Cork is a natural, renewable, sustainable raw material that has been used for many
centuries. As a result of this very long term interest, the scientific literature on cork is …

The enormous quantity of food wastes discarded annually forces a look into alternatives for
this interesting feedstock. Thus, food bio-waste valorisation is one of the current imperatives …

Juniperus spp. are used as medicinal plants in many countries like Bosnia, Lebanon, and
Turkey. In folk medicines, these plants have been used for treating skin and respiratory tract …

Pentacyclic triterpenes are abundant in the plant kingdom and have a wide array of
pharmacological activities. They also have insect antifeedant effects and therefore …

Cork is the bark of Quercus suber L., the cork oak tree. It is currently explored for different
industrial applications, of which stoppers for the wine industry is the most representative and …

Extraction of high-value products from agro-industrial waste is an important component for
the development of a sustainable bioeconomy. In this work, natural wax extraction was …

Phenolic compounds, namely, hydrolyzable tannins and low molecular weight phenolic
compounds, were isolated and purified from Portuguese cork from Quercus suber L. Some …

The Celastraceae family comprises about 96 genera and more than 1.350 species,
occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The species of this family …

This article aims to report the main applications of cork material from ancient times until
nowadays, describing its industrial potential for other applications under study. It is also …

The detailed chemical composition of the lipophilic extractives of cork and cork byproducts
generated throughout industrial processing has been investigated by gas chromatography …