Student project on the use of substances derived from living organisms for commercial purposes.?
I have to submit the idea for a student project in an analytical chemistry course. The project is about bioprospection which is the use of substances derived from living organisms for commercial or even everyday purposes. We are avoiding anything related to the medical field because this is beyond the scope of the course. Some students have already proposed ideas such as the production of perfumes or even dyes ... If you have other interesting ideas about the subject, this would REALLY help. Thanks!
Also, if you know about interesting scientific websites that could help in such topics, feel free to share them with me...
Student project on the use of substances derived from living organisms for commercial purposes.?
There is a "natural" red color that is used to color beverages. It is derived from processing some sort of insect. Uck!! I bet if more people knew they were drinking insect juice when they drink a red colored drink, it might be even more controversial!!
Reply:Fermented foods and drinks use Yeast and bacteria. e.g. alcoholic drinks, yeast in bread products, soy sauce is a fermented food.
The red colour mentioned above is cochineal which is obtained from a bug (not a beetle).
Of course most bacteria can be genetically modified to produce anything including natural flavourings like vanillin.
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