Chembiochem. 2022 Feb 21. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202200105. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Ginger is among the traditional medicinal plants most diffused and widely consumed around the world. Its beneficial effects, which comprise e.g. anticancer and antiinflammatory activities as well as gastrointestinal regulatory effects, are generally addressed to a family of non-volatile compounds characterized by an arylalkyl long-chained alcohol, diol or ketone moiety. In this work, ginger active principles have been successfully recovered from industrial waste biomasses of fermented ginger. Moreover, their recovery has been combined with the first systematic study of the stereoselective reduction of gingerol-like compounds by isolated alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs), obtaining the enantioenriched sec -alcohol derivatives via a sustainable biocatalytic path in up to >99% conversions and >99% enantiomeric/diastereomeric excesses.
PMID:35188325 | DOI:10.1002/cbic.202200105
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Patrick Blanchard MD
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Dr. Blanchard’s medical practice is an embodiment of Integrative health which brings conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way. Conveniently located in sunny Florida and over the internet with ValiseMD’s secure HIPPA compliant telXmed servers. Since 1994, patients with a wide range of challenging medical problems have achieved optimum health using the best of natural medicine, judiciously combined with high-tech innovations. Breakthroughs are often achieved even after patients have consulted mainstream specialists and holistic practitioners.
Dr. Blanchard is founder and CEO of ValiseMD, Inc. He is board certified in Family Medicine since 1994 and awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2001. He received the ‘Teacher of the Year’ award from the University of Kansas School of Medicine at completion of his residency in Family Medicine. He completed a fellowship at Wake Forest University in the field of vascular neurosonology. He holds a medical patent in the field of Gastroenterology. He holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine and surgery in Florida. He started his medical career as a Emergency Medical Technician, then as a Paramedic and later a Medical Doctor.
