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Potential Life science applications for lignin are in agriculture (nutrition and health care for animals and plants), human food, cosmetics, human health care (preventive, like nutraceuticals, and curative applications). Interaction of lignin with living cells or microorganisms is an important factor in many polymer applications ranging from protective antimicrobial materials to biomedical devices. Many Life Science related applications are already common for molecules of the lignin type that are naturally used by or administrated to plants, animals and human beings. |
.All the possible technical functionalities of lignin can be of importance also in this field: the most important are emulsification, anti-oxidant, UV-scavenging and anti-microbial. Additional effects are appearing only in living organisms: a whole family of characteristics connected to the anti-oxidant function (anti-tumour, anti-mutagenic, anti-agening), the specific characteristics deriving from administration through digestive systems: absorbtion and adsorption of toxins, slow release of drugs and other active substances, digestion regulation (e.g. pro-biotics and pre-biotics), increased immuno-resistance, increased well being. |
An overview on various Life Science applications and references can be found under General Information: R. Malherbe, A. Abächerli 2007 p.7-9. |
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Applicability of a free radical (DPPH*) method for estimation of antioxidant activity of lignin and its derivatives (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 5, Bordeaux 2000
G. Telysheva, T. Dizhbite, D. Tirzite, V. Jurkjane - Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga |
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A new robust antioxidant activity measuring method based on laccase oxidation of syringaldazine (Slides)
Biorenew project, INTB Ghent 2009
G. Nyanhongo, T. Kudanga, E.N. Prasetyo, G. Guebitz- Graz University of Technology, Austria |
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Study of the antioxidant capacity of Miscanthus Sinensis Lignin (Poster)
Italic 5 and COST FP0602, Varenna Italy, 2009
A. García, A. Toledano, I. Egües, , R. Briones, A. Andrés, J. Labidi - University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
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Enzymatic degradation of the hydrogels based on poly(vinyl alcohol) and Lignin (Poster)
Italic 5 and COST FP0602, Varenna Italy, 2009
D. Ciolacu, N. Anghel, G. Cazacu - "Petru Poni" Institute of Mactomolecular Chemistry Iasi, Romania
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Biocides based on natural aromatic compounds and their copper complexes (Paper)
Ecobinders project 2008
E. Ungureanu, A.-M. Capraru, V.I. Popa - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania
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Polyphenols as plant growth regulators (Paper)
10th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp 2008
V.I. Popa, I. Volf - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania
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Antioxidant and photoprotective action of Lignins from different sources assessed in human red blood cells (Slides)
Antioxidant and photoprotective action of Lignins from different sources assessed in human red blood cells (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005
M.P. Vinardell, V. Ugartondo, M. Mitjans - Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Lignin and polyphenols as allelochemicals (Slides)
Lignin and polyphenols as allelochemicals (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005
V.I. Popa, I. Volf, M. Dumitru - Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania
N. Anghel - P. Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
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Lignin products for decontamination of environment objects from pathogenic microorganisms and pollutants (Slides including data on anti-oxidant and anti-microbial performances))
Lignin products for decontamination of environment objects from pathogenic microorganisms and pollutants (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005
G. Telysheva, T. Dizhbite, G. Lebedeva, V. Nikolaeva - Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, Latvia
Alfred Abächerli - ILI, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Antioxidant activity of Lignin from black liquor (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005
A.J. Rodriguez-Malaver, E.M. Perez-Perez, N. Dmitrieva - Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
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A spectrocolorimetric study of the effect of ultraviolet irradiation on Lignins from different sources (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 7, Barcelona 2005
M. Mitjans, V. Ugartondo, M.P. Vinardell - Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
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Lignin in crop cultivation and bioremediation (Paper)
Eurolignin project, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 4 (3), 273-292, 2005
V.I. Popa - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania
A. Abaecherli - International Lignin Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Medical applications of sugar cane bagasse Lignin (Proceedings Reprint)
ILI Forum 6, Wageningen 2003
D. Dopico, G. Martinez, J. Figueredo - Union of Research-Production of Bagasse Cellulose, Cuba-9, Quivican, Cuba |
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Characterisation of structure-dependent functional properties of Lignin with infrared spectroscopy (Proceedings Reprint- including data on anti-oxidant properties)
ILI Forum 6, Wageningen 2003
C. G. Boeriu, R. Gosselink, J. van Dam - Agrotechnology and Food Innovations B.V. (A&F), Wageningen, The Netherlands
D. Bravo on leave at A&F from INRA, Paris-Grignon, France |
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