Cellulose nanocrystals from grape pomace: production, properties and cytotoxicity assessment

This study was supported by the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES), Embrapa Agroindustria de Alimentos (EMBRAPA), FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES-611493 (BiValBi – Biotechnologies to Valorise the regional food Biodiversity in Latin America) and Portuguese Foundation forScience andTechnology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte2020–Programa Operacional Regional do Norte. The work was also supported by the Norte Regional Operational Program 2014–2020 (Norte2020) through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Nanotechnology based functional solutions (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000019). Michele Michelin is a recipient of a FCT fellowship (SFRH/BPD/100786/2014). The authors thank Paula Pereira for the technical support.