Additional file 1: Table S1. Examples of green processes conducted by Brazilian research groups overthe last 10 years.
Product(Class) / Input / Technological Process / Output / Ref.
Biofuels / Sugarcane Bagasse / Simultaneous Hydrolysis and Fermentation / Bioethanol / [38]
Biofuels / Sugarcane Bagasse / Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation / Bioethanol / [39]
Biofuels / Coffee silverskin and spent coffee grounds / Fermentation / Bioethanol / [42]
Biofuels / Rice and dairy wastes / Hydrolysis / Fermentation / Bioethanol / [43]
Biofuels / Xylose / Simultaneous Isomerization and Fermentation / Bioethanol / Xylitol / [44]
Biofuels / Waste from enzymatic hydrolysis of bagasse / Anaerobic Digestion / Biogas / [86]
Biofuels / Vinasse / Anaerobic Digestion / Biogas / [87]
Biofuels / Wood chips / Bottom feed updraft gasifier / Syngas / [88]
Biofuels / Biogas / Oxidative Reforming / Syngas / [55]
Biofuels / Tar from previous gasification / Microwave Plasma Torch / Syngas / [56]
Biofuels / Glucose and Cellulose / Supercritical water gasification / Syngas / [57]
Biofuels / Syngas / Fischer-Tropsch / CH3OCH3, CH3OH , CH4 and C1-C12 hydrocarbons / [89]
Biofuels / Glycerol and Vinasse / Anaerobic Digestion / Hydrogen / [90]
Biofuels / Cassava processing wastewater / Anaerobic Digestion / Hydrogen / [91]
Biofuels / Cellulose/Biomass from leachate / Anaerobic Digestion / Hydrogen / [92]
Biofuels / Glycerol / Aqueous Phase reforming / Hydrogen / [93-94]
Biofuels / Glycerol / Steam reform / Hydrogen / Methane / [95]
Biofuels / Glycerol / Biotransformation / Rhamnolipids / [96-97
Biofuels / Acetic Acid / Catalytic reduction / Hydrogen / [98]
Biofuels / Bio-oil of sugarcane bagasse, straw and elephant grass / 20% addition to gasoline / Higher quality gasoline / [99]
Biofuels / Sugarcane bagasse / Fermentation / Biogas or butanol / [37]
Bio-oil / Rice husk and elephant grass / Fast Pyrolysis / Bio-oil / [100]
Bio-oil / Eucalyptus sp. and water hyacinth / Fast Pyrolysis / Bio-oil / [101]
Bio-oil / Sugarcane straw / Fast Pyrolysis / Bio-oil / [102]
Bio-oil / Coconut fibers / Fast Pyrolysis / Bio-oil / [103]
Bio-oil / Semi-dried banana leaves / Fast Pyrolysis / Bio-oil / [104]
Platform Chemicals / Cane molasses and Glycerol / Biotransformation / Glutathione / [105]
Platform Chemicals / Glycerol / Biotransformation / Succinic Acid / [106]
Platform Chemicals / Glycerol / Biotransformation / Lipase / [107]
Platform Chemicals / Glycerol / Biotransformation / Protein / [108]
Platform Chemicals / Corn cob and oat husk. / Biotransformation / Xylanases / [78]
Platform Chemicals / Castor bean waste / Biotransformation / Lipase / [75,76]
Platform Chemicals / Soybean Meal / Biotransformation / Lipase / [109]
Platform Chemicals / Sugarcane Bagasse / Biotransformation / Hydrolyzed cellulose and hemicellulose / [110]
Platform Chemicals / Sugarcane Bagasse / Biotransformation / Hydrolyzed cellulose / [111]
Platform Chemicals / Sugarcane Bagasse / Biotransformation / β-fructofuranosidases / [112]
Platform Chemicals / Babassu flour and cake / Enzymatic Hydrolysis / Endo/exoamylases, xylanases, celulases and proteases / [77]
Platform Chemicals / Wheat arabinoxylan and pretreated sugarcane bagasse / Enzymatic Hydrolysis / Ferulic acid and p-coumaric acid / [113]
Platform Chemicals / Hemicellulose fraction of sugarcane bagasse / Enzymatic Hydrolysis / Xylitiol / [74]
Platform Chemicals / Hemicellulose fraction of sugarcane bagasse / Enzymatic Hydrolysis / Xylooligosaccharide / [114-115]
Platform Chemicals / Acetic Acid and Butanol / Ultrasound assisted enzymatic esterification / Butyl Acetate / [116]
Platform Chemicals / t-amyl alcohol and 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene / t-Amyl alcohol assisted Photo-Oxidation / Juglone / [117]
Platform Chemicals / Ethanol / Zeolite Catalysis / Hydrocarbons / [118]
Platform Chemicals / Defective coffee press cake / Carbonization / Adsorbent / [119]
Platform Chemicals / Coffee Husk / Solid-state Fermentation / Fruit Aroma volatiles / [120]
Platform Chemicals / Citric pulp, soya bran, sugarcane molasses / Solid-state Fermentation / Fruit Aroma volatiles / [121]
Platform Chemicals / Ethanol / Catalysis / Ethyl Acetate / [122]
Platform Chemicals / Cashew Apple juice / Fermentation / Lactic Acid / [123]
Platform Chemicals / Organic Acids / Biotransformation / Exopolysaccharide / [124]
Raw Material / Sugarcane residues / Mixing / Biofertilizer / [125]
Raw Material / Coconut shell / Extraction / Phenolic Acids / [126]
Third Generation Biofuel / Vinasse / Microalgae Cultivation / Lipids / [61]
Third Generation Biofuel / CO2 / Urea / Microalgae Cultivation / Lipids / [62]