Agricultural crop waste materials – A potential reservoir of molecules

Abstract

Crop wastes are one of the agricultural wastes generated during the production and processing of food materials. Their generation is the other side of developmental activities. They are now becoming an alarming source of environmental pollution, leading to an unhealthy society. There is an urgent need to develop robust methods to utilize these types of wastes into beneficial compounds or materials. Many works are successfully done in these areas, and several strategies have been developed to produce biochemicals from biological wastes. In other words, value addition has been done to the crop waste materials. The chemicals like carbohydrates, minerals, proteins, and other compounds have been isolated from various crop residues. In this context, this article covers an overview of the crop wastes, chemicals isolated from them, their extraction methods, and the way forward to get the valuable chemicals.