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New valorisation of rapeseed/sunflower lecithins in cosmetic and fermentation industries (AVAIL)

Reference	BBS/E/F/04230983
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Wilde
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	114,669
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/12/1999
Duration	33 months

Abstract

The objective of this project is to valorise EC rape seed and sunflower lecithins, currently a by product of seed oil, in high value products for the fermentation and cosmetic industry. Valorisation of these by products should optimise the cost of biocarburants produced form seed-oil and offers a unique alternative for EC lecithin instead of American soya lecithin. The project involves:- a lecithin producer who will prepare the new lecithin mixtures from rape seed and sunflower; a fermentation company who will use the lecithins as the carbon source for the overproduction of the highly active phospholipid carrier PLTP (Phospholipid Transfer Protein) using the fungus Aspergillus oryzae; a cosmetic company who will combine the highly active fungal PLTP with the lecithin products to develop new, natural and efficient cosmetic applications; academic partners (including IFR) who will study the production processes of PLTP and structure function relationships of PLTP and lecithin in relation to membrane biogenesis.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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