scholarly journals Terpene Bioconversion – How does its Future Look?

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1000500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Krings ◽  
Ralf Guenter Berger
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Cosmetic Products ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Biotechnological Production ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Convenience Food ◽  
Natural Flavors

The usage of essential oils as such or of volatile fractions thereof is widespread in the flavor and fragrance industry to aromatize perfumery and cosmetic products, foodstuffs, and many household and pharmaceutical products. The increased market share of convenience food together with consumers’ request for constant high quality and natural products have established a lasting increase in the demand for natural flavorings that cannot be satisfied by the traditional plant materials. This review summarizes selected work on terpene bioconversion / transformation and focuses on recently published papers dealing with novel strains and products, high product yields, intriguing genetic engineering approaches, and integrated bioprocesses. The future perspectives of an industrial realization of a biotechnological production of terpene-derived natural flavors are critically evaluated.

scholarly journals Biotechnology Applied to Cosmetics and Aesthetic Medicines

Cosmetics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Cátia Gomes ◽  
Ana Catarina Silva ◽  
Ana Camila Marques ◽  
José Sousa Lobo ◽  
Maria Helena Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Hyaluronic Acid ◽  
Growth Factors ◽  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Kojic Acid ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Biotechnological Processes

Biotechnology uses microorganisms and/or enzymes to obtain specific products through fermentative processes and/or genetic engineering techniques. Examples of these products are active ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid, kojic acid, resveratrol, and some enzymes, which are used in skin anti-aging products. In addition, certain growth factors, algae, stem cells, and peptides have been included in cosmetics and aesthetic medicines. Thus, biotechnology, cosmetics and aesthetic medicines are now closely linked, through the production of high-quality active ingredients, which are more effective and safer. This work describes the most used active ingredients that are produced from biotechnological processes. Although there are a vast number of active ingredients, the number of biotechnological active ingredients reported in the literature is not significantly high.

Eye Banks: Future Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 238 (06) ◽  
pp. 674-678
Author(s):  
Johannes Menzel-Severing ◽  
Sabine Salla ◽  
Gerd Geerling
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
Requirements Management ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Corneal Disease ◽  
Eye Banks ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Quality Material ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractTechnological progress and societal change are transforming medicine, and cornea banks are no exception. New infectiological factors, statutory requirements, management concepts, globalisation and digitalisation are also influencing how such facilities will operate in the future. The goal of providing high quality material to patients with corneal disease remains unaltered. The present article seeks to shed light on the type of material this will involve and under what circumstances it is to be obtained.

scholarly journals The Improvement of Mini Tuber Production of Granola Potato Cultivar in Aeroponics System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Sugiyono Sugiyono ◽  
Lucky Prayoga ◽  
Elly Proklamasiningsih ◽  
Khavid Faozi ◽  
Rendie Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Potato Cultivar ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
Tuber Formation ◽  
Planting Density ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Important Food ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Tuber Production ◽  
Surrounding Areas

Potato is an important food crop in both developed and developing countries and it is the fourth most important food crop after wheat, maize, and rice. Potato production in Indonesia has decreased in recent years, mainly due to the use of low quality tuber seed. The objective of this research was to determine the effect of plant materials, types of nutrients, and planting density on mini tuber formation, as well as to determine the best aeroponics conditions for mini tuber formation of Granola cultivar of potato. This research has been carried out experimentally using a Split-split Plot Design. The main plot was planting materials which consisted of plantlet and knol. The subplot was the type of nutrition media which consisted of Farran nutrition, Otazu nutrition, and AB-commercial mix. The sub-sub-plot was planting density which consisted of 50, 75, and 100 plants/m2. The research results showed that knol planted in aeroponics system on AB-commercial mix at a planting density of 75 plants/m2 resulted in the best mini-tuber production. In this study, for the first time three important factors for potato mini-tuber production have thoroughly been investigated in Indonesia. This finding will be used by Kledung Horticultural Seed Garden, Temanggung, for mass production of high-quality mini-tuber seed, which in turn will provide sufficient tuber seed for the farmer in its surrounding areas. By increasing the production of high-quality tuber seed, it is expected that it will contribute to the improvement of potato productivity and increase Indonesian potato production.

