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BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - New biotechnological\napplications of coconuts

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Coconut is a major crop of many poor nations.The present paper shows with inexpensive fluorescence microscopy of the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), that coconut water has the capability of synthesizing proteins from recombinant DNA vectors.After only 4 hrs of 100 pM application of the EGFP plasmid (pEGFP), a strong fluorescent signal was detected with an off-the-shelf, low-tech CCD webcam.Since natural coconut water is sterile, this heat-stable delivery system may be a good option for the dissemination of food supplements and pharmaceuticals in poor nations.As expensive substances could be expressed in coconut water, through bioreactor technology or micropropagation, the concepts presented here may prove invaluable to the economic and social advancement of many developing countries.

Source: Bioline International (Bioline International)

Author: Bustamante, José O.

Institution: Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Language: English

Topic: Transgenic Plants and Applications

Subfield: Biotechnology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Instituto Millenium

OpenAlex ID: W7008457407

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