Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy
Vast quantities of side streams produced worldwide by the agricultural and food industry present an environmental challenge and an opportunity for waste upcycling in the frame of the circular bioeconomy. Fungi are capable of transforming lignocellulosic residues and wastes into a variety of added-va...
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author | Sotirios Pilafidis Panagiota Diamantopoulou Konstantinos Gkatzionis Dimitris Sarris |
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description | Vast quantities of side streams produced worldwide by the agricultural and food industry present an environmental challenge and an opportunity for waste upcycling in the frame of the circular bioeconomy. Fungi are capable of transforming lignocellulosic residues and wastes into a variety of added-value compounds with applications in functional food products, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, enzymes, proteins, and the emerging sector of nutraceuticals. The liquid state culture of fungi is an efficient and potentially scalable and reproducible biotechnological tool that allows the optimized production of fungal metabolites. Particularly, the utilization of agro-industrial by-products, residues, and wastes as a substrate for the liquid culture of macrofungi is suggested as an attainable solution in the management of these streams, contributing to climate change mitigation. This review presents recently published literature in the field of liquid state cultures of macrofungi using agro-industrial side streams, the different substrates, methods, and factors affecting their growth and metabolite production, as well as their applications, focusing on the variety of natural valuable compounds produced. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1e7ceca4e342401fb1c68068344bba0a2023-11-24T07:35:06ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-11-0112221142610.3390/app122211426Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular EconomySotirios Pilafidis0Panagiota Diamantopoulou1Konstantinos Gkatzionis2Dimitris Sarris3Laboratory of Physico-Chemical and Biotechnological Valorization of Food By-Products, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Leoforos Dimokratias 66, Lemnos, 81400 Myrina, GreeceLaboratory of Edible Fungi, Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Dimitra, 1, Sof. Venizelou, 14123 Lykovrysi, GreeceLaboratory of Consumer and Sensory Perception of Food & Drinks, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Metropolite Ioakeim 2, Lemnos, 81400 Myrina, GreeceLaboratory of Physico-Chemical and Biotechnological Valorization of Food By-Products, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Leoforos Dimokratias 66, Lemnos, 81400 Myrina, GreeceVast quantities of side streams produced worldwide by the agricultural and food industry present an environmental challenge and an opportunity for waste upcycling in the frame of the circular bioeconomy. Fungi are capable of transforming lignocellulosic residues and wastes into a variety of added-value compounds with applications in functional food products, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, enzymes, proteins, and the emerging sector of nutraceuticals. The liquid state culture of fungi is an efficient and potentially scalable and reproducible biotechnological tool that allows the optimized production of fungal metabolites. Particularly, the utilization of agro-industrial by-products, residues, and wastes as a substrate for the liquid culture of macrofungi is suggested as an attainable solution in the management of these streams, contributing to climate change mitigation. This review presents recently published literature in the field of liquid state cultures of macrofungi using agro-industrial side streams, the different substrates, methods, and factors affecting their growth and metabolite production, as well as their applications, focusing on the variety of natural valuable compounds produced.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/22/11426mushroomsbiotechnologyagricultural side streamsmetabolites |
spellingShingle | Sotirios Pilafidis Panagiota Diamantopoulou Konstantinos Gkatzionis Dimitris Sarris Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy Applied Sciences mushrooms biotechnology agricultural side streams metabolites |
title | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy |
title_full | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy |
title_fullStr | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy |
title_full_unstemmed | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy |
title_short | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues through the Production of Bioactive Compounds by Macrofungi in Liquid State Cultures: Growing Circular Economy |
title_sort | valorization of agro industrial wastes and residues through the production of bioactive compounds by macrofungi in liquid state cultures growing circular economy |
topic | mushrooms biotechnology agricultural side streams metabolites |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/22/11426 |
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