Projects / Programmes
Isolation and Identification of Biologically Active Compounds from Plant Materials
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
1.04.05 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Chemistry |
Analytical chemistry |
Code |
Science |
Field |
P300 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Analytical chemistry |
B740 |
Biomedical sciences |
Pharmacological sciences, pharmacognosy, pharmacy, toxicology |
B420 |
Biomedical sciences |
Nutrition |
biologically active compounds, plant materials, pharmacognosy, bioactivity-guided isolation, purification, structural elucidation, chromatography, spectroscopy
Researchers (6)
Organisations (1)
no. |
Code |
Research organisation |
City |
Registration number |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
0104 |
National Institute of Chemistry |
Ljubljana |
5051592000 |
20,996 |
Abstract
Biologically active compounds isolated from plant materials represent a constant challenge to researchers all over the world. More and more extensive investigations as a consequence of development of new technologies and involvement of much more human potentials in research area than ever in the history, especially in economically progressive countries, lead to numerous scientific discoveries in this field like in many others. The final results of these investigations are often new products, that enhance the quality of life, considering that they are mostly drugs and dietary supplements. Some other uses also exist, for example in cosmetic industry. Waste plant materials, that sometimes appear in amounts causing environmental problems, recently became an interesting source of valuable biologically active organic compounds. As example can serve the residues from wine production, for which it is already known that they contain valuable biologically active compounds. In some countries (France, Japan) these compounds are already produced and marketed in different final products.For these reasons we propose investigation of isolation possibilities of promising biologically active compounds from plant materials. We will find out the best conditions for the extraction from chosen plant materials, develop methods for the purification of the extracts and study chromatographic and chemical properties of isolated and identified compounds together with their biological activity (so-called "bioactivity-guided isolation").