Islamic Azad University Student Uses Nanotechnology to Microencapsulate Perfume
“After taking the extracts of plants like rosemary and mint, their molecules are broken by electrolysis and converted into its constituent ions,” Shaqayeq Rahimi, a student of Islamic Azad University’s Central Tehran branch, told ANA.
Noting that the broken ions tend to form molecules, he said, “To prevent this from happening, we used polymer materials and the ions remain in the same form by creating a polymer coating on them and do not form molecules which causes the extract of the plants to last longer.”
Rahimi explained that in normal conditions, mint extract can be used in perfume for six months, adding, “But with the microencapsulation of the perfume by using nanotechnology, its shelf life will increase to one year, and after use, the microcapsules will burst and cause stronger and better effects.”
In a relevant development last year, four young Iranian researchers had also cooperated in finding and patenting the formulation of herbal nano antioxidant which can be used as a natural preservative in different industries.
The young scientists named Shahab Ojani, Nasser Montazeri, Massoud Mohammadi Zeidi and Massoud Qan’e patented their invention under the name of ‘herbal nano antioxidant formulation as a natural preservative’.
“The natural preservative can be used in various industries and ultimately leads to avoidance in using synthetic antioxidants, including TBHQ, BHT and BHA,” Ojani, one of the researchers, told ANA on the sidelines of IRANANO 2022 exhibition in Tehran.
“Given the fact that synthetic antioxidants have different side effects, including mutagenesis and cancer, in the human body, they should be gradually removed from the list of consumed antioxidants; therefore, production of natural antioxidants as a substitute is necessary,” he added.
“Due to the existence of the secondary metabolites in medicinal plants, specially the plants grown in Iran and the synthesized nanoparticles, benefiting from their extracts is possible which leads to the effective prevention of different diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's, diabetes and rheumatism,” Ojani said.
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