Advancement of Fruit Juices as Biocatalysts in Organic Synthesis: A Review

Facile and green synthetic approaches are important issues in organic synthesis. Green chemistry
has become a motivational and inspirational tool for organic chemists to develop mild and benign
pathways for the synthesis of biologically active compounds. The naturally available fruit juice as a
biocatalyst in synthesis fulfills almost all the terms and conditions of green chemistry and attracted the
interest of researchers. Fruit juice is also naturally occurring which are being used as biocatalyst in
organic reaction and act as homogeneous catalysts for various selective transformations of simple
and complex molecules. Now days aqueous extract of different fruit juice used as biocatalyst in the
synthesis of heterocyclic compounds. This growing interest in fruit juice is mainly because of ecofriendly
character, non-hazardous, easily available and cost effective. The purpose of this chapter is to
look out present aspects of fruit juice in synthesis of potentially bioactive heterocyclic compounds.