Students from the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical-Pharmaceutical Technologies at Altai State University once again, as last year, excelled, winning awards in the II All-Russian competition of student and pupil research and project works “Chemical Potential” of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology at Mordovian State Pedagogical University named after M.E. Evseviev (Saransk).
In the category "Prospects for the Development of Chemistry", the 2nd prize was taken by two works: by a 3rd-year Chemistry student Ilya Oleynic titled "Qualitative and quantitative determination of 8-methoxypsoralen by supercritical fluid chromatography," supervised by Maxim Churkin, a lecturer of the Department of Organic Chemistry; and a joint work by 3rd-year Biology students Arianna Felde and Alina Sapegina titled "Study of the properties of carboxymethylation of birch wood after cultivation of Lentinula edodes, supervised by Zarina Taganbekova, a lecturer at the Department of Organic Chemistry.
Ekaterina Pikarevskaya, a 3rd-year Biology student, achieved 1st place in her category with her research paper "Obtaining chitooligosaccharides from chitin-containing raw materials by enzymatic hydrolysis." Her work was supervised by Denis Minakov, an associate professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Candidate of Biological Sciences, and Evgeny Savrasov, a lecturer at the Department of Organic Chemistry.
"Her research explores the enzymatic production technologies for chitooligosaccharides derived from chitin, which is found in the cell walls of higher fungi. Chitooligosaccharides are water-soluble, biologically active compounds utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industries, as well as medicine and agriculture. They exhibit high biological activities, including particular antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic and anti-inflammatory. Additionally, these compounds are used for production of prebiotic products, cosmetics and medical devices. The relevance of the study is due to the unique properties of chitooligosaccharides and their possible application in various industrial fields,” comments Evgeny Savrasov.
In the “Chemistry and Life” category, Ivan Anisimov, also a 3rd year Biology, won 1st place with his research titled “Study of the chemical composition of birch wood after cultivating Lentinula edodes.” His work was supervised by Zarina Taganbekova, a lecturer in the Department of Organic Chemistry.
“My work involved comparing the components of original wood with those modified by fungi. I am pleased with my efforts; it required significant attention and perseverance to achieve the results obtained,” said Ivan Anisimov.