scholarly journals Using UHPLC-MS Profiling for the Discovery of New Dihydro-β-Agarofurans from Australian Celastraceae Plant Extracts

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Wibowo ◽  
Paul Forster ◽  
Gordon Guymer ◽  
Andreas Hofmann ◽  
Rohan Davis
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
New Compounds ◽  
Mixed Samples

An analytical method using UHPLC-MS was developed and applied to 16 crude CH2Cl2 extracts from Australian Celastraceae plants; the endemic plant materials were accessed from Griffith University’s NatureBank resource and included bark, fruit, leaf, root, twig and mixed samples, all of which were collected from Queensland, Australia. The generated UHPLC-MS data were analysed and dereplicated using the scientific databases Dictionary of Natural Products and SciFinder Scholar in order to potentially identify new dihydro-β-agarofurans from local Celastraceae plants. These investigations led to the large-scale extraction and isolation work on a prioritised fruit sample that belonged to the rainforest plant Denhamia celastroides. Chemical investigations resulted in the purification of four new natural products, denhaminols O–R (1–4), along with the related and known compound, denhaminol G (5). The structures of all the new compounds were determined via detailed analysis of NMR and MS data.

scholarly journals Leonurine, a Potential Agent of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Recent Updates and Future Perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1601101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Yang ◽  
Wanwan Jia ◽  
Yi Zhun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Effective Agent ◽  
Recent Advances

Herba Leonuri, also named Chinese Motherwort, has been extensively investigated as an effective agent on the uterus system. Our group has been studying the natural products of Herba Leonuri for several years, and during this period, many biological activities of the drug were recognized. Leonurine (4-guanidino- N-butyl-syringate) is an alkaloid present in Herba Leonuri. Recently, growing evidence has highlighted the therapeutic potential of leonurine in multiple diseases, especially cardiovascular. In this review, we discuss the biological activities of leonurine, as well as recent advances involving this alkaloid.

scholarly journals Changing paradigms in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonis Fanouriakis ◽  
George Bertsias
Keyword(s):  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Calcineurin Inhibitors ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Retinal Toxicity ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Everyday Clinical Practice ◽  
Immunosuppressive Medications

SLE poses formidable therapeutic challenges due to its heterogeneity and treatment decisions often cannot be guided by data of high quality. In this review, we attempt to provide insights regarding the treatment of SLE in everyday clinical practice, based on contemporary evidence and our own personal experience. We focus on common therapeutic issues and dilemmas arising in routine care, including monitoring for retinal toxicity associated with hydroxychloroquine, handling of glucocorticoid regimens in order to minimise their adverse events, choice of immunosuppressive medications based on prevailing disease manifestations and optimal use of available biological agents (belimumab and rituximab). We also provide our view on the position of calcineurin inhibitors in the management of lupus nephritis and conclude with remarks on the future perspectives for this challenging disease.

scholarly journals Natural Products as Gastroprotective and Antiulcer Agents: Recent Developments

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X0800301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Tundis ◽  
Monica R Loizzo ◽  
Marco Bonesi ◽  
Federica Menichini ◽  
FilomenaConforti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Duodenal Ulcers ◽  
Antiulcer Agents ◽  
Alternative Drug ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Peptic ulcer, one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases, is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by ulceration in the regions of the upper gastrointestinal tract where parietal cells are found and where they secrete hydrochloric acid and pepsin. The anatomical sites where ulcer occurs commonly are stomach and duodenum, causing gastric and duodenal ulcer, respectively. Physiopathology of ulcer is due to an imbalance between aggressive factors, such as acid, pepsin, Helicobacter pylori and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and local mucosal defensive factors, such as mucus bicarbonate, blood flow and prostaglandins. Several drugs are widely used to prevent or treat gastro-duodenal ulcers. These include H2-receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors and cytoprotectives. Due to problems associated with recurrence after treatment, there is therefore the need to seek alternative drug sources against ulcers. In recent years, a widespread search has been launched to identify new gastroprotective drugs from natural sources. The aim of the present review is to highlight the recent advances in current knowledge on natural products as gastroprotective and antiulcer agents and consider the future perspectives for the use of these compounds.

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