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RIRDC Projects and Results

Project Details

Name

A review and feasibility study of brain phospholipids extraction

Summary

unknown

Program

New Animal Products

Research organisation

The State Of Queensland Acting Through The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

Objective summary

To undertake a comprehensive review of the literature relating to value-adding opportunities from brain tissue (the major focus will be on the lipid composition of brain tissue). To perform laboratory extractions on representative samples of brain tissuefrom various species. To assess to economic feasibility of commercial extraction from brain tissue.

Corporate goal

unknown

National priority

Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries

Rural priority

Technology

RIRDC goal

NAP-Develop new opportunities

Principal researcher

Kent Fanning, phone (07) 32766011

Research manager

Julie Bird, phone unknown

Admin contact

Paul Hickey