Journal de génie biochimique et de technologie des bioprocédés

Opportunities and Challenges on the Extraction of Biomolecules from Biomass Using Ionic Liquids

Dibyendu Mondal

Biomass is the sustainable resource for natural value-added compounds for instance alkaloid, terpenoid, phenolic, saponin, and several others antioxidants which are of great interest for pharmaceutical, food, fine chemicals and cosmetic industries [1]. Almost 40% of the total drugs manufactured are originated from natural products [2]. Therefore extraction of such small biomolecules from bioresources is of outmost importance. The conventional and commercial extraction processes of such biomolecules possess a number of inadequacies such as laborious and energy intensive extraction process, use of volatile organic solvents and environmental concerns