Résumé
Background: The oxidation of formulated products, especially when enriched in lipids, is a complex phenomenon that affects the overall quality of manufactured food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. Avoiding lipid oxidation is therefore crucial, especially as manufacturers are incorporating higher amounts of unsaturated lipids into their products for health reasons, thereby making them more sensitive to oxidative degradation. Even though the efficiency of synthetic antioxidants has been recognized, both consumers and manufacturers are looking for more innovative, healthy and quality products while rejecting synthetic additives due to their concern about safety, along with their environmental impact issues. Hypothesis/Purpose: To solve this issue, and to propose efficient, long-term economic and environmental solutions, both the fundamental research to better understand the lipid oxidation mechanisms and the plant biomass, which have shown to be rich in compounds and have raised interest for the isolation of novel naturally occurring antioxidants, are essential. Results and conclusion: A review of the different works that have been conducted by our team will be presented, with the aim at highlighting how: - The fundamental research is essential to better understand the chemistry behind the oxidation of formulated products that are enriched in lipids. - The plant biomass may be the source of novel naturally occurring antioxidants, which could be used to substitute the synthetic ones. - An approach using the concept of bio mimicry with NaDES could respond to the challenges of sustainable transformation and recovery of biomass and open up great eco-innovative opportunities.