Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds

Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata is a postdoctoral researcher (Juan de la Cierva – formación scholarship) at the Meat Technology Centre of Galicia (CTC), Ourense, Spain. He has 53 publications and 573 citations. Currently, he is directly involved in projects aiming to: 1) Characterize natural compounds with antioxidant activity; 2) Develop healthier food products (particularly meat products) using natural compounds (specially antioxidants); 3) Study the effect of natural and active ingredients in the technological properties of food products.

Preface 1. Ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds 2. Subcritical and supercritical fluid extraction of bioactive compounds 3. Pressurized liquid extraction as an alternative method to recover bioactive compounds 4. Ohmic, ultraviolet, and infrared heating-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds 5. Extrusion extraction of bioactive compounds 6. Solar energy-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds 7. Pulsed electric fields in the extraction of bioactive compounds 8. Membrane technologies for recovery of bioactive compounds 9. Alternative solvents for green extraction of bioactive compounds 10. Extraction of bound phenolic compounds from plant sources