When private companies that produce pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics, flavouring, fragrances, and industrial enzymes seek plant material to integrate into their commercial products, their undertaking is often termed bioprospecting. Read more..

Biosensor The biosensor is a device or system which incorporates a biologically active material in the material in intimate contact with an appropriate transduction element for detecting the concentration or activity of chemical species in any type of sample. The device usually consists of a biological recognition system, also known as transducer and bioreceptor. In [...]

Biotechnology Techniques that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce a variety of products (from medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms to remove toxic from bodies of water, or act as pesticides.

Catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but which is left unchanged by the reaction. It works by providing an extended convenient surface for the reaction and by lowering the activation energy for the reaction. Read more..

Industrial biotechnology is a term upon various highly-developed applications that uses engineered microbes and enzymes in chemical synthesis processes. These engineered components can be highly effective to clean up the environment. Read more..

Sugar Cane denim are constructed of fibres derived from the plant that gave rise to the brand-name SUGAR CANE. In 1947, Levi XX 501 button fly, five pocket selvage dungarees was made by sugarcane. Read more..

Textile substrate Textile substrate is a term used to describe a substance witch upon an enzyme reacts (surface treatments) In other words, compounds that undergo reactions with enzymes. Included are different colorants dyes, natural sizing and thickener materials, such as starches and cellulose derivatives, etc. The common textile substrates for enzymes are natural fibres. However, [...]