MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641003507 A) filed by Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Jan. 13, for 'autofluorescent nanocellulose from plectranthus barbatus and its usage for the detection of pb(ii) ions in aqueous solutions.'
Inventor(s) include Joshua Jose; Aishwarya Joji Mathew; Elizabeth Gabriel; Ancilin James; and Vinod T. P.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In this invention, a novel fluorescent nanocellulose from Plectranthus barbatus plant is synthesised. The fluorescence studies on the synthesised nanocellulose revealed its unique poten...