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Bioprospecting (also known as biodiversity prospecting) is the exploration of natural sources for small molecules, macromolecules and biochemical and genetic information that could be developed into commercially valuable products for the agricultural, aquaculture, bioremediation, cosmetics, nanotechnology, or pharmaceutical industries.
May 1, 2011 · Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity for new resources of social and commercial value. It is carried out by a wide range of established industries such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and agriculture as well as a wide range of comparatively new ones such as aquaculture, bioremediation, biomining, biomimetic engineering and ...
- Andrew J. Beattie, Mark Hay, Bill Magnusson, Rocky de Nys, James Smeathers, Julian F. V. Vincent
- 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02170.x
- 2011
- 2011/05/05
May 1, 1993 · Synopsis. Argues that biodiversity prospecting ventures won't succeed if they don't promote sustainable development. Focus on three institutional elements that will ultimately determine the course of this industry: organizations, contracts, national legislation.
Bio-prospecting—the search for valuable chemical products in natural biological resources 1 —is an important potential source of novel chemical and biological products for medicine, agriculture, and other industries. 2 But a great deal of the world’s “biodiversity” is found in developing countries, which often lack the research capacity to make ...
- Joseph Millum
- 2010
Dec 7, 2022 · Prime examples include: (i) bioprospecting genomes for new biosynthetic pathways that provide access to novel routes of drug production 12; (ii) microorganisms that can convert...
Jan 23, 2016 · 1 Citations. Abstract. Biodiversity is the fundamental resource for bioprospecting. The three phases of bioprospecting include collection, analysis, and commercialization. Bioprospecting can also include the collection of traditional knowledge relating to the use of genetic resources from local communities.
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Bioprospecting. What is bioprospecting? Bioprospecting, also known as biodiversity prospecting, is the exploration of biological material for commercially valuable genetic and biochemical properties. In simple terms, this means the investigation of living things to see how they can be commercially useful to humans.
