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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

CytroCell: Valued Cellulose from Citrus Processing Waste.

Antonino Scurria, Lorenzo Albanese, Mario Pagliaro, Federica Zabini, Francesco Giordano, Francesco Meneguzzo, Rosaria Ciriminna

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonino ScurriaIstituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5624-6833
Lorenzo AlbaneseIstituto per la Bioeconomia, CNR, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4549-8514
Mario PagliaroIstituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5096-329X
Federica ZabiniIstituto per la Bioeconomia, CNR, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1505-0839
Francesco GiordanoIstituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3646-3210
Francesco MeneguzzoIstituto per la Bioeconomia, CNR, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5952-9166
Rosaria CiriminnaIstituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6596-1572
Institute of Nanostructured Materials · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolating cellulose from citrus processing waste without employing chemicals has so far been an unfulfilled goal of chemical research applied to the valorization of a widely available biowaste, annually totaling >100 million tonnes. We have applied hydrodynamic cavitation using a Venturi-type reactor for the extraction of all valued bioproducts of industrial citrus processing waste in water only, directly on a semi-industrial scale. After reporting the discovery of IntegroPectin in the soluble fraction of the aqueous extract, we now report the isolation of a cellulosic material in the water-insoluble fraction of cavitated lemon and grapefruit processing waste. Named "CytroCell", the material is cellulose of low crystallinity, high porosity, good water holding capacity and good dispersibility in water. These properties open the route to mass-scale production of a useful functional material from a cheap and abundant biowaste.

Indexed as

CelluloseCitrusCitrus paradisiFruitIndustrial WasteWaste ProductsCelluloseIndustrial WasteWaste Productsbioeconomycellulosecitrus processing wastegrapefruithydrodynamic cavitationlemon

Identifiers

PMID33498706
PMCPMC7865635
OpenAlexW3124656779

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