Breakthrough partnership

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Genencor International Inc., Eastman Chemical Co., Electrosynthesis Company Inc., MicroGenomics Inc. and Argonne National Laboratory have joined together to develop new methods for manufacturing chemicals from renewable resources. The group is exploring a new production process for ascorbic acid that is based on a fermentation system and is less expensive and more eco-efficient than existing production-based processes. The process, research and development of which was supported by US Department of Commerce's Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, involves the combination of several enzymic steps within one production organism to synthesize the target chemical using glucose as the main bulk raw material.

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Is developing new methods for manufacturing chemicals from renewable resource

Enzymes, Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Eastman Chemical Co., Argonne National Laboratory, Genencor International Inc., Electrosynthesis Company Inc., MicroGenomics Inc.

Inhibitory effects of ramulus mori extracts on melanogenesis

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Melanogenesis has been determined to be susceptible to the dynamic inhibitory activity of the ramulus mori extracts derived from the Morus alba L. tree that implies potential applications on uneven skin pigmentation. The experiment required the use of dried young twigs of the tree with extraction conducted with 70% ethanolic acqueous solution. Many cosmetics manufacturers have been formulating melanogenesis inhibitors since majority of women would like to prevent the occurence of uneven skin pigmentation. Cosmetics firms have also been discovering potential active agents utilized in cosmetic drugs to whiten skin.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Dermatological Preparations NEC, Dermatologic agents

Percutaneous absorption of borates in human skin

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A study on the absorbtion of borates through human skin, conducted using boric acid, borax, and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, applied to the skin via in vivo percutaneous absorption showed that all three forms absorbed at the same level and possessed low human toxicity.

All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Boron & Compounds, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Testing, Skin absorption, Toxicity testing, Toxicity tests, Borates