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Medium for producing glucosamine

a technology of glucosamine and enzymatic hydrolysis, which is applied in the direction of organic chemistry, peptides, chemical apparatus and processes, etc., can solve the problems of acid waste treatment, low enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, and the inability to commercialize enzymatic production of glucosamine, so as to reduce the amount of metal ions, inhibit fungal growth, and reduce the yield of glucosamine

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-09-26
YUAN ZE UNIV
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Benefits of technology

The patent relates to two aspects. The first is a medium that can be used to produce glucosamine, which involves using specific ingredients in combination. The second aspect is a method for producing glucosamine by fermenting a specific microorganism in this medium. These methods may provide a more efficient way to produce glucosamine, which could be useful in various applications such as nutritional supplements or cosmetics.

Problems solved by technology

Traditionally, glucosamine is derived from hydrolysis of chitin and / or chitosan by strong acids (such as hydrochloric acid and nitric acid), which causes problems of acid waste treatment.
However, in addition to the high prices of the enzymes, enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency is quite low due to the poor water-solubility of chitin and chitosan.
Therefore, enzymatic production of glucosamine still cannot be commercialized due to high production costs and low yields.
However, the sources of the shells may affect the purity of glucosamine, and glucosamine produced from contaminated shells may be toxic.
Furthermore, washing shrimp and crab shells to prevent stink before hydrolysis and additional purification processes to remove other by-products that may cause allergies in humans are both time consuming and increase production costs.
However, low yields and high production costs of glucosamine produced by microbial fermentation are still some problems that need to be solved.

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Effects of Pretreatment of Molasses on Fungal Growth

[0043]Molasses, a major by-product of the cane sugar industry, is dark-brown, thick liquid rich in nutrients. However, due to the equipment used in refining process of sugar cane, molasses stock is usually contaminated by a high amount of metal ions, which inhibits fungal growth and further reduces yields of glucosamine. Therefore, pretreatment of molasses stock may be important for glucosamine production, and in this Example, comparison of effects of untreated molasses stock and treated molasses on fungal growth was carried out.

[0044]I. Pretreatment of Molasses

[0045]Molasses stock was mixed with water at a ratio of 1:1 by volume, and the mixture was stirred until molasses stock was completely dissolved. The mixture was then stored at 4° C. to settle for 24 hours. After that, two layers were formed. The upper layer was a dark brown liquid, and the lower layer was brown mud. The volume ratio of the upper layer and the lower layer wa...

example 2

Effects of Concentrations of Molasses on Fungal Growth

[0051]I. Fungal Fermentation Test

[0052]Aspergillus sydowii BCRC 31742 (Hsinchu, Taiwan) was also used in the tests of this Example. First, the fungi were recovered by being subcultured twice with the method described in Example 1.

[0053]After that, 15 mL of the recovered fungi were seeded in different flasks each containing 150 mL of the following media, respectively:

(1) M200Sb5AlMe liquid medium [200 mL / L molasses (equivalent to about 110.8 g / L molasses), 5 mL / L soybean hydrolysate (equivalent to about 2.81 g / L soybean hydrolysate), 0.1 g / L MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g / L Al(NO3)3, and 1 mL / L methanol, pH 7]; and

(2) M300Sb5AlMe liquid medium [300 mL / L molasses (equivalent to about 163 g / L molasses), 5 mL / L soybean hydrolysate (equivalent to about 2.81 g / L soybean hydrolysate), 0.1 g / L MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g / L Al(NO3)3, and 1 mL / L methanol, pH 7].

The fungi were incubated at 30° C., 200 rpm for 5 days, and then were subject to determination of gluc...

example 3

[0058]Effects of Concentrations of Aluminum Nitrate (Al(NO3)3) on Fungal Growth

[0059]I. Fungal Fermentation Test

[0060]Aspergillus sydowii BCRC 31742 (Hsinchu, Taiwan) was also used in the tests of this Example. First, the fungi were recovered by being subcultured twice with the method described in Example 1.

[0061]After that, 15 mL of the recovered fungi were seeded in different flasks each containing 150 mL of the following media, respectively:

(1) M300Sb5Me liquid medium [300 mL / L molasses (equivalent to about 163 g / L molasses), 5 mL / L soybean hydrolysate (equivalent to about 2.81 g / L soybean hydrolysate), 0.1 g / L MgSO4.7H2O, 0 g / L Al(NO3)3, 1 mL / L methanol, pH 7];

(2) M300Sb5AlMe liquid medium [300 mL / L molasses (equivalent to about 163 g / L molasses), 5 mL / L soybean hydrolysate (equivalent to about 2.81 g / L soybean hydrolysate), 0.1 g / L MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g / L Al(NO3)3, 1 mL / L methanol, pH 7];

(3) M300Sb5Al2Me liquid medium [300 mL / L molasses (equivalent to about 163 g / L molasses), 5 mL / ...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a medium for producing glucosamine, including 25-500 g / L molasses, 0.01-100 g / L soybean hydrolysate or 0.25-100 g / L corn steep liquor, 0.1-2 g / L MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1-0.5 g / L Al(NO3)3, and 1-5 mL / L methanol.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 15 / 794,857, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 120; and this application claims priority of Application No. 105134738 filed in Taiwan on Oct. 27, 2016 under 35 U.S.C. § 119; the entire contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a medium for producing glucosamine, particularly to a medium using molasses as a carbon source and using soybean hydrolysate or corn steep liquor as a nitrogen source to reduce production costs and increase yields of glucosamine, and application of the medium.2. Description of the Prior Art[0003]Glucosamine is one of the key components of cartilage and has been extensively used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It has also been proven that glucosamine inhibits the proliferation and induce...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12P19/26C12N1/32C12N1/14
CPCC07K1/00C12N1/14C12N1/32C12P19/26C12P1/02
Inventor WU, HO-SHINGCHEN, JIAN-HAO
Owner YUAN ZE UNIV