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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024

From Waste to Value: Recent Insights into Producing Vanillin from Lignin.

Paola D'Arrigo, Letizia A M Rossato, Alberto Strini, Stefano Serra

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paola D'ArrigoDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, p.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8435-7215
Letizia A M RossatoDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, p.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9721-9070
Alberto StriniIstituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ITC-CNR), via Lombardia 49, 20098 San Giuliano Milanese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9585-2748
Stefano SerraIstituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "Giulio Natta", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (SCITEC-CNR), via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1280-8384

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vanillin, one of the most widely used and appreciated flavoring agents worldwide, is the main constituent of vanilla bean extract, obtained from the seed pods of various members belonging to the Orchidaceae family. Due to the great demand in the food confectionery industry, as well as in the perfume industry, medicine, and more, the majority of vanillin used today is produced synthetically, and only less than one percent of the world's vanilla flavoring market comes directly from the traditional natural sources. The increasing global demand for vanillin requires alternative and overall sustainable new production methods, and the recovery from biobased polymers, like lignin, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical synthesis. The present review provides firstly an overview of the different types of vanillin, followed by a description of the main differences between natural and synthetic vanillin, their preparation, the market of interest, and the authentication issues and the related analytical techniques. Then, the review explores the real potentialities of lignin for vanillin production, presenting firstly the well-assessed classical methods and moving towards the most recent promising approaches through chemical, biotechnological and photocatalytic methodologies, together with the challenges and the principal issues associated with each technique.

Indexed as

BenzaldehydesLigninBiotechnologyCandyBenzaldehydesLigninvanillinflavorflavor authenticationlignin depolymerizationlignin valorizationphotocatalysissustainable processesvanillin

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PMID38257355
PMCPMC10818928

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