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  1. 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.

  2. May 1, 1993 · Biodiversity prospecting includes a draft contract that can help pharmaceutical companies and collecting organizations negotiate agreements. The draft contract, as the authors note, is not a universally applicable model, however, and is not intended for wholesale adoption. Rather, it is an educational tool intended to enable collectors and ...

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  4. Jan 23, 2016 · Biodiversity prospecting, or bioprospecting, is the exploration of biodiversity and biochemicals with the intention of developing and commercializing products. However, not all investigations on biodiversity are considered bioprospecting, e.g., academic research, although these may have commercial applications in the future.

    • Sumer Pal Singh, Anju M. Singh
    • 2015
  5. May 1, 2011 · Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity for new biological resources of social and economic value. It is carried out by a wide variety of industries, the best known being the pharmaceutical industry, but also by a variety of branches of agriculture, manufacturing, engineering, construction and many others ( Beattie et al. 2005 ).

    • 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
  6. Nov 21, 2023 · The definition of bioprospecting, sometimes called biodiversity prospecting, is the search for and commercialization of new products derived from nature.Simply put, it involves scientists looking ...

  7. Jun 25, 2021 · Summary Nature is an invaluable source of numerous beneficial products present in diverse biological entities. Exploration of these natural products for commercial use through bioprospecting has be...

  8. 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. Small samples

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