Shortening synthetic routes to small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients employing biocatalytic methods

S Simić, E Zukić, L Schmermund, K Faber… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis, using enzymes for organic synthesis, has emerged as powerful tool for the
synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The first industrial biocatalytic …

A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes

PY Nguyen, G Carvalho, MAM Reis, A Oehmen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Review of advances in the development of laccases for the valorization of lignin to enable the production of lignocellulosic biofuels and bioproducts

LMCLK Curran, KL Sale, BA Simmons - Biotechnology advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development and deployment of commercial biorefineries based on conversion of
lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and bioproducts faces many challenges that must be …

Chemical and physical Chitosan modification for designing enzymatic industrial biocatalysts: How to choose the best strategy?

YL Nunes, FL de Menezes, IG de Sousa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Microbial lignocellulolytic enzymes for the effective valorization of lignocellulosic biomass: a review

P Nargotra, V Sharma, YC Lee, YH Tsai, YC Liu… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The urgent demand for alternative energy sources has been sparked by the tremendous
burden on fossil fuels and the resulting acute energy crisis and climate change issues …

Biocatalysis in drug discovery and development

A Fryszkowska, PN Devine - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Enzyme catalysis, enabled by advances in protein engineering and directed evolution, is
beginning to transform chemical synthesis in the pharmaceutical industry. This review …

Biotransformation of lignocellulosic biomass into industrially relevant products with the aid of fungi-derived lignocellulolytic enzymes

S Saldarriaga-Hernández, C Velasco-Ayala… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic material has drawn significant attention among the scientific community due
to its year-round availability as a renewable resource for industrial consumption. Being an …

Hydrogen peroxide driven biocatalysis

BO Burek, S Bormann, F Hollmann, JZ Bloh… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In general, hydrogen peroxide is a stable and relatively mild oxidant and it can be regarded
as the ultimate “green” reagent because water and oxygen are the only by-products …

Systems biology-guided understanding of white-rot fungi for biotechnological applications: a review

T Kijpornyongpan, A Schwartz, A Yaguchi… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Plant-derived biomass is the most abundant biogenic carbon source on Earth. Despite this,
only a small clade of organisms known as white-rot fungi (WRF) can efficiently break down …