Covering the latest technologies in process engineering, this handbook and ready reference features high pressure processing, alternative solvents and processes, extraction technologies and biotransformations -- describing greener, more efficient and sustainable techniques. Covering the latest technologies in process engineering, this handbook and ready reference features high pressure processing, alternative solvents and processes, extraction technologies and biotransformations -- describing greener, more efficient and sustainable techniques. NATURAL PRODUCT EXTRACTION FROM PLANTS, AN OVERVIEW Introduction Solvents Techniques Equipment Outlook EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY Introduction Theoretical Basics Experimental Procedures Theoretical Modeling and Scale-Up Industrial Extraction Equipment Further Developments Upstream and Downstream Processing Examples PROCESS ENGINEERING AND MINI-PLANT TECHNIQUE Introduction Screening Methods and Process Evaluation Downstream Processing Process Techniques SOLUBILITY PREDICTION OF COMPLEX NATURAL AND PHRAMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Introduction Solubility Calculation Thermodynamic Modeling Examples HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING Introduction Praparation, Extraction, Purification and Formulation Apparatus and Process Concepts Current Applications and Future Development ALTERNATIVE SOLVENTS Introduction Non-Surfactant Systems Surfactant Systems BIOCATALYSIS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION - USEFUL TOOLS IN ISOLATION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS Introduction Vascular Plants and Algae as Resources Perspectives: Plant Cell Culture NATURAL PRODUCTS - MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALS Food Applications Pharmaceutical Applications REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS