Brazilian scientists have developed orchid DNA to make perfumes.

Biotechnology Channel: Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have developed a genetically modified enzyme with orchid DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) grown by "eating" other agricultural waste, which has a special aroma and will be available as a raw material for cosmetics around 2020.
The genetic product, developed by the Biological Laboratory of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, was developed after analyzing more than 50 plants, in addition to orchids, as well as other species from Brazil's Atlantic coast forests, Brazil's Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
, a professor of biophysics at the Federal University of Rio, said the study was based on the use of plant molecular diversity to develop innovative industrial products.
team's mission is to "digitalize" plants in the jungle, first by collecting samples of various plants and then by reading their genomes, said Mr. Rebelo.
because of the huge cost of reading the entire genome, they analyzed in particular the terpenes used in plants to make vegetable essential oils, as well as the odor characteristics of plants.
analysis, they found that the gene for an orchid is the same as the gene for a vanilla.
in the lab, researchers injected the gene into the DNA of enzymes that grow in agricultural waste and eventually grow into a substance similar to the peel of an acidic fruit.
said they plan to convert the enzyme into ingredients with other "high value-added" odors for perfume production.
Rebelo said that in 2008, the then minister of science and technology, Resend, believed that Brazil had not always done enough to provide economic services for basic science, so scientists wanted to change that, and in 2009 set up a bio-laboratory with the goal of "making biotechnology work for sustainable development".
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