Issue 23/2014 - Eucommia eucommia hydrolysate fermentation produces butyric acid

Eucommia eucommia hydrolysate fermentation can produce butyric acid

Recently, researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used the carbon ion beam non-directional irradiation of Clostridium provided by the Lanzhou Heavy Ion Accelerator Device (HIRFL) to screen mutants and ferment eucommia hydrolysate to produce natural butyric acid, which filled the domestic gap
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Butyric acid is a product of clostridial metabolism, is an important synthetic fragrance and fine chemical products raw materials, in flavors, food additives, medicine and other fields have a wide range of applications
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At present, butyric acid is mostly synthesized by petroleum materials and other industries, and there are many impurities in metabolites, and the cost of the purification process is very high
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With the improvement of environmental awareness, people began to study the use of microorganisms to multiply butyric acid
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(Yan Xu)