• Alternative protocols for the production of more sustainable agar-based extracts from Gelidium sesquipedale 

      Martinez-Sanz, Marta; Gomez-Barrio, Laura Pilar; Zhao, Ming; Tiwari, Brijesh; Knutsen, Svein Halvor; Ballance, Simon; Zobel, Hanne; Nilsson, Anna Ekman; Krewer, Christoffer; Östergren, Karin; Lopez-Rubio, Amparo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Agar-based extracts from Gelidium sesquipedale were obtained by applying a conventional hot water treatment and alternative ultrasound- and microwave-assisted methods, with and without the application of an alkaline ...
    • Valorization of alginate-extracted seaweed biomass for the development of cellulose-based packaging films 

      Cebrián-Lloret, Vera; Metz, Mandy; Martínez-Abad, Antonio; Knutsen, Svein Halvor; Ballance, Simon; Lopez-Rubio, Amparo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Seaweed residues from Alaria esculenta, Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum after alginate extraction have been valorized to produce cellulose-based fractions with different purification degrees. The residues were ...