Bioplastic from renewable biomass: a facile solution for a greener environment

G Coppola, MT Gaudio, CG Lopresto, V Calabro… - Earth systems and …, 2021 - Springer
Environmental pollutions are increasing day by day due to more plastic application. The
plastic material is going in our food chain as well as the environment employing microplastic …

Immobilization of enzymes in/on membranes and their applications

YK Cen, YX Liu, YP Xue… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme membrane reactors (EMRs) are becoming increasingly interesting for application in
bioconversion processes in food processing, pharmaceutics, biorefinery and wastewater …

Overview on the biotechnological production of l-DOPA

K Min, K Park, DH Park, YJ Yoo - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract l-DOPA (3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl-l-alanine) has been widely used as a drug for
Parkinson's disease caused by deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Since …

A way to membrane-based environmental remediation for heavy metal removal

C Algieri, S Chakraborty, S Candamano - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the last century, industrialization has grown very fast and as a result heavy metals
have contaminated many water sources. Due to their high toxicity, these pollutants are …

A perspective on the biotechnological applications of the versatile tyrosinase

K Min, GW Park, YJ Yoo, JS Lee - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Tyrosinase (EC 1.14. 18. 1) is a type of Cu-containing oxidoreductase which has
bifunctional activity for various phenolic substrates: ortho-hydroxylation of monophenols to …

Tyrosinase immobilization on aminated magnetic nanoparticles by physical adsorption combined with covalent crosslinking with improved catalytic activity, reusability …

DM Liu, J Chen, YP Shi - Analytica chimica acta, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, the immobilization method of physical adsorption combined with
covalent crosslinking was developed to avoid the shortcomings of both the noncovalent and …

Stability of film-forming dispersions: Affects the morphology and optical properties of polymeric films

MG De Paola, R Paletta, CG Lopresto, GE Lio… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Starch-based films are promising alternatives to synthetic films in food packaging. They were
widely studied in terms of mechanical and optical properties. In food packaging, optical …

Application of bacterial tyrosinases in organic synthesis

M Agunbiade, M Le Roes-Hill - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Bacterial tyrosinases, as in the case of other bacterial oxidative enzymes, have been found
to possess biochemical characteristics that typically make them more suited to applications …

Laccases and tyrosinases in organic synthesis

L Martínková, B Křístková, V Křen - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Laccases (Lac) and tyrosinases (TYR) are mild oxidants with a great potential in research
and industry. In this work, we review recent advances in their use in organic synthesis. We …

Self-Powered Enzymatic Electrosynthesis of l-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine in a Hybrid Bioelectrochemical System

R Wu, Z Zhu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic electrosynthesis has been used to synthesize a variety of chemicals with the
electric energy input. On the other hand, enzymatic fuel cells can provide off-grid electricity …