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Table 6 Application of ALA in various fields

From: Challenges and opportunities of bioprocessing 5-aminolevulinic acid using genetic and metabolic engineering: a critical review

Field

Application

Ref

Medical

Cancer and tumor localization and treatment

Nordmann and Michael ( 2020), Shinoda et al. (2021)

 

Actinic keratosis

Meierhofer et al. (2021)

 

Wound infections

Amos-Tautua et al. (2019)

 

Periodontal diseases

Amos-Tautua et al. (2019)

 

Condylomata acuminata

Yang et al. (2019a, b)

 

Acne

Amos-Tautua et al. (2019)

Environment and agriculture

Environmental waters

Amos-Tautua et al. (2019)

 

Soil contaminant

Farid et al. (2018)

 

Growth regulator for plants

Farid et al. (2018), Wu et al. (2018)

 

Biodegradable insecticide

Cheng et al. (2017)

 

Yield of crops

Dolmans et al. (2003), Liu et al. (2013)