Peptide Raw Materials for High Performance and Biodegradable Personal Care Products

用于高性能和可生物降解个人护理产品的肽原料

• 批准号: 10077543
• 金额: $ 87.91万
• 依托单位: ZENTRAXA LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10077543
• 关键词: Peptide; Raw; Materials; Performance; Biodegradable

Of the many environmental challenges we face in the UK, water pollution has been at the forefront in recent times. The DEFRA outcome delivery plan for 2021/22 lists the improvement of the environment through cleaner air and water, minimised waste, and thriving plants and terrestrial and marine wildlife first in its priority outcomes.Part of the solution will be to develop a 'circular bioeconomy' in which our dependence on fossil fuels for environmental growth is removed, and resources are extracted and recovered from waste products and used as ingredients in new products or as a source of energy.However, personal care products like make-up and shampoo will inevitably introduce a break in this circular economy as they end up in landfill or wastewater at the end of their use. In addition to there being no way of recovering and re-using their chemical ingredients, many of these products contain chemicals that are non-biodegradable and persist in the environment.European regulations prevent the use of certain toxic chemicals in personal care products, due to their impact on the environment from contaminated wastewater. But there are many ingredients for which the effect is unknown or not studied, resulting in a lack of technical innovations that address this challenge.Cosmetics have been used in human societies for over 7000 years and they continue to provide many people with a much-needed opportunity for self-care. Unfortunately, many of the chemicals in cosmetics cannot simply be removed as they give performance properties like ease of application or comfort to wear which are important to users. Consumers are then faced with a difficult choice between environmentally friendly products with poor performance or high-performance products with unknown environmental impact.Our innovative solution is to replace non-biodegradable chemical ingredients with biodegradable alternatives like peptides. We have developed novel, proprietary peptides that perform better than industrial chemical standards, providing the user with the optimal balance of ease of application, long wear time and comfort without compromising sustainability. Peptides can be challenging to produce, but we have developed methods that allow for bioproduction by fermentation and efficient isolation of the product in a pure form. We now need funding to scale our processes to make enough peptide for a launch product with a commercial partner. This will not only demonstrate the potential for replacing environmentally persistent chemicals with biodegradable alternatives, but hopefully encourage greater innovation in this sector.

在英国面临的众多环境挑战中，水污染近年来一直处于首要地位。 DEFRA 2021/22 年成果交付计划将通过清洁空气和水、最大限度地减少废物以及繁茂的植物和陆地和海洋野生动物来改善环境列为优先成果。解决方案的一部分将是发展“循环生物经济” ” 其中，我们消除了对环境增长对化石燃料的依赖，从废物中提取和回收资源，并将其用作新产品的成分或能源。然而，化妆品等个人护理产品洗发水将不可避免地破坏这种循环经济，因为它们在使用结束后最终会进入垃圾填埋场或废水。除了无法回收和再利用其化学成分外，许多此类产品还含有不可生物降解且持续存在于环境中的化学物质。欧洲法规禁止在个人护理产品中使用某些有毒化学物质，因为受污染废水对环境的影响。但有许多成分的效果未知或尚未研究，导致缺乏应对这一挑战的技术创新。化妆品在人类社会中的使用已有 7000 多年的历史，并且持续为许多人提供急需的物质。自我保健的机会。不幸的是，化妆品中的许多化学物质无法简单地去除，因为它们具有对用户来说很重要的性能特性，例如易于使用或佩戴舒适度。然后，消费者面临着在性能较差的环保产品还是对环境影响未知的高性能产品之间做出艰难的选择。我们的创新解决方案是用肽等可生物降解的替代品替代不可生物降解的化学成分。我们开发了新颖的专有肽，其性能优于工业化学标准，为用户提供易于使用、长时间佩戴和舒适性的最佳平衡，同时又不影响可持续性。肽的生产可能具有挑战性，但我们已经开发出允许通过发酵进行生物生产并以纯净形式有效分离产品的方法。我们现在需要资金来扩展我们的流程，以便与商业合作伙伴一起生产足够的肽用于推出产品。这不仅将展示用可生物降解的替代品替代环境持久性化学品的潜力，而且有望鼓励该领域的更大创新。