Streamlined life cycle assessment of residue utilization options in tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia) water extract manufacturing process

• Main Authors: Kuan, Choon Keat, Foo, Dominic Chwan Yee, Tan, Raymond Girard R., Kumaresan, Sivakumar, Aziz, Ramlan Abdul
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Life cycle costing; Herb products; Phytochemicals; Product life cycle; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3434; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4436/type/native/viewcontent/s10098_007_0088_5.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is often used to compare alternative process options in terms of their overall impact on the environment to easily identify the most environmentally friendly alternative. In this work, a streamlined LCA study was conducted to assess three different residue utilization sch...