Abstract
Terpenes or terpenoids are extracted or steam distilled for the recovery of the essential oils of specific fragrant plants. These steam distillates are used to create fine perfumes, to refine the flavor and the aroma of food and drinks, and to produce medicines from plants (phytopharmaca). In recent years, consumers have developed an increasing interest in natural products, as most of these terpenoids have been identified as high value chemicals in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and industrial crops. Extensive chemical techniques and biological tests have led to the identification, biological characterization, and extraction of major components that are of wide interest, especially to the cosmetic and industrial recovery of selective terpenes. The current status of the knowledge of their general structure, functions, and bioactive properties and the methods for their separation are covered in this review.
About the authors
Ghada Ben Salha received her BA in mathematics in 2008. She obtained a Fundamental License in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Desalination and Water Treatment in 2011 and 2014, respectively, from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Tunisia El Manar, Tunisia. She has been carrying out her PhD in cotutelle between the Faculty of Sciences (Tunisia) and the University of Pays Basque Country (Spain) since 2015. Her research interests include EOs extracted from AMPs, biological properties, and terpenes and their separation techniques related to chemical engineering.
Manef Abderrabba is currently the Dean of Preparatory Institute for Scientific and Technical Studies IPEST (University of Carthage, Tunisia) and the Head of the Molecular Materials and Applications Laboratory. He has been a professor in higher education since 1988 and a full professor since 1995. Prof. Abderrabba contributed greatly to the advancement of the scientific research and has a great academic footprint. He is the author of more than 170 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. His H-index reached 24 in the Scopus database. He is also the author and coauthor of four industrial patents.
Jalel Labidi has a chemical engineering degree and a PhD in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (France). He has developed his research career in several centers: Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal (Canada), CanmetENERGY (Canada), CNRS (France), University of Girona, and finally at the University of the Basque Country. Currently, he holds a position of senior researcher in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of the Basque Country. He is the head of the research group “Biorefinery Process” (BioRP). His research interest is focused on the conversion and valorization of biomass.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful for the financial support received from the University of Tunis El Manar (Grant No.: Mobility Grant), the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Grant No.: Grant of Ms. Ben Salha), and the Department of Education of the Basque Government (project IT1008-16).
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