Natural plant products have been used for centuries for health maintenance and treatment of a variety of diseases in various traditional systems of medicine in Egypt and other African countries, India, China, and othe...Natural plant products have been used for centuries for health maintenance and treatment of a variety of diseases in various traditional systems of medicine in Egypt and other African countries, India, China, and other countries around the world. Over the past several decades, the popularity of herbal and other natural products has gradually increased in many western countries. Despite the increasing popularity of natural products, both the public and the professionals are skeptical about the use of these products. Reasons for this skepticism include, but are not limited to, the lack of proper documentation about the source and formulations used;standardization of the composition, batch-to-batch consistency, documented safety of herbal products;and information about the mechanisms of action of these products. The 1 st Euro-Mediterranean Workshop: Natural Products in Health and Diseases was organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Association of Life Sciences (EMALS) and various other local organizations to review and discuss the above-mentioned strengths and limitations of the use of natural products. The aim of this workshop was to share best practices and expertise about natural products, and to identify opportunities for collaboration among researchers, health professionals, and business personnel in a productive atmosphere.展开更多
In an effort to utilize NMR technique for the analysis of the structural components of wood and biomasses such as lignin, we made a comparative study of lignin contents of several types of lignocellulosie materials bo...In an effort to utilize NMR technique for the analysis of the structural components of wood and biomasses such as lignin, we made a comparative study of lignin contents of several types of lignocellulosie materials both before and after enzymatic hydrolyses. To this end, Eucalyptus Globulus, Norway spruce thermomeehanieal pulp（TMP） corn stover and Eucalyptus kraft pulp were ball-milled and treated with cellulase to prepare materials with high lignin contents. These materials were analyzed via ^31p NMR in ionic liquids. The results show that the contents of various functional groups for the lignocellulosic materials after enzymatic hydrolyses are generally in agreement with those from their corresponding enzymatic mild acidolysis liginins（EMALs）, indicating that ^31p NMR analysis of lignocellulosic materials in ionic liquids is a promising method for quantitative characterization of lignocellulosic materials.展开更多
文摘Natural plant products have been used for centuries for health maintenance and treatment of a variety of diseases in various traditional systems of medicine in Egypt and other African countries, India, China, and other countries around the world. Over the past several decades, the popularity of herbal and other natural products has gradually increased in many western countries. Despite the increasing popularity of natural products, both the public and the professionals are skeptical about the use of these products. Reasons for this skepticism include, but are not limited to, the lack of proper documentation about the source and formulations used;standardization of the composition, batch-to-batch consistency, documented safety of herbal products;and information about the mechanisms of action of these products. The 1 st Euro-Mediterranean Workshop: Natural Products in Health and Diseases was organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Association of Life Sciences (EMALS) and various other local organizations to review and discuss the above-mentioned strengths and limitations of the use of natural products. The aim of this workshop was to share best practices and expertise about natural products, and to identify opportunities for collaboration among researchers, health professionals, and business personnel in a productive atmosphere.
基金Supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education, China and the Scientific and Technological Development Programs of of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (No.KM201010011004)
文摘In an effort to utilize NMR technique for the analysis of the structural components of wood and biomasses such as lignin, we made a comparative study of lignin contents of several types of lignocellulosie materials both before and after enzymatic hydrolyses. To this end, Eucalyptus Globulus, Norway spruce thermomeehanieal pulp（TMP） corn stover and Eucalyptus kraft pulp were ball-milled and treated with cellulase to prepare materials with high lignin contents. These materials were analyzed via ^31p NMR in ionic liquids. The results show that the contents of various functional groups for the lignocellulosic materials after enzymatic hydrolyses are generally in agreement with those from their corresponding enzymatic mild acidolysis liginins（EMALs）, indicating that ^31p NMR analysis of lignocellulosic materials in ionic liquids is a promising method for quantitative characterization of lignocellulosic materials.
