The invention provides the use of enzymes derived from plants in biocatalysis. The regio- and stercoselective introduction of an oxygen group into an unactivated organic compound is still a largely unresolved challenge to organic chemistry (Faber, 2000). We have shown that enzymes of Asteraceae species are capable of converting with high regio- and stereospecificity for example sesquiterpene olefins to commercially interesting products.
Methodologies for improving the quality of meat, health status of animals and impact on environment
申请人:Aarhus Universitet
公开号:EP2289348A2
公开(公告)日:2011-03-02
Disclosed is a method and a product of a chicory root product for reducing taint in animals, said method comprising feeding to an animal a chicory root product during at least one day prior to slaughtering the animal. By feeding animals with the chicory root product this improves the quality of meat, prevents or reduces female and male animal taint, primarily boar taint caused by skatole and/or androstenone. The invention also relates to methods for improving the health status of animals e.g. by reducing infections by pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract and to methods for reducing animal caused odours in general. The chicory root product comprises inulin/fructan (fructooligosaccarides) other low molecular weight sugars and secondary metabolites.
The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering of flavor, fragrance and bio-control agent development. More specifically it relates to a process for production of natural flavors, fragrances or bio-control agents by the control of one or more genes implicated in that process. The invention provides an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid or functional fragment thereof encoding a proteinaceous molecule essentially capable of flavor, fragrance and/or bio-control agent synthesis when provided with a suitable substrate under appropriate reaction conditions. The invention further provides a nucleic acid or functional fragment thereof encoding a proteinaceous molecule essentially capable of synthesizing at least a monoterpene alcohol linalool when contacted with geranyl diphosphate (GPP) and/or at least a sesquiterpene alcohol nerolidol when contacted with farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) under appropriate reaction conditions.
Methods for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of dandelion
申请人:Ryu Beungtae Stephen
公开号:US20050022267A1
公开(公告)日:2005-01-27
Methods for
Agrobacterium
-mediated transformation and regeneration of dandelion plants are disclosed. The invention encompasses regenerated, fertile dandelion plants, transgenic seeds produced therefrom, and subsequent generations.