Clarification of animal cell cultures on a large scale by continuous centrifugation

Summary Animal cells from 80-L and 2000-L fed batch fermentations were removed by a prototype disc stack centrifuge in order to achieve a fast and reliable separation of solids from large quantities of cell culture fluids. The clarification capacity was excellent for animal cells but particles remained in the liquid phase and affected further downstream processing of the cell-free harvest fluid. No significant loss of product was observed. A number of parameters were monitored to optimize process conditions for use with animal cells.     

中药注射剂澄明度影响因素的研究进展

本文介绍了中药注射剂在生产过程中影响澄明度的因素。在分析过程中以生产流程为主线,介绍了各个生产环节对澄明度的影响,重点分析了原料药材、pH值、安瓿、灌装、封口的影响因素及提高澄明度的有效措施。     

民族植物学认识的几个误区

民族植物学是研究一定地区的人群与植物界(包括所有在经济上、文化上和其他方面有重要价值的植物)之间的全面关系,同时也研究社会结构、行为和植物之间的相互作用.民族植物学在寻找新资源、探索植物资源可持续利用和保护途径中已经发挥了非常重要的作用.但民族植物学在我国的发展还相对滞后,其中对民族植物学在理解上存在的误区是导致民族植物学不为更多人所了解的主要因素之一.本文对容易导致对民族植物学产生误解的6个方面(包括"民族植物学就是研究少数民族利用植物的科学"、"民族植物学仅仅是文献考证的一门学科"、"民族植物学无定量方法"等)进行了初步分析,以期让更多的人了解民族植物学,参与到民族植物学研究中来.     

白喉毒素超滤浓缩后膜通透性恢复试验的研究

应用超滤浓缩技术对白喉毒素培养液进行澄清过滤和超滤浓缩,已经早已为生产厂家所使用.但是,超滤膜的通透性下降很快,使膜的使用期限大大缩短,生产成本较高.因此在试验过程中,注重摸索超滤过程的中间控制以及超滤结束后的清洗方法,特别是使用0.5 mol/LNaOH+200ppm次氯酸钠作为清洗剂,在超滤结束以后对滤膜进行彻底的恢复性清洗,可以使澄清和浓缩过滤速度分别达到平均77 L/M2·h和75 L/M2·h,回收率分别达到93.1%和92.8%,使滤膜的滤过性能(NWP)基本恢复到滤前水平.     

Clarification of fruit juice with chitosan

Chitosan prepared from shrimp shell was made partially water-soluble by hydrolyzing with 7% acetic acid. This chitosan at low concentration was found to be effective in the clarification of different fruit juices. Appearance and acceptability of the juices after treatment with chitosan significantly increased on a nine point Hedonic scale.     

ATPS applied to extraction of small molecules - polycetides - and simultaneous clarification of culture media with filamentous microorganisms

Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) were applied for extraction of small molecules (polycetides) - retamycin, an anthracyclin, and two red pigments, rubropunctamin and monascorubramin - from the whole culture media of Streptomyces olindensis and Monascus purpureus. ATPS allows, in one step, the separation of the small hydrophobic molecules in the PEG rich phase, from the filamentous microorganisms, which remains in the salt phase. Through experimental designs, the main variables and their levels were defined, as follows: for retamycin extraction, PEG 6000 (10%, w/w), phosphate at 20% (w/w) and pH 6.0 led to the higher partition coefficient, K(r) = 8.2, and yield = 91.3%; for red pigments, the statistical analysis indicate PEG 6000 (20%, w/w) and phosphate at 15% (w/w), for a high partition coefficient, (K(pig) = 113 and 150).     

Localization of volatile acidity reducing factors in grape

Summary Must clarification processes cause an increase in the acetate content of wine at the end of the alcoholic fermatation process, this phenomenon being particularly noticeable when fermentation is obtained by means of the so-called high acetate-producer yeast strains. The influence of different must fractions (free run juice, pressed juice, skins and seeds) on acetate production in white grape was investigated, and the addition of skins and and seeds to a synthetic nutritive medium (MNS) was seen to cause a considerable reduction in acetate production. Strain-related differences become evident when the grape bunch is subjected to heat shock (90°C) before musting. In such conditions, acetate content after fermentation is approximately the same as that of the control specimen (not heat treated) for the low acetate-producer strain (S191c) and higher for the high producer strain (S22b). This suggests the presence of some thermolabile factor that is responsible for inhibiting acetate production. In order to determine the chemical nature of this factor, a series of tests was performed on two substances contained in grape skins and seeds, i.e., polyphenolic compounds and unsaturated fatty acids. A reduction in acetate production was observed in the presence of both substances, their effect being greater when used in connection with high acetate-producer yeast strains.     

Performance prediction of industrial centrifuges using scale-down models

Computational fluid dynamics was used to model the high flow forces found in the feed zone of a multichamber-bowl centrifuge and reproduce these in a small, high-speed rotating disc device. Linking the device to scale-down centrifugation, permitted good estimation of the performance of various continuous-flow centrifuges (disc stack, multichamber bowl, CARR Powerfuge) for shear-sensitive protein precipitates. Critically, the ultra scale-down centrifugation process proved to be a much more accurate predictor of production multichamber-bowl performance than was the pilot centrifuge.     

F型肉毒梭菌培养液可滤性实验的初步研究

目的通过探索F型肉毒梭菌培养液可滤性实验,为现有生产工艺提供科学的优化方案。方法分别采用不同型号的过滤器,通过不同的过滤组合对F型肉毒梭菌培养液进行澄清过滤。结果采用K700P过滤器(过滤精度6.0～15.0μm)对F型肉毒梭菌培养液进行一级澄清过滤,采用50P过滤器(过滤精度0.5～0.85μm)对料液进行二级澄清过滤,对F型肉毒梭菌培养液具有良好的澄清效果。结论可滤性实验的探索对于F型肉毒梭菌培养液批生产量的扩大具有切实可行的指导意义。     

Removal of water turbidity by natural coagulants obtained from chestnut and acorn

The ability of seed extracts of several species of chestnut and acorn to act as natural coagulants was tested using a synthetic turbid water. Active components were extracted from ground seeds of Horse chestnut and acorns of some species of family Fagaceae: Common oak, Turkey oak, Northern red oak and European chestnut. All investigated extracts had coagulation capabilities and their amounts depended on pH values and initial turbidities. The seed extracts from European chestnut and Common oak acorn were the most efficient expressing the highest coagulation activities, about 80% and 70%, respectively, in both low and medium investigated water turbidities at the lowest coagulant dose 0.5 ml/L.