{"id":3178,"date":"2019-08-08T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.unica.it\/molecularmedicine\/?page_id=3178"},"modified":"2023-06-20T08:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T08:25:36","slug":"paolo-zucca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.unica.it\/molecularmedicine\/faculty\/nutritional-and-metabolic-sciences\/paolo-zucca\/","title":{"rendered":"Paolo Zucca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Biomedical Sciences\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Telephone: +39 0706754526<\/span><\/p>\n

E-mail: pzucca@unica.it<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Personal webpage: here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Main areas of expertise: Chemistry of Antioxidants, Quinones, and Related Enzymes; Biochemistry of parasitic plants; Valorization of lignocellulosic wastes; Enzyme Purification, Properties and Biotechnological Applications of Immobilized Enzymes and their Emulators<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25c6 Too precious to be wasted<\/span><\/span>
\nAll agroindustrial processes produce huge amounts of lignocellulosic wastes. Despite being completely “natural” (at least in the common sense of the word), these materials are enough recalcitrant and toxic to represent a real environmental issue. Besides, lignocellulosic biomasses still present many added-value applications: for instance, cellulosic component could be an inexpensive source of bioethanol, but also phenolics draw the attention of industries in several fields. Exploitation of lignocellulosic is, however, a challenging task: multidisciplinary approach is necessary, involving phytochemical characterization of the raw materials, but also its catalytic modification, as well as the evaluation of biological activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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