title: Water hyacinth a potential source for value addition: An overview.
abstract: Water hyacinth a fresh water aquatic plant is considered as a noxious weed in many parts of the world since it grows very fast and depletes nutrients and oxygen from water bodies adversely affecting the growth of both plants and animals. Hence conversion of this problematic weed to value added chemicals and fuels helps in the self-sustainability especially for developing countries. The present review discusses the various value added products and fuels which can be produced from water hyacinth, the recent research and developmental activities on the bioconversion of water hyacinth for the production of fuels and value added products as well as its possibilities and challenges in commercialization.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India. Electronic address: sindhurgcb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Raveendran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sindhu
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Parameswaran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Binod
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, C-127, II Floor, Phase 8, Industrial Area, SAS Nagar, Mohali 160 071, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 014, India.
authors.forename: Aravind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Jose Anju
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alphonsa
authors.affiliation: Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Narisetty
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vivek
authors.affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Institute of Urban and Regional Sciences, GC A3, Station 18, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Edgard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gnansounou
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: Eulogio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Faraco
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels
keywords: Bioconversion; Biomass; Biorefinery; Value added products; Water hyacinth