Applications of hemp in textiles, paper industry, insulation and building materials, horticulture, animal nutrition, food and beverages, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and hygiene, medicine, agrochemistry, energy production and environment: a review
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The hemp plant Cannabis sativa Linn, referring to industrial hemp, is a high-yielding annual industrial crop grown providing fibers from hemp stalk and oil from hemp seeds. Although hemp is a niche crop, hemp production is currently undergoing a renaissance. More than 30 countries grow hemp, with China being the largest hemp producing and exporting country. Europe and Canada are also important actors in the global hemp market. Traditionally, hemp as a fiber plant has been used for the production of apparels, fabrics, papers, cordages and building materials. The hurds, as waste by-product of fiber production, were used for bedding of animals, the seeds for human nutrition, e.g., as flour, and the oil for a wide range of purposes, from cooking to cosmetics. Hemp has also been an important crop throughout human history for medicine. Other more recent applications include materials for insulation and furniture, automotive composites for interior applications and motor vehicle parts, bioplastics, jewelry and fashion sectors, animal feed, animal bedding, and energy and fuel production. Foods containing hemp seed and oil are currently marketed worldwide for both animal and human nutrition. They also find applications in beverages and in neutraceutical products. Hemp oil is also used for cosmetics and personal care items, paints, printing inks, detergents and solvents. It is estimated that the global market for hemp consists of more than 25,000 products. Currently, the construction and insulation sector, paper and textile industries, and food and nutrition domains are the main markets while the cosmetics and automotive sector are growing markets. Innovative applications, e.g., in the medical and therapeutic domains, cosmeceuticals, phytoremediation, acoustic domain, wastewater treatment, biofuels, biopesticides and biotechnology, open new challenges. Hemp is also the object of numerous fundamental studies. This review presents and discusses the traditional and new uses of industrial hemp.
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Industrial hemp seed oils obtained from plants cultivated in contaminated soil can be used for nonfood products such as oil, furniture wood revival, and biodiesel.
“The industrial hemp seed oils that were obtained from plants cultivated in contaminated soil can be used for nonfood products, such as oil, to revive fine furniture woods and in the biodiesel industry [19,35].”
From Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for phytoremediation: Energy and environmental life cycle assessment of using contaminated biomass as an energy resource (2022) · cites this paper as [19]
The review’s “Textiles, fabrics and furniture” section says pressed hemp-seed oil can clean and protect finished wood, while “New uses for hemp for energy production” says biodiesel can be made from pressed-seed oil (page numbers unavailable). Its “Environmental applications” section discusses hemp grown in contaminated soil, but does not say oil from those plants is suitable for furniture treatment or biodiesel. That contaminated-soil qualification is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Crini, G., Lichtfouse, E., Chanet, G., & Morin-Crini, N.
- Affiliations
- Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Crini, Grégorio
- Lichtfouse, Eric
- Chanet, Gilles
- Venue
- Environmental Chemistry Letters
- Published
- 2020-06-08
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1451-1476
- ISSN
- 1610-3653 (ISSN-L)
- 1610-3661
- OpenAlex
- W3035571789
- Cited by
- 396
- References
- 235
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- 3.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Environmental Chemistry Letters (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies
- Keywords
- industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa, hemp fiber, hemp oil, hemp hurd, textiles, paper industry, building insulation, horticulture, animal nutrition, animal feed, food and drink, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, medicine, bioplastics, automotive composites, biofuels, phytoremediation, wastewater treatment
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