Aplantex has developed new synthesis optimization processes which it uses to produce high-value molecules right here in Québec. These molecules are already used by top pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food companies operating in markets governed by the rules of commodities. The Aplantex production process, driven by an exclusive green biotech platform, responds perfectly to their concerns.

Aplantex produces active phytochemical ingredients.  These are bioactive molecules that come from plants.  They interact with and have an impact on our bodies.  There are hundreds of thousands of them, classified into dozens of large families of chemical compounds.  These molecules are used in a variety of industries and sold in many niche markets within the broader agrifood, biopharmaceutical and cosmetics markets.

The commercial value of active phytochemical ingredients varies depending on their effect, their molecular complexity and their relative rarity or abundance.  Many of these molecules are currently produced through chemical synthesis, and others with biotechnology through the use of microbes (yeast and bacteria).  But many plant phytochemicals are still extracted from plants.  These plants are cultivated or gathered from the natural environment and the resulting raw material (the biomass) is processed, extracted and fractionated.  It is primarily these molecules, which cannot be produced with traditional approaches, that interest us here at Aplantex.

This may all seem complicated, but in reality, we’re all in daily contact with active phytochemical ingredients that we use in various ways, sometimes without even being aware of it.  Do you like coffee, tea or chocolate?  Do you appreciate the soothing effects of anti-inflammatories such as aspirin?  Have you ever used a perfume, cream or serum made by the cosmetics industry? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are using the active phytochemical ingredients contained in those products. And it’s precisely those bioactive molecules that produce the desired effect on your body and get you in the habit of using these products, and that have made the use of these products so widespread around the globe.

The Aplantex science team has developed a unique process for producing certified molecules of high commercial interest. The key to this green biotechnology process for high-performance, sustainable phytochemicals is the continuous production of plant biomass using photosynthetic phytoreplicators in a controlled environment. This abundant biomass is then dried, followed by extraction, fractionation and purification processes to isolate the specific molecules that are essential to many products used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agrifood industries.

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