The use of plant oils as feedstock for the biodiesel manufacture has many drawbacks, thus, the interest has turned to single cell oil (SCO) as an alternative. However, the production of SCO is still too expensive, mainly due to the low oil productivity and the high cost of medium sterilization
Vitrification and encapsulation-dehydration were tested for cryopreservation of Thymus moroderi Pau ex Martínez (Labiatae), an endemic plant from south-eastern Spain. For vitrification, shoot tips were loaded in a solution containing 0.4 M sucrose + 2 M glycerol for 20 min at room temperature,
The aim of the work was to extract, characterize, and formulate Thymus capitatus (Tymbra capitata) essential oil in phospholipid vesicles: liposomes, glycerosomes and Penetration Enhancer-containing Vesicles (PEVs). The steam-distilled essential oil was mainly composed of carvacrol. The oil was
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