RT journal article
T1 Macaúba’s world scenario: a bibliometric analysis
A1 Catro Ampese, Larissa
A1 Selene Buller, Luz
A1 Machaca Monroy, Janeth
A1 Pérez García, Montserrat
A1 Ramos Rodríguez, Antonio Rafael
A1 Forster-Carneiro, Tânia
A2 Organización de Empresas
A2 Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
K1 By-products
K1 Waste
K1 Bioenergy
K1 Systematic Review
K1 Acrocomia aculeata
AB Macaúba is a tropical palm native in South and Central America, and its fruits present a high-quality oil for biodiesel production. Notwithstanding, macaúba's wastes and by-products are not usually repurposed as energy sources. This study shows a bibliometric analysis to assess macaúba's current applications and to investigate other energy recovery routes for its by-products. All the investigations focused on information about the main research fields related to macaúba. The study showed that only 397 articles and reviews were published from 1900 until 2021, and Brazil is the leading publisher. Although oleic and protein macaúba's by-products are applied as animal feed, some conversion routes related to the lignocellulosic contents, present in non-edible parts, were identified thermal conversion, combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, biochemical conversion, fermentation, esterification, and anaerobic digestion. From the agricultural perspective, plant characterization, germination, embryogenesis, and seed development were also found. From the bibliometric study, the different potential applications of macaúba for energy, pharmaceutical, and food purposes were listed to support the identification of a knowledge gap on its by-products revaluation.
PB SPRINGER
SN 2190-6815
YR 2021
FD 2021-02-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24659
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24659
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026