This work reviews the use of carbohydrates and their derivatives as renewable raw materials
in the production of surfactants. Methods to attain state‐of‐the‐art carbohydrate‐derived …

Bacteria and yeast are being intensively used to produce biofuels and high-added-value
products by using plant biomass derivatives as substrates. The number of microorganisms …

Optically pure (S)-4-aminopentanoic acid is a pivotal precursor in the synthesis of
therapeutic molecules and pyrrolidinone derivatives. Enantioselective reductive amination of …

The circular economy considers waste to be a new raw material for the development of
value-added products. In this context, agroindustrial lignocellulosic waste represents an …

Breaking down lignin into smaller units is the key to generate high value‐added products.
Nevertheless, dissolving this complex plant polyphenol in an environment‐friendly way is …

Rebaudioside D is a promising sweetener due to its zero calorie and high sweetness. Here,
a transglucosylase gene eugt11 from Oryza sativa was for the first time expressed in Pichia …

In this study, a novel enzymatic approach to transform levulinic acid (LA), which can be
obtained from biomass, into value-added (R)-4-aminopentanoic acid using an engineered …

Levulinic acid, a hydrolysis product of lignocellulose, can be metabolized into important
compounds in the field of medicine and pesticides by engineered strains of Saccharomyces …

Biorefineries are constantly evolving since new technological advances in enzyme and
microbial processes are boosting research for producing new bio-based products …

Organosolv pretreatment is an important strategy currently employed in biorefineries as an
initial step for efficient lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) conversion into value-added products …