CURRENT TRENDS

IN BIOCHEMISTRY
INSECTICIDAL ENDOSTEMONINES A-J
PRODUCED BY ENDOPHYTIC
STREPTOMYCES FROM Stemona
sessilifolia
The discovery of new, safe,
and effective pesticides is
one of the main means for
modern crop protection and
parasitic disease control.
• During the search for new insecticidal secondary
metabolites from endophytes in Stemona
sessilifolia (a traditional Chinese medicine with a
long history as an insecticide), 10 new insecticidal
endostemonines A–J (1–10) were identified from
an endophytic Streptomyces sp. BS-1. Their
structures were determined by comprehensive
spectroscopic analysis.
Stemona sessilifolia
• All new tested compounds exhibited
strong lethal activity against Aphis
gossypii (LC50 value range of 3.55–
32.00 mg/L after 72 h). This
research highlighted the discovery
of pesticide natural products from
Aphis gossypii
insecticidal medicinal plant
endophytes for the first time, paving
a new pathway for the development
of pest control.

Tetranychus urticae
PHYTOREMEDIATIO
N
Phytoremediation is a
bioremediation process that
uses various types of plants
to remove, transfer,
stabilize, and/or destroy
contaminants in the soil
and groundwater.
 A review of phytoremediation
technology: heavy metals uptake by
plants
A. Sumiahadi and R. Acar
Ag Ba Cr Cu

As Cd Zn

Hg Pb Se Fe
Indian
mustard
(Brassica
juncea L.)
White Willow
(Salix species)
Poplar tree
(Populus
deltoides).
(Populus
deltoides W.
Bartram ex
Marshall eastern
cottonwood)
Indian grass
(Sorghastrum
nutans) (Sorgha
strum nutans
(L.) Nash)
Sunflower
(Helianthus
Annuus L.)
(Helianthus
annuus L.
common
sunflower)
 Rinorea
nicolifera
Water Hyacinth
BIOLUMINISCENT
PLANT
BIOLUMINESCENCE
 BIOLUMINESCENCE
Is the light emitted
by living things
through chemical
reactions in their
bodies.
MIT have taken the first steps in turning plants into functional
lights. Fitting into the field of nanobionics, these new
experiments embed plants with a firefly enzyme causing the
leaves to glow. Current research has caused plants to glow for
nearly four hours, and continued work in this field may
eventually lead to low-intesity indoor lighting.
To create the luminescent plants, researchers
impregnate plants with a solution comprised of
luciferase -- the enzyme that grants fireflies
luminescence -- and nanoparticles. The result
of this combination leads to a dim light
projected off the leaves of the plant. Current
testing has been focused on leafy greens and
was been be used on argula, kale, spinach Lampyridae
and watercress.
 Nanoparticles

High
stomata pressure
IMPACTS AND ISSUES
OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Impacts of Biochemistry
•Sustainability
•Advancement (Technology, Health, Food and
Agriculture)
•Opens up opportunity for another study
•Molecular study of diseases and other microbes.
Issues of Biochemistry
•Accessibility and Adaptability
(localization/commercialization)
•Acceptability