1728 results about "Chlorophyll" patented technology

The invention provides a genetically modified Cyanobacteria having a construct comprising DNA fragments encoding pyruvate decarboxylase (pdc) and alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) enzymes obtained from the Zymomonas mobilis plasmid pLOI295. The Cyanobacteria are capable of producing ethanol in recoverable quantities of at least 1.7 mumol ethanol per mg of chlorophyll per hour.

A system (1) for modulating growth or attributes of at least one part (2) of one or more plants comprising chlorophyll is disclosed. The system (1) comprises at least one light emitting device (3), such as a light emitting diode (LED), for irradiating the at least one part (2), at least one light sensor (4) for picking up light from the at least one part (2), communication capabilities (5) for facilitating communication between the at least one light sensor (4), the at least one light emitting device, and a processor (6). The processor (6) reads data from the at least one light sensor (4) via the communication capabilities (5), generates a control signal based on the data and a reference, and then controls, based on the control signal, the at least one light emitting device (3) via the communication capabilities in order to modulate plant growth or plant attributes.

This disclosure is of 1) the utilization of the spectrum from 250 nm to 1150 nm for measurement of prediction of one or more parameters, e.g., brix, firmness, acidity, density, pH, color and external and internal defects and disorders including, for example, surface and subsurface braises, scarring, sun scald, punctures, in N—H, C—H and O—H samples including fruit; 2) an apparatus and method of detecting emitted light from samples exposed to the above spectrum in at least one spectrum range and, in the preferred embodiment, in at least two spectrum ranges of 250 to 499 nm and 500 nm; 3) the use of the chlorophyl band, peaking at 690 nm, in combination with the spectrum from 700 nm and above to predict one or more of the above parameters; 4) the use of the visible pigment region, including xanthophyll, from approximately 250 nm to 499 nm and anthocyanin from approximately 500 to 550 nm, in combination with the chlorophyl band and the spectrum from 700 nm and above to predict the all of the above parameters.

The invention provides unique and novel strains of microalgae that have been subjected to non-transgenic methods of mutation sufficient to reduce the coloration of biomass produced by the strains. Biomass produced from such strains can be used in the manufacture of baked goods, gluten free foods, beverages, high lipid algal flours, and other foods. Pigments such as carotenoids and chlorophyll can be undesirable for consumer acceptance when incorporated into foods such as mayonnaise, yogurt, and white sauces that are not traditionally associated with colors such as yellow, red, orange and green. Some pigments, such as chlorophyll, can also create undesirable taste profiles. Use of reduced pigment microalgal biomass expands the range of food products that can be manufactured with healthy lipid profiles. High protein containing biomass of the invention, also reduced in pigmentation, is also incorporated into products such as meat analogues, nutritional bars and meal replacement beverages. The reduced pigmentation microalgae also allow for incorporation of higher amounts of biomass into certain food products that could otherwise be achieved using highly pigmented microalgal biomass. Methods of generating novel reduced pigment microalgae are disclosed herein. The strains provided by the invention are also useful in the manufacture of healthy, neutral colored extracted triglyceride oils.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for extracting non-polar lipids from microalgae are achieved using a lipid extraction device having an anode and a cathode that forms a channel and defines a fluid flow path through which an aqueous slurry is passed. An electromotive force is applied across the channel at a gap distance in a range from 0.5 mm to 200 mm to cause the non-polar lipids to be released from the algae cells. The non-polar lipids can be extracted at a high throughput rate and with low concentrations of polar lipids such as phospholipids and chlorophyll.

A method for producing biofuels along with valuable food and neutraceutical products is provided. A method of making biofuels includes dewatering substantially intact algal cells to make an algal biomass, extracting neutral lipids along with carotenoids and chlorophylls from the algal biomass, and separation of the carotenoids and chlorophylls using adsorption or membrane diafiltration or other methods. The remaining neutral lipids are esterified with a catalyst in the presence of an alcohol. The method also includes separating a water soluble fraction comprising glycerin from a water insoluble fraction comprising fuel esters and distilling the fuel esters under vacuum to obtain a C16 or shorter fuel esters fraction, a C16 or longer fuel ester fraction, and a residue comprising omega-3 fatty acids esters and remaining carotenoids. The method further includes hydrogenating and deoxygenating at least one of (i) the C16 or shorter fuel esters to obtain a jet fuel blend stock and (ii) the C16 or longer fuel esters to obtain a diesel blend stock.

