Development of Non Food products
Claude Andary
Laboratoire de Botanique, Phytochimie et Mycologie
Faculté de Pharmacie, UMR 5175Montpellier, France
Development of Non Food products
1- Cultivation and extraction of dyeing plants
2- Exploitation of by-products from food processing
3- By-products from essential oil industry
4- Other by-products (e.g. forestry …)
1- Cultivation and extraction of dyeing plants
Goal : to conduct experiments and in the medium term
to propose to farm workers a new agricultural field
with high added value in the area of dye plants
that include sustainable regional development.
1- Cultivation and extraction of dyeing plants
Work steps :
Screening on 43 dye plants with :
phytochemical characterisation of extracts
dyeing on cellulosic fiber (cotton) and
proteinous fiber (wool) *
colorimetric characterisation :
C* (chroma), L* (lightness) and h* (hue)
fastness evaluation (light, water)
Selection of 10 dye plants with good colorimetric
parameters and relative good light stability
Coreopsis grandiflora (flowers)
cottonwool
Achillea millefolium (head flowers)
cottonwool
Work steps :
Screening on 43 dye plants with :
phytochemical characterisation of extracts
dyeing on cellulosic fiber (cotton) and
proteinous fibers (wool)
colorimetric characterisation :
C* (chroma), L* (lightness) and h* (hue)
fastness evaluation (light, water)
Selection of 10 dye plants with good colorimetric
parameters and relative good light stability
1- Cultivation and extraction of dyeing plants
Photos: Michel Garcia / Pauline Guinot
Alnus glutinosa
Rhus typhina Coreopsis tinctoria
Tagetes patula
Sorghum bicolor
Solidago canadensis
Serratula tinctoria Gallium mollugo
1- Cultivation and extraction of dyeing plants
Perspectives and applied research
Improving extraction, dyeing and mordanting techniques
More phytochemical studies :
to evaluate concentration of dye compounds during
vegetative cycle of the plant
Toxicological studies :
cellular proliferation activity of dye plant extracts
Château de Lauris
XVIII century
Jardin Conservatoire
des Plantes tinctoriales
Lauris (Provence)
« Couleur Garance » (M. Garcia)
« Filière Colorants Naturels » (D. Cardon)
2- Exploitation of by-products
from food processing
By-product problems :
costs drying, storage, shipment, …
limiting factors economically
But also a promising source of molecules, expected
to be health promoting :
dietary supplements, functional ingredients
End-day market (e.g. lettuce, onion …)
(30 –70% waste material)
2- Exploitation of by-products
from food processing
Lettuce and Onion := Functional food
(new extract with 30 – 50% polyphenols)
Antioxidant activity
Protection against UV-A and UV-B
Anti-inflammatory
Other biological activities (undergoing)
Aliments de Santé Chiffre d’affaires Taux croissance
(estimation année 2000) ( Milliard de $ ) en % par an
Compléments nutritionnels 28,2 + 14
Aliments bio 5,1 + 24
Compléments Vit. et Minéraux 15,4 + 6
Plantes et compléments à base de plantes 4,0 + 5
Aliments fonctionnels 14,8 +11
TOTAL : 67,5 MOYENNE : +12
(E. Sloan, Health Ingredients, 2000)
Secteur Filière Secteuragroalimentaire français des Alicaments pharmaceutique
140 milliards € 3,5 milliards € 25 milliards €
Matières premièresagricoles
Transformationindustrielle
Valeur ajoutéeen distribution
Matière première
Ingrédientnutraceutique
Alicament humain
Matières premières
Transformation industrielle
Valeur ajoutée en distribution
3- By-products from essential oil industry
Distillation wastes
Aqueous extracts :
selected by-products (low molecular components)
e.g. Melissa extract = rosmarinic acid
(antifungal, antibacterial)
Plant residues :
Thymus vulgaris(Lamiaceae)
Salvia officinalis(Lamiaceae)
Salvia Thymus
4- Other by-products (e.g. forestry …)
Cotinus coggygria(Anacardiaceae)
Pistacia terebinthus(Anacardiaceae)
Clearing of undergrowth
(brushing wood or gardens)
« Laboratory of Agro-industrial Chemistry » (LCA)
UMR 1010 (INRA/INP - ENSIACET, Toulouse)
3 teams:
-‘Analysis of agro-constituents’
-‘Fractionation and transformation of agro-resources’
-‘Chemical reactivity of agro-molecules
and lipochemistry’
Marie-Elisabeth Borredon. www.ensiacet.fr/LCA
Other applications
CATAR – CRITT Agroressources
Gérard Vilarem : e-mail : [email protected]
Competences : extraction and fractionation of vegetable
matter, synthesis and hemi-synthesis of agro- molecules,
characterisation of fine molecules and agro- polymers …
Other applications
« Production and Processing of Tropical Woods »
CIRAD, Montpellier
Jean Gérard : e-mail : [email protected]
Competences : developing the use of wood and its by-products,
for construction, housing and civil engineering purposes
Other applications
