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Poster Presentation 1-33
Plant Extraction Technology Transfer from Russia: Potential and Challenges
Tanya Kuritz
Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P. O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6226
Telephone: (865) ; Fax: (865) 574-6442; E-Mail: kuritzt@ornl.gov
The U.S. market for plant material extracts is the world’s largest in several areas, including chemicals derived from forest products, food and food supplements. However, the U.S. market need for R&D in this area and in products is different from the needs and requirements of the Russian market. Whereas the U.S. lacks generally accepted systems for standardization of plant raw materials and has an emerging regulatory system for plant extracts applied in food and the food supplement area, Russia has an established system for regulatory approval for a wide variety of products. Technology transfer from Russia to the U.S. has been attractive due to a large potential of Russian science and engineering and a need in the U.S. for new products. Several governmental and non-governmental programs have been set up to facilitate technology transfer and/or to provide employment opportunities in Russia. Nonetheless, after almost a decade of these attempts, there is a limited (although increased) technology exchange between the two countries. We will discuss areas of potential interest in Russian technologies in plant extraction and products, including extracts for food, supplement and hygiene use and advances in supercritical extraction that can make this technology applicable for the generation of commodity materials from forest by-products. We will address common issues that hamper technology transfer at the level of R&D and pilot technologies and discuss our efforts in the area.
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