The present invention provides an industrial scale process for obtaining lutein and zeaxanthin concentrates of high purity from saponified marigold extracts that may have high levels of chlorophyll.

A system (1) for modulating growth or attributes of at least one part (2) of one or more plants comprising chlorophyll is disclosed. The system (1) comprises at least one light emitting device (3), such as a light emitting diode (LED), for irradiating the at least one part (2), at least one light sensor (4) for picking up light from the at least one part (2), communication capabilities (5) for facilitating communication between the at least one light sensor (4), the at least one light emitting device, and a processor (6). The processor (6) reads data from the at least one light sensor (4) via the communication capabilities (5), generates a control signal based on the data and a reference, and then controls, based on the control signal, the at least one light emitting device (3) via the communication capabilities in order to modulate plant growth or plant attributes.

The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA1 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in plants, e.g., green microalgae, under bright sunlight conditions.

The invention provides novel mesoporous particles and methods for the selective sequestration of organic compounds from microorganisms, such as from various genera and species of algae that produce important organic compounds. The organic compounds can be selectively sequestered, for example, in favor of biodiesel impurities such as sterols and chlorophyll, to provide substantially pure free fatty acids. The free fatty acids can then be esterified to provide pure biodiesel.

A spectroscopic method, preferably Raman scattering, is used to rapidly determine the general health or stress status of living plants and plant products, including agricultural crops, forests, and harvested fruits and vegetables. In the preferred embodiments, carotenoid levels are used to provide an indication of oxidative deterioration. Based upon the results of the analysis, further action may or may not be taken, for example, in terms of choosing, picking, harvesting or sorting the agricultural product in accordance with the carotenoid level. Concentration levels of an analyte substance can be determined relative to an external standard, to each other, or relative to another substance in the item being analyzed. Carotenoids such as lycopene, beta-carotene, lutein, violaxanthin, neoxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin are determined according to the invention, through other plant components may be analyzed such as other terpenes, polyenes, chlorophyll, proteins, starches, sugars, overall nitrogen levels, flavonoids, and vitamins. The hardware associated with the invention may be field portable or mounted on a piece of equipment such as a harvester or sorter.

The invention discloses a nondestructive testing method used for testing the physiological indexes of plant leaves on the basis of invisible-near infrared spectrum, which can carry out the quick and multi-parameter testing on the content of compositions such as chlorophyll, nitrogen, lutein, water and the like simultaneously. The method carries out spectrum collection on calibration samples, subsequently preprocesses the spectrum data, preferably selects the waveband, establishes the calibration model between the spectrum value and the standard value of the content of plant component, and collects the spectrums of the unknown samples; after the spectrum data is pre-processed, the selected waveband data are substituted in the calibration model so as to predict the content of the component to be measured; the technical proposal of the invention adopts full-spectrum information; the measured parameters have strong extensibility and the prediction precision and the model adaptability of the calibration model are improved; the trans-reflective measurement type adopted by the method adopts the spectrum sensitiveness and has stronger adaptability on the leaf type; and the improved wavelet analysis method can simultaneously eliminate the noise of the leaf spectrum data and carries out benchmark line calibration pre-processing on the leaf spectrum and can effectively improve the prediction precision.

Conjugates of porphyrin, chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll photosensitizers with RGD-containing peptides or RGD peptidomimetics are provided that are useful for photodynamic therapy (PDT), particularly vascular-targeted PDT (VTP), of tumors and normeoplastic vascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, and for diagnosis of tumors by different techniques.

