Tobacco Farming
Tobacco is the agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants of the genus Nicotiana. Tobacco can be consumed, used as pesticides, and in the form of nicotine tartrate can be used as medicine. If consumed, in general, be made into a cigarette tobacco, chewing tobacco, etc. Tobacco (Nicotiana spp., L.) is a broadleaf plant species originating from the regions of North America and South America. The leaves of this tree is often used as raw material for cigarettes, either by using a pipe or rolled up in the form of cigarettes or cigars. Tobacco leaves can also be chewed or dikulum, and some are smoked tobacco powder through the nose.
Tobacco leaves are often associated with cigarette can be utilized for human health. According to the study, tobacco can be used as a protein-producing reactor Growth Colony Stimulating Factor (GCSF), a hormone that is essential in stimulating blood production.
About the efficacy of leaf tobacco, a protein made by the body's DNA. If the DNA in the body was transferred to tobacco by bacteria, then the time of entry and the plant that will make the corresponding protein DNA that has been inserted it. Then, if the plant is harvested, it will get protein. Protein is what can be used as an anticancer protein. In addition to the anticancer proteins, GSCF can also stimulate the multiplication of stem cells (stem cells) that could be developed to restore the function of body tissue that is damaged. Further explained that in the field of medicine are pharmaceutical products are now widely used, namely a drug or vaccine in the form of protein.
In addition, tobacco also turned out to contain a natural pesticide. The usefulness may not be something special for us. However, tobacco was also able to produce solar cells. As mentioned in the journal ACS Nano Letters, Matt Franciss, an assistant professor of chemistry, along with his colleagues managed to use tobacco as a media producer of solar cells. Through genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California succeeded in creating a tobacco-producing solar cells. With the help of viruses that have been genetically engineered, tobacco plants can be programmed to produce solar sell.
The mechanism is very simple. The virus was sprayed into the tobacco, let some time, then the virus will infect cells and spread to all parts of the plant. While tobacco cells are infected, they will produce chromophores are part of the molecule that converts light into a high-powered electron (high powered electron). Normally, cells infected with the virus will make a duplicate of the menginveksinya. At that time, the virus will force the tobacco to make chromophores. Each chromophores like a spiral staircase, each spaced two or three nanometers from its neighbor, an ideal distance to harvest the electrons generated. To obtain pure chromophores, tobacco should be harvested, chopped and then extracted. Chromophores dissolved to be sprayed into a plastic or glass coating then locked with certain coatings to be used as a solar panel. This method is claimed to be more environmentally friendly and cheaper. Researchers have long been aware that nature is inspiring the best technology to emulate. Plant utilizing solar energy is the most efficient, for example, to produce sugars through photosynthesis.These developments certainly provide fresh air for tobacco farmers. Perhaps in the future, the tobacco is no longer known as the plant causes lung cancer again.
Benefits of Tobacco
In general, people only know Nicotiana tabacum, also known as tobacco smoking as the main raw material, and of course, many who consider this leaves only have a negative impact, but it helps if you know the miraculous benefits of this leaf.
1. Cancer medicine
Tobacco is not always a negative connotation as a cause of cancer, these plants can also produce anti-cancer proteins are useful for cancer patients. In addition to the anticancer proteins, tobacco could be to stimulate the multiplication of stem cells (StemCell) that could be developed to restore the function of body tissue that is damaged. In addition, tobacco also can prevent cervical cancer. Tobacco contains a source of protein that can stimulate antibodies against the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.
2. Removing the leech bites
Benefits of tobacco, but can be extracted and taken certain sections such as nicotine used in a wide range of products of food and beverages, tobacco can also be used to remove the leech bite when I'm in the woods, tobacco can also be used for insecticides because nicotine is a neurotoxin very powerful for insects.
3. Drugs Diabetes & Detection
The scientists succeeded in using genetically modified tobacco to produce a cure diabetes and immune system. The results were published in the journal BMC Biotechnology.
4. Anti-Inflammation
Scientists from several European research institutions participate in the project entitled "Pharma-Planta" led by Professor Mario Pezzotti of the University of Verona. They create transgenic tobacco producing interleukin-10 (IL-10), which is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that is potent. Cytokines are proteins that stimulate immune cells to be active. The genetic code (DNA) encoding IL-10 were planted in tobacco, and tobacco will produce the protein. They tried two different versions of IL-10 are different. One of the virus, the other from mice. The researchers found that tobacco can produce two forms of IL-10 was appropriately. Active cytokine production is quite high, which may be used by a process of extraction and purification.
The next step, IL-10 tobacco was given to mice to investigate how effective it generates immunity. Studies using IL-10 tobacco in small doses could help prevent diabetes or diabetes mellitus type 1 Diabetes mellitus type 1 or juvenile diabetes is characterized by loss of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. So that there is a shortage of insulin in the body. This type of diabetes can be suffered by children and adults.
5. Medicine for HIV / AIDS
Tobacco can also generate drug protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, called griffithsin. HIV is a virus that infects cells of the human immune system. The difference is, instead of the tobacco that produces the protein, but the tobacco virus.
6. Animal Health Maintainer
Extract of tobacco (nicotine 1.68%) has ptensi to eradicate H. contortus worms. As a result of treatment outcomes will provide benefits for the care of livestock, for the better health of the livestock.
7. Removal Dew
Tobacco can also be used to eliminate the "dew" on the glass in the car on a rainy day by rubbing tobacco on the glass.
8. Business Tobacco
The increasing needs of the world's tobacco while productivity is so limited, it does not rule out the possibility that the tobacco commodities business profits also will provide maximum benefit.
9. As Biofuel
More recently, researchers from the Laboratory of Biotechnology at Thomas Jefferson University have identified several techniques to increase levels of vegetable oil in tobacco plant leaves, it is a first step in utilizing these plants for biofuel purposes. Their results are then published in Plant Biotechnology Journal.
According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology at the Lab. Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, tobacco can generate biofuel more efficiently than other agricultural products. However, most of the oil is only contained in the seed / seed tobacco (about 40 percent oil per dry weight). Although the vegetable oil content of tobacco seeds have been tested and can be used as fuel for diesel engines, tobacco plants but seed production is still very low, at around 600 kg of seeds per hectare. Dr. Andrianov and his colleagues then sought to manipulate the genes of tobacco seed vegetable oil is that the formation of vegetable oil in tobacco plant canopy optimal oil content of seed tobacco. It is also possible as an alternative energy to reduce global warming.
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