The predecessor of the Guangxi Plant Active Substances Research and Development Center, the Phytochemistry Laboratory of the Guangxi Institute of Botany, was established in 1959 with the help of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its main research direction is the extraction, isolation and identification of phytochemical components, focusing on It is the research and development of plant active ingredients. Since its establishment, the laboratory has won 1 National Science Conference Award, 1 first-class provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress award, 5 second- and third-class awards, and 2 national invention patents. Among them, projects such as artemisinin production technology, Chinese patent medicine Yan Jianning, anti-tuberculosis tablets, Luo Han Guo sweetener, paclitaxel production technology and 802 Guangzenin have been successfully researched and have continued to maintain vitality in industrial applications, marking that plants The chemical research laboratory occupies an important position in the field of development and utilization of plant resources in Guangxi. In 2002, the "Guangxi Plant Active Materials Research and Development Center" integrated and established based on the Phytochemistry Research Laboratory was recognized by the Guangxi Science and Technology Department as a "gold source unit" for scientific and technological innovation in Guangxi, indicating that phytochemistry research is still the most innovative in our region. One of the research directions.
Since entering the new century, the research center has begun to develop from a "plant natural products" research model to a "chemical biology" research model, carrying out research on innovative drugs and modernized traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on finding the cure for major diseases. It is a new active medicinal ingredient of plants and has made important new breakthroughs in the field of regulating metabolic syndrome with small plant molecules. At the same time, the Phytochemistry Laboratory has expanded its research fields in accordance with the needs of national economic construction, and has also made fruitful new results in deep processing technology research on major agricultural products.
At present, the research center has initially formed a high-tech talent team with young senior researchers as the backbone and featuring chemical biology and drug innovation, modern high-tech and deep processing of important agricultural products in Guangxi. The research laboratory already has a series of modern separation and purification devices for natural products with chromatography technology and membrane separation technology as the core, and has relatively complete natural product analysis and modern biotechnology experimental means.
The close combination of high-tech talent teams and modern experimental methods has greatly enhanced the innovative vitality of the Phytochemistry Laboratory. In 2005, in addition to obtaining two national invention patents, it also made extremely important breakthroughs in several fields. It is expected that after another 3-5 years of development, the Phytochemistry Laboratory will obtain a number of new results that will have an important impact on this subject. They include: 1. The research on "New Purpurin Compound", which has obtained a national invention patent and was funded by a major project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, will fully complete all research work at this stage and move towards the goal of developing a national first-class new drug for the treatment of diabetes. An extremely important step. 2. The research on "Yanjianning" and "Fuxuekang", which have made important breakthroughs in the search for active ingredients, will successfully promote the upgrading of these two well-known Chinese patent medicine varieties in Guangxi. 3. The project of bioconversion of lignocellulose to produce xylitol, which has been proven by international searches and novelty searches to have the main fermentation parameters at the internationally advanced level, will vigorously promote the era of bioconversion of xylitol based on further maturation technology.
In the future, as the research and development center for plant active substances in Guangxi, it will continue to improve its scientific and technological innovation capabilities, strive to win the approval and research of major projects, and build the center into a center for the discovery and development of new plant active substances in Guangxi. An important source of innovation and a base for the introduction and demonstration of high-tech plant active materials, it will make greater contributions to the construction of local national economy.