Circular economy pilot modeling in aquatic by-products: from waste to burn cream
Materials Today Communications, cilt.56, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 56
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.116195
- Dergi Adı: Materials Today Communications
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Aquaculture waste, Cream, Fish processing, Green and sustainable environment, Waste management
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In recent years, the increasing popularity of biological products over synthetic ones in the medical field has led researchers to seek new green, sustainable alternatives. In line with this, in the current study, vitamin, fatty acid, and mineral analyses were completed for the product obtained by extracting pure oil from rainbow trout (RT) ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) processing waste. Fish oil-based (RTO) cream produced by the emulsification method successfully passed quality control tests and exhibited promising stability. It was determined that the selected cream formulation with optimal properties did not change in color, odor, or viscosity during a 6-month stability period; no phase separation occurred; and its pH remained within the physiological range. Permeability studies showed that 100% of polyunsaturated fatty acids (%PUFA) and 100% of monounsaturated fatty acids (%MUFA) were permeable in vitro within the first 4 h and at the end of the 8th hour, respectively. The L929 mouse fibroblast cell line was used for in vitro tests. The results showed that fish oil positively affected cell viability and proliferation. These findings, following further validation, suggest that such fish oil-prepared creams hold promise for future use in health products designed to support skin comfort and healing. The findings indicate that the O/W emulsion-based cream is user-friendly and that the active ingredient does not penetrate deeper skin layers, making it suitable for natural-based product applications. Therefore, the current research represents an important step toward validating the practical applications of fish oil-loaded creams in biomedical contexts.