The invention relates to a method for producing triglyceride type docosahexenoic acid fat by industrially fermenting schizochytrium. The method comprises the following step: the docosahexenoic acid fat is prepared by fermenting the schizochytrium taken as the strain with the a culture medium with microelements; wherein the culture medium with the microelements comprises a carbon source, a nitrogen source, inorganic salt and microelements, and the microelements comprise at least one of biotin, chlorophyll, beta-carotene, vitaminB1, vitaminB6 and vitaminB12. The prepared docosahexenoic acid fat does not need to be further chemically modified and can be directly used by people needing DHA, including infants, pregnant women, breast feeding women or patients who suffer from diseases due to insufficient DHA and need to supplement DHA. The invention has the advantages of high DHA content, high purity, safe and reliable quality, low production cost, stable production and almost no EPA; and the environmental-friendly, safe and high-content triglyceride type DHA fat can be produced with low cost at a large scale.

Conjugates of porphyrin, chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll photosensitizers with RGD-containing peptides or RGD peptidomimetics are provided that are useful for photodynamic therapy (PDT), particularly vascular-targeted PDT (VTP), of tumors and nonneoplastic vascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, and for diagnosis of tumors by different techniques.

A method for producing biofuels along with valuable food and neutraceutical products is provided. A method of making biofuels includes dewatering substantially intact algal cells to make an algal biomass, extracting neutral lipids along with carotenoids and chlorophylls from the algal biomass, and separation of the carotenoids and chlorophylls using adsorption or membrane diafiltration or other methods. The remaining neutral lipids are esterified with a catalyst in the presence of an alcohol. The method also includes separating a water soluble fraction comprising glycerin from a water insoluble fraction comprising fuel esters and distilling the fuel esters under vacuum to obtain a C16 or shorter fuel esters fraction, a C16 or longer fuel ester fraction, and a residue comprising omega-3 fatty acids esters and remaining carotenoids. The method further includes hydrogenating and deoxygenating at least one of (i) the C16 or shorter fuel esters to obtain a jet fuel blend stock and (ii) the C16 or longer fuel esters to obtain a diesel blend stock.

The invention provides a method for preparing biodiesel from microalgae. The method comprises the following steps of: a. changing collected microalgae from the wet algae into algae block or algae powder; b. mixing a catalyst into low-carbon alcohol, directly adding the algae block or the algae powder obtained by the step a, and carrying out ester exchange reaction to prepare the biodiesel; c. after the reaction is stopped, adding an organic solvent for extracting reaction solution which is divided into organic solvent phase used for extraction, low-carbon alcohol water-adding phase and algae mud; and d. after the extraction is completed, collecting the organic solvent phase used for extraction, removing the organic solvent by distillation, and obtaining oily liquid, namely crude products of the biodiesel. After preparing the biodiesel, the steps that the low-carbon alcohol water-adding phase is used circularly after dewatered by a solid drying agent, and the produced algae mud is used for producing biogas by biological fermentation are added. The invention completes the oil extraction of microalgae and biodiesel production by one step, simplifies the technique steps and equipment, saves cost; the sulphuric acid and low-carbon alcohol used for production can be recovered, then dewatered by drying, then utilized repeatedly, the cost is reduced, the final product is neutral, does not need washing and reduces the downstream processing pressure; and simultaneously, chlorophyll is mainly concentrated in the low-carbon alcohol, reduces the interference of the chlorophyll to the color of the product and does not need the step of decoloring.

A total nutrient liquid fertilizer containing amino acids comprises, by weights, 6-12 parts of N, 1-6 parts of P, 3-10 parts of K, 1-3 parts of Ca, 1-3 parts of Mg, 9-13 parts of Zn, 2-10 parts of Mn, 1-2 parts of B, 0.5-2 parts of Cu, 0.2-0.5 parts of Mo, 3-10 parts of Fe, 10-15 parts of amino acids, 1-10 parts of a plant growth regulator, 2-5 parts of an organic chelating agent and 30-40 parts of water. The liquid fertilizer provides comprehensive nutrition for plants, enhances the freeze, drought, salt and disease resistance of the plants, enhances the synthesis and translocation of substances in the plants, promotes the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), promotes the photosynthesis and protein synthesis, induces the formation of chlorophyll, promotes the cell protoplasm flow, improves the cell vitality and accelerates the growth of the plants.

