Innovation Technology Research and Development Center for Health Food and Functional Skin Care Products of Huangshan University

• Innovation Technology Research and Development Center for Health Food and Functional Skin Care Products of Huangshan University

The Innovation Technology Research and Development Center Platform for Health Food and Functional Skin Care Products of Huangshan University was approved for construction on January 19, 2021. The current usable area is 75 square meters, and the team consists of 9 members, including 3 professors and 3 associate professors. This platform is based on the demand for high-quality development of the green food industry in Huangshan City. Relying on the disciplinary advantages of food science and engineering and biotechnology of the institution, it rationally develops and utilizes the green biological resources of Huangshan, converts the biological resources of Huangshan into healthy products, promotes the development of green food, functional skin care products and other industries in Huangshan City, and enhances the ability of our university to serve the local economy. The platform mainly sets up three research directions: functional molecule screening, health food development, and green skin care product development. Functional molecule screening mainly combines the biological resources of Huangshan (especially characteristic agricultural products) to efficiently extract their active components, screen their advantageous functions and effects, and lay the foundation for their application in traditional food, functional skin care products, medicine and other industries. The health food direction mainly combines the food industry and characteristic foods of Huangshan, analyzes and appraises their nutrition and functions, tests their food safety indicators, and optimizes their processing technologies. The research and development direction of green skin care products mainly focuses on extracting plant essents through green low-temperature technology, preparing active ingredient nanoparticles by using nano-dispersion technology, clarifying the key targets of their skin care effects through molecular biological means, and developing functional cosmetics under the guidance of Xin 'an Medical theory of traditional Chinese medicine through systematic compatibility.

In the past two years, the team members of the platform have been approved for a total of 16 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Major Science and Technology Project of Anhui Province, the Key Research and Project of Anhui Province, the Key Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province's Universities, the Science and Technology Plan Project of Huangshan City, and the university-Enterprise Industry-University-Research Project. They have published more than 10 papers of Class II or above and obtained 3 national invention patents. One invention patent was successfully transferred and industrialized. The main innovative achievements are: The key technologies for maintaining the quality of Huangshan stinky mandarin fish through artificial regulated fermentation and cold sterilization have been developed; The key technology of automated processing for enhancing the flavor of traditional Huizhou pastries regulated by Maillard peptide has been developed. The research has innovated the green low-temperature extraction process of Huangshan's characteristic resources, the nano-dispersion technology of essential oils, and the key technologies and formula processes for the biotransformation of medicinal cosmetics. Through cooperation among industry, academia and research institutions, more than ten functional skin care products such as Keemun black tea, Huangshan pine needle and white tea, as well as products like mulberry leaf black tea, chrysanthemum wine, tea wine and ready-to-eat stinky mandarin fish have been developed. All these products have been filed and launched on the market, which has increased the economic benefits of the enterprise and contributed to the local economic development.