Study finds that over-the-counter medicines like paracetamol and ibuprofen can be made from a chemical found in pine trees, instead of crude oil.
The researchers said that they also successfully synthesized a range of other precursor chemicals from turpentine, including 4-HAP , which is the precursor of drugs including beta-blockers and the asthma inhaler drug, salbutamol, as well as others widely used for perfumes and in cleaning products.The research proposes a more sustainable and plant-derived way to forgo traditional production methods.
“Instead of extracting more oil from the ground, we want to replace this in the future with a ‘bio-refinery’ model.“Our turpentine-based biorefinery model uses waste chemical by-products from the paper industry to produce a spectrum of valuable, sustainable chemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications from perfumes to paracetamol.”
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