UNEC Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, cilt.2, sa.2, ss.64-72, 2022 (Scopus)
Extraction, separation and raw material production using known and new extraction technologies from plants with target-oriented and multi-purpose production models is the most important step for domestic production in the field of food supplements and drug productions. In this context, an economical extraction model with multi-functional and target-oriented processing of plants reveals the most important and original value of this presentation. In this context, research and production studies for the extraction will be mentioned and the results of the studies carried out within the framework of the production model will be mentioned with a different perspective. Plant-derived extracts and isolated natural compounds are valuable plant-derived products that have the potential to be used in food, medicine, cosmetics and different health fields, containing hundreds of powerful antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal and bioactive chemical components. However, new and innovative studies should be carried out to develop new extraction methods, industrial scale extraction and production models in order to obtain functional products with activity-oriented fractionation and to transform them into products with high added value. In this context, the food supplement production and different cosmetics from extracts, especially for cosmetic products made using Anatolian plants and endemic natural plant sources, will be mentioned within the scope of the project for the purification of plant-based and valuable chemicals and their conversion into functional products. In addition, within the scope of this study, the production, extraction, purification and conversion processes into functional products will be presented together, using completely domestic plant resources, and the necessary components to promote domestic production will be emphasized. The importance of production in cooperation with the University and Industry in the food supplements sector and the studies carried out in the context of transforming our country's biological resources into production will be explained.