The valorization of sugars from lignocellulosic biomass has attracted much interest for the
production of chemicals and fuels. From the dehydration of glucose or fructose and xylose, 5 …

The green and efficient extraction of bioactive compounds from plant biomass is an
important area of interest in the pharmaceutical industries. Hydrophilic deep eutectic …

Deep eutectic solvent (DES) based extraction methods have promising applications in
extracting and separating compounds from plants. In this study, a polarity controlled biphasic …

Fifty years ago, in 1972, artemisinin was first isolated as a pure compound from Artemisia
annua L.(Asteraceae) and was shown to possess potent antimalarial properties. This review …

The solid-liquid extraction of Artemisia annua remains an important source of artemisinin,
the precursor molecule to the most potent anti-malarial drugs available. Industrial …

The quantum chemical Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvents (COSMO-RS)
method was evaluated as a theoretical framework to computationally investigate the …

To properly screen and use ionic liquids (ILs) as environmental-friendly solvents in chemical
reactors and separation processes, the knowledge of their solubilities with water is essential …

Extraction processes are essential steps in numerous industrial applications from perfume
over pharmaceutical to fine chemical industry. Nowadays, there are three key aspects in …

The quantum chemically based conductor-like screening model for realistic solvation
COSMO-RS is a rather general method for predicting the chemical potentials–and thus the …

A new kind of solvent descriptor obtained from quantum chemical calculations is introduced.
Group contributions to each solvent descriptor are regressed for 71 UNIFAC groups. A …