The invention relates to an all-nutritional compound type liquid fertilizer for being sprayed to plant leaf surfaces and a preparation method thereof. The fertilizer contains major elements, secondary elements, trace elements such as chelate iron, zinc, manganese, copper, molybdenum, boron and chlorine which are necessary to the growth of plants, biological hydrolytic amino acid and a plant growth regulator, wherein the total amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium elements contained in 16 elements which are necessary to the growth of the plants is more than 110 grams / liter; the total amount of calcium, magnesium and sulphur elements contained in 16 elements is more than 30 grams / liter; the total amount of the zinc, the manganese, the iron, the copper, the boron, the molybdenum and the chlorine contained in 16 elements is more than 50 grams / liter; the amount of the amino acid in the fertilizer is more than 100 grams / liter; and the amount of the plant growth regulator in the fertilizer is more than 20 grams / liter. The fertilizer is a non-toxic, pollution-free and environment-friendly fertilizer; by spraying the fertilizer to the leaf surfaces, the nutrition of crops can be replenished comprehensively, physiological diseases are prevented and controlled, the expansion and elongation of plant cells can be promoted, the formation of chlorophyll is induced, flower and fruit retention are realized, and the yield of crops is improved.

The various embodiments herein provide an electrospun fiber mat filter comprising a cigarette filter containing macrocycle for removing toxic compounds from a toxic material, wherein the toxic material comprises liquid, gas, and cigarette smoke and a method of synthesizing the same. The electrospun fiber mat cigarette filter comprises a biological, organic or synthetic macrocycle, plurality of additives, a solvent and an acceptable polymeric carrier. The biological macromolecules are engineered polyhemoglobin and / or chlorophyll. The biological, organic, or synthetic macrocycle are electrospun with the acceptable polymeric carrier in presence of an abruptly asymmetric electric field to form an electrospun fiber mat. The electrospun fiber mat is made up of networks of plurality of nanofibers.

The present invention involves an artificial nose having an array comprising at least a first dye and a second dye in combination and having a distinct spectral response to an analyte. In one embodiment, the first and second dyes are from the group comprising chemoresponsive dyes, and the second dye is distinct from the first dye. In one embodiment, the first dye is selected from the group consisting of porphyrin, chlorin, chlorophyll, phthalocyanine, and salen, or their metal complexes. In another embodiment, the second dye is selected from the group of dyes consisting of acid-base indicator dyes and solvatochromic dyes. The present invention is particularly useful in detecting metal ligating vapors. Further, the array of the present invention can be connected to a visual display device.

The invention relates to a density forecast method of the chlorophyll a stemmed from a water body of the BP neural network. The density forecast method comprises the following steps: (1) the chlorophyll a in the tested water body and the value of other correlative water quality index which influences the chlorophyll a are acquired as the examination data. (2) The neural network of an error back propagation is established. (3) The neural network is trained and tested. (4) The neural network which passes the test is utilized to forecast the chlorophyll a in the water body. Other water qualities which influence the chlorophyll a are: Ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, orthophosphate, permanganate index, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, suspension, five-day biochemical oxygen demand. The step (1) also comprises a normalization process. The data of the chlorophyll a and other ten water quality indexes are between -1 and +1 after the data of the chlorophyll a and other ten water quality indexes are normalized. The neural network comprises an input layer, an intermediate layer and an output layer. The invention can establish a forecast model related to the chlorophyll a, just needing the experiment which has the limited times. The chlorophyll in the river can be accurately and quickly forecasted through the computer simulation experiment and the science forecast.

The portable non-destructive plant nitrogen and water content detection system includes four wavelength spectral measurement device with oppositely set light source and detector, neutralized reference sample or leaf to be measured, micro controller connected to the light source and the detector, serial port circuit connected electrically to the micro controller, and display and keyboard connected electrically to the micro controller too. The detection method includes detecting data I0 and I, calculating the fresh leaf transmission T= I / I0 of different wavelengths, and calculating the plant chlorophyll, water content and relative content NI reflecting the nitrogen level in the leaf in chemical metering algorithm. Compared with traditional measurement method, the present invention has decades times raised efficiency and no production of environment harming matter, and may be used in great area fast field measurement.

