Scientists Turn Saffron Into a Water-Soluble Compound With a Greener Process
A non-chromatographic process converts saffron crocins into disodium crocetinate at 99.3% purity while recovering safranal as a co-product.
Tag: green chemistry
New RP-HPLC Method Simultaneously Measures Three Drugs in Combination Inhalers
A validated stability-indicating RP-HPLC method simultaneously quantifies formoterol fumarate, glycopyrrolate, and fluticasone propionate in triple-combination inhaler formulations.
Four Enzymes Team Up to Squeeze Far More Antioxidants from Rosehips
An optimized four-enzyme extraction process boosted phenolic and flavonoid yields from rosehip pseudofruit by roughly 50 percent over ethanol-water extraction ...
Organic Pigment Derivative Powers Stable Light-Driven Sulfoxide Synthesis
Chemists report a soluble quinacridone photocatalyst that oxidizes sulfides to sulfoxides with oxygen under green light at 0.1 mol percent ...
Electrons, milling balls and microwaves reshape how chemists make boronic acids
A new review maps how electrochemical, mechanochemical, microwave-assisted and unconventional solvent methods developed between 2020 and 2025 are challenging classical ...
Plasma-made gold nanoparticles turn red to blue to flag toxic chromium in water
Researchers synthesized PVP-capped gold nanoparticles in one step with a plasma-under-liquid method and used their red-to-blue color change to detect ...
Sugarcane Waste Turned Into High-Yield Liquid Polyols for Polyurethanes
Researchers optimized an acid-catalyzed liquefaction process that converted sugarcane bagasse into bio-polyols with a 95.6 percent laboratory yield and properties ...
Ionic liquids offer greener route to collagen extraction and advanced materials
A new review finds ionic liquids can extract collagen from skins and tanned leather more efficiently and sustainably than conventional ...
Green Solvents Offer Safer Replacements for Chemistry’s Most Hazardous Liquids
A new review maps proven green replacements for hazardous solvents including pyridine, toluene, THF, DMF and carbon tetrachloride across major ...
Green solvents tuned by ultrasound boost recovery of antioxidants from a Southern African medicinal tree
Researchers optimized a choline chloride–urea deep eutectic solvent with ultrasound assistance to extract antioxidant metabolites from Cassia abbreviata leaves, finding ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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