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Stage that requires high efficiency as well as speed, due to the complexity of the sample matrix, and hence it is particularly challenging to achieve the goals. Therefore, the development of a rapid, sensitive, and reproducible method has been required for separation and determination of capsaicinoid compounds. The addition of ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) method fulfilled these aforementioned demands and showed some complementary advantages to the conventional HPLC-MS, u-HPLC methods in terms of shorter analysis times, low sample volume, and much improved sensitivity [71]. Therefore, nowadays this UPLC-MS technique is routinely performed in pharmaceutical industries and related contract research institutes, laboratories concerned with biochemistry, biotechnology, environmental analysis, natural product research, and several other research fields. The UPLC-MS method has successfully been applied for the determination of n-DHC, C, DHC, h-C, and h-DHC present in the varieties of hot peppers [71]. 

In conclusion, lipases are enzymes with an ability to carry out a wide variety of chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective transformations in both aqueous and nonaqueous media. Such enzymes show several applications in areas of industrial microbiology and biotechnology. Today, environmental issues are taken into account when it comes to industrial processes. Thus, enzyme technology contributes significantly to a reduction of these negative effects such as toxicity and emission of particulate matter. Environmental concerns and the depletion of oil reserves have resulted in research into the use of lipases for environmentally friendly and sustainable biofuel production. 

Researchers are working to produce recombinant proteins from viruses in plants so that the leaves, fruit, or root (such as potatoes) would be edible forms of vaccine. A vaccine that is eaten may be more appealing and suitable than injections, particularly in poor parts of world with limited access to skilled health-care professionals. But there are barriers to the development of plant vaccines. First, there are technical issues. For example, would conditions within the stomach allow the immune system to respond to the protein to provide protection Additionally, some people are concerned about the environmental and health risks of growing vaccine-producing plants in fields. Could the food be safely processed and shipped While the development of plant-based vaccines has been a research success since first reported in 1992, it remains uncertain whether this form of biotechnology will eventually have a major impact on public health. 

Confronted with the often expensive methods used to synthesise nanomaterials, which involve the use of hazardous chemicals, there is a growing concern to develop environmental-friendly and sustainable methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles of different compositions, sizes, shapes, and controlled dispersity, particularly using a green chemistry approach which interconnects nanotechnology and microbial biotechnology. 

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In biotechnology, the products concerned are removed from aqueous solution by extraction with methylacetate, butylacetate, isobutyl methyl ketone etc. The remaining aqueous substrate is saturated with the extraction solvents. Sometimes this causes problems with regard to environmental regulations. Table V shows that the solvents can be remored almost entirely by reverse osmosis. The concentrate consists of two phases, namely, the solvent saturated with water and the water saturated with solvent. These can be separated by means of a settler. The water phase is recirculated to the reverse osmosis. The saturated solubility in Water at room temperature is 19 OOO mg/litre for isobutyl methyl ketone, 3300 mg/litre for butyl acetate and 9 500 mg/litre for methyl acetate. As the results in table V show, the retention for isobutyl-methyl ketone increases with increasing concentration. This result is remarkable, as generally a decrease in retention is observed with increasing concentration. 

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