Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Current applications in the medical field

Ali, Iftikhar; Jamil, Nazia

doi:10.1007/s11515-016-1389-z

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“…These bacterial PHAs have gained considerable attention as environmentally friendly bio‐plastics for a wide range of applications. Distinctive properties of PHAs enable them to act as potential candidates for the packaging industry, medical implants and drug delivery systems . Production costs of bio‐plastics are much higher as compared to synthetic plastics.…”

Section: Industrial Exploitation Of Sunflower Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress in modification of sunflower oil to expand its industrial value

Rauf

Jamil

Tariq³

et al. 2017

J Sci Food Agric

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Increasing the sunflower seed oil content as well as improving its quality makes it compatible for industrial demands. This is an important breeding objective of sunflower which increases its market value and ensures high returns for the producers. The present review focuses on determining the progress of improving sunflower seed oil content and modifying its quality by empirical and advanced molecular breeding methods. It is known that the sunflower oil content and quality have been altered through empirical selection methods and mutation breeding programmes in various parts of the world. Further improvement in seed oil content and its components (such as phytosterols, tocopherols and modified fatty acid profile) has been slowed down due to low genetic variation in elite germplasm and complex of hereditary traits. Introgression from wild species can be carried out to modify the fatty acids profile and tocopherol contents with linkage drags. Different transgenes introduced through biotechnological methods may produce novel long-chain fatty acids within sunflower oil. Bio-engineering of sunflower oil could allow it to be used in diverse industrial products such as bio-diesel or bio-plastics. These results showed that past and current trends of modifying sunflower oil quality are essential for its further expansion as an oilseed crop. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: Industrial Exploitation Of Sunflower Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress in modification of sunflower oil to expand its industrial value

Rauf

Jamil

Tariq³

et al. 2017

J Sci Food Agric

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“…Mainly it is regarded as a natural phenomenon in which bacteria inhabiting a natural environment tend to compete with other microbes for space and nutrition (Hibbing et al, 2010). The bio-medical importance of the bio-plastics cannot be underestimated (Ali and Jamil, 2016). Present study indicates potentials of soil bacteria collected from desert and urban area for production of polyhydroxyalkanoates.…”

Section: O N L I N E F I R S T a R T I C L Ementioning

confidence: 79%

Responses of Bacteria from Urban and Desert Soil for Bioplastic Accumulation

Jabeen¹,

Jamil²

2018

Punjab Univ. J. Zool.

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“…Some materials can release toxic substances in the body environment due to their composition or manufacturing method. It is well known that polymers in the PHA family are completely biocompatible but extraction and preparation methods can lead to impurities (i.e., endotoxins = lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) that may be harmful to living organisms after implantation. Therefore, protocols of PHO extraction with ethyl acetate and further purification on activated charcoal were followed and the cytotoxic impact of biopolymer films on mammalian cells was assessed.…”

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“…Our recent research has focused on the development of biocompatible implant materials derived from bacterially synthesized elastomeric polymers, namely medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl‐PHAs). These polymers have brought attention of scientists and medical doctors in past years as they are nontoxic and fully biocompatible . Their biodegradation leads to products that are harmless for the natural environment and more importantly, for the human body .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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