Botanical ingredients: the key link in Colombia for the development of innovative and natural pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food products / El eslabón clave en Colombia para el desarrollo de productos farmacéuticos, cosméticos y alimentarios innovadores y naturales
Vitae (Medellín)
; 24(2): 85-87, 2017.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS, COLNAL
| ID: biblio-994649
Biblioteca responsável:
CO56.3
ABSTRACT
Botanical ingredients are widely used in food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, drugs, and other products. These ingredients may either be made as fresh material, dry and ground material, or as valorized sub-products obtained following more complex industrial process such as extraction, concentration, and purification. The plant sources of botanical ingredients are diverse. Roots, flowers, fruits, leaves, or seeds could be obtained from i) industrial crops (food and non-food); ii) wild plants (non-agroindustrial development); or iii) agroindustrial wastes (byproducts obtained during harvesting, post-harvesting, and industrial processing). Each of these sources is associated with specific challenges and advantages in the botanical ingredient industry. For example, industrial crops provide the most homogeneous raw material, but the degree of novelty and innovation in the development of these ingredients could be limited. Conversely, wild plants are the best source of novel ingredients; however, they require a lot of time and money to develop. These increased expenditures normally emerge from bioprospecting studies and legal procedures, given that the inclusion of a new ingredient is required. On the other hand, agroindustrial wastes are the most sustainable and environmentally friendly bioingredient sources; however their availability, homogeneity, and innocuousness are the most important challenges to solve.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
COLNAL
/
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Botânica
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Colômbia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Vitae (Medellín)
Assunto da revista:
Farmácia
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Química
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Antioquia/CO