Researchers from Scotland have found a way to produce painkillers from plastic waste using a bowel stick.
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have developed a unique technology that gives you plastic waste, in particular plastic bottles, in analgesic – paracetamol.
Innovation is based on the interaction of E. coli chemical and bacteria processes.
According to the Guardian with the Journal Nature Chemistry, researchers used polyethyleneterftalat (PET) – plastic, which is often found in packaging and bottles. It has become an intermediate ingredient (steam -aminobenzoic acid) using a red linsen losse – a chemical reaction, which usually requires difficult conditions. However, thanks to the presence of phosphate in the intestinal wand, the reaction occurred naturally and easily.
To become a paba in paracetamol, scientists have genetically changed the intestinal stick, adding to the genes of fungi and soil bacteria. As a result, the process lasted less than a day, was energy and provided a high output of the finished drug.
“This is the first to open the way from plastic waste to paracetamol, which is impossible with the help of biology only and is impossible with the help of chemistry only,” said Professor Steten Volles, the leader of the study.
Although it is far from commercial production, discovery can be an important practical importance: a reduction in oil reliance on pharmacists and a new way of fighting plastic waste.
Earlier it was reported that scholars materials have developed a new type of plastic. Raw oil is not required for doing so.
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Source: korrespondent
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