuri's Valleys | UFVJM · Departamento de Engenharia de Alimentos

Pentoses are biomolecules that are widespread and extremely abundant in the plant kingdom. These sugars can be easily extracted from agricultural crops, forestry, or even plant‐based waste. The conversion of these sugars into biofuels is a current demand that converges with the solutions so far proposed for the economic, energy, and environmental s...

The production of biofuels from renewable sources must be intensified in order to meet the current demands of a growing population, as well as intensifying the generating of these compounds on the necessary scale for commercialization with an affordable process cost. In this perspective, the conversion of agricultural and industrial by‐products int...

Green synthesis is one of the most valuable and emerging methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) nowadays, presenting imperative biological benefits, reduced process time, cost-effectiveness, and environmental benefits, as an alternative to physical and chemical processes. Silver, a noble metal, possess unique properties and potential appl...

Agro-industrial residues and by-products are a crescent environmental problem since they are often discarded without proper treatment, and still have growing production. These residues are rich from a nutritional point of view and contain various industrial relevant compounds, such as phenolic compounds, fibers, vitamins, sugars and others. The cre...

Due to market demand for natural products, the problems associated with climate change, and the limitations associated with chemical extraction processes, the use of biotechnological processes has attracted more attention as an alternative method of obtaining commercial products. These methods are applicable in the pharmaceutical, textile, and, esp...

The great abundance and availability of lignocellulosic material as alternative substrates for industrial processes opens up a vast field of potential for the production of value-added compounds. For example, the discovery of the relationship between degradation of lignocellulosic biomass and the production of new-generation biofuels has made the s...

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are an abundant and important group of compounds that can be secreted by bacteria, fungi and algae. The biotechnological production of these substances represents a faster alternative when compared to chemical and plant-derived production with the possibility of using industrial wastes as substrates, a feasible st...

Biotechnology is responsible for the manipulation of living organisms or their components for the production of products that are of benefit to human kind. Due to the wide range of applications, colors have been used to differentiate the main areas of research, such as white (industrial), green (agricultural), and blue (marine and fresh-water), amo...

Resumo A utilização de ingredientes microencapsulados na indústria alimentícia apresenta crescente expansão. A microencapsulação é utilizada para proteger o material ativo de condições adversas e apresenta ainda mais vantagens quando utilizada juntamente com a liberação controlada. O uso da atomização para microencapsulação é uma das técnicas mais...

Products that bear the label “natural” have gained more attention in the marketplace. In this approach, the production of aroma compounds through biotransformation or bioconversion has been receiving more incentives in economic and research fields. Among the substrates used in these processes, terpenes can be highlighted for their versatility and l...