Compositions and products for emitting fragrance include at least one fragrance, perlite, and sodium silicate or water glass. Compositions used to make urinal blocks and other products may further include at least one of: lime (calcium oxide), gypsum, enzymes and colorant agents. Chlorophyl and alfalfa may also be included, as well as calcium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, bicarbonate of soda, sodium sulfate, sodium talloate, nonionic surfactants, ethyl alcohol, hexylene glycol (1-hexene) ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and isopropyl alcohol.

Methods for extracting and concentrating cannabinoids using ultrasound-enhanced solvent extraction. Freshly harvested cannabis plant materials, which may be selectively chosen plant parts or the entire plant itself, are shredded to a particular particle size. The plant material is then mixed with a solvent to form a slurry, and thereafter subjected to ultrasound to release intracellular contents into the solvent. Filtering steps are then applied to remove biomass, waxes and chlorophyll. Water removal and solvent recovery steps are further applied to ultimately derive an extract having high concentrations of target cannabinoids, and in particular cannabidiol (CBD). The methods may be deployed on-site in batch or continuous flow processes, and may further be utilized to derive other types of materials from plants, such as essential oils.

The invention discloses a production technique of andrographolide and neoandrographolide, dehydroanddrographolide and oxyandrographolide; the technique comprises the following steps of: firstly preparing stem and leaf extract of andrographis paniculata, removing fat-soluble impurities such as chlorophyll and the like with petroleum ether, and then hot-melting the extract in lower alcohol or aqueous lower alcohol, conducting reflux and decolorization with active carbon, separating out a majority of andrographolide crystals, then removing flavonoid through an alumina column or alkali cleaning, obtaining the andrographolide, cold-melting the andrographolide with trichloromethane or dichloromethane for 2 to 4 times, filtering and obtaining two parts of filtrate and insoluble substances, concentrating the filtrate, then conducting solvent crystallization and recrystallization or column chromatography for separation, and finally, respectively obtaining dehydroanddrographolide and pure product of andrographolide; the insoluble substances go through solvent crystallization and recrystallization or column chromatography for separation to obtain the neoandrographolide and pure product of andrographolide. The technique has simple production equipment, simplified routes and easy operation, can realize industrialized batch production; and the proportion of neoandrographolide, dehydroanddrographolide and oxyandrographolide in the obtained andrographolide is high, while the content of impurities is low. The obtained neoandrographolide, dehydroanddrographolide and oxyandrographolide all have monomer purity of higher than 98 percent, thus being capable of being used as chemical reference substance of the traditional Chinese medicine, or being applied as raw materials of medicine and chemical industry.

The present invention relates to a method for determining a growth status of a plant comprising chlorophyll, the method comprising the steps of: illuminating the plant (102) with input light including a light intensity modulation component (205, 206, 207, 208); detecting light emitted from the plant; determining (S702) an offset light intensity (204) surrounding the plant, the offset light intensity being a static component of the input light; determining (S718) a phase and a gain between the input light and the detected light, determining (S720) a growth status of the plant based on a predetermined relationship between input light and detected light, and on the phase and the gain. The invention also relates to a corresponding system and to a computer program product.

The invention discloses a chlorophyll a concentration inversion method and system. The method comprises the following steps of: S1: acquiring multispectral remote sensing data of an environment satellite No.1; S2: judging whether the date of the acquisition of the multispectral data exists or not; if the date exists and is matched with a chlorophyll a concentration seasonal inversion model, selecting a chlorophyll a concentration seasonal inversion model according to the date to calculate chlorophyll a concentration; otherwise, selecting a waveband-optimization-based chlorophyll a model to calculate the chlorophyll a concentration. Through the utilization of the multispectral and hyperspectral data of the environment satellite No.1, the problem that an inversion model is limited by time and space can be solved, and the automatic operation and service operation of a computer can be realized.