Ex vivo expansion of satellite cells and directed differentiation of pluripotent cells to mature skeletal muscle have proved difficult challenges for regenerative biology. Using a zebrafish embryo culture system with reporters of early and late skeletal muscle differentiation, we examined the influence of 2,400 chemicals on myogenesis and identified six that expanded muscle progenitors, includi...

Biomass pretreatment (BP) plays a crucial role in a lignocellulose feedstock-based biorefinery (LCFBR) for processing of three major output streams (cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin) into chemicals and biofuels. BP includes processing of lignocellulosic material (LCM) under aqueous, dilute acid or alkaline media to obtain a cellulosic fraction, which is then fermented to produce bioethanol....

Abstract The conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates over zeolite catalysts constitutes a challenge for the efficient production bio-based chemicals and fuels due to difficulty in controlling selectivity high coke formation such reactions. This is partly attributed microstructure catalyst which affects products derived from oxygenates. In this study, deactivation characteristics three differen...

For the past few decades, there has been a considerable in research interest in the area of natural product delivery using particulate for controlling plant pathology. The secondary metabolites in plants have been used in the formulation of nanoparticles through increase the effectiveness of therapeutic compounds used to reduce the spread of plant diseases, while minimizing side effects for bei...

Bio-based media, derived from cellulosic biomass depolymerisation or bioconversion processes, are composed of several chemicals and biochemicals. In this study, the main components of a hemicellulosic-based medium were analyzed using a dual detection HPLC method to separate and determine concentrations of the major monosaccharides (glucose, xylose, and arabinose), alcoholic and acidic component...

In a 42-d experiment, 576 one-day-old Vencobb 308 broiler chicks were used to investigate the effects of lecithin extract (0.5 g/kg), choline chloride 60% (1 g/kg) and Bio choline (1 g/kg) in diets of moderate and high energy in a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement on performance and certain physiological traits in broiler chickens. The inclusion of Bio choline and lecithin extract in the diet signifi...

Recent works have established bio-based carboxylic acids as adaptable precursors to renewable biofuels and chemicals.

A dye-sensitized metal-organic framework, TMU-5S, was synthesized based on introducing the laser dye Rhodamine B into the porous framework TMU-5. TMU-5S was investigated as a ratiometric fluorescent sensor for the detection of explosive nitro aromatic compounds and showed four times greater selectivity to picric acid than any state-of-the-art luminescent-based sensor. Moreover, it can selective...

Abstract Biomass and waste polystyrene plastic (ratio 1:1) were co-pyrolysed followed by catalysis in a two-stage fixed bed reactor system to produce upgraded bio-oils for production of liquid fuel aromatic chemicals. The catalysts investigated ZSM-5 impregnated with different metals, Ga, Co, Cu, Fe Ni determine their influence on bio-oil upgrading. results showed that the added metals had impa...

In recent decades, the substitution of non-renewable fossil resources by renewable biomass as a sustainable feedstock has been extensively investigated for the manufacture of high value-added products such as biofuels, commodity chemicals, and new bio-based materials such as bioplastics. Numerous solid catalyst systems for the effective conversion of biomass feedstocks into value-added chemical...