Opportunity for investors

1. Opportunity for investors OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTORS INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FROM CHITOSAN AVAILABLE FOR INVESTMENT PARQUE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO TECNOLÓGICO padetec@ufc.br tel. 085.3366.9983

2. Opportunity for investors QUITOPASTA Features Developed Technology. Patent Deposited . New product with strong functional appeal. Available raw material. Each 100g (portion) of Quitopasta can block 27g of fat (=240Kcal) Product developed waiting partner to launch in the market. Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential Pasta with Chitosan Functional food with fat blocker First Pasta cholesterol lowering of the market. Blocker calories to food Natural product Calorie Blocker. Weight loss products. The functional food market. Food and baking industry. Quitopasta is the first cholesterol lowering pasta in the market. Developed and patented by graduated company Polymar, Quitopasta has a fiber called Chitosan in its composition that acts as a fat blocker and cholesterol-lowering agent.

3. Opportunity for investors HEMOBAND Features Produced with chitosan derivatives and collagen. Patent Deposited . Available raw material. Homeostatic agent of high efficacy. Quick external control of moderate and severe bleeding. Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential Technology for production of novel hemostatic bandages . Low production cost. High efficiency. • U$ 1,5 millions/year - sales • No competitor producer in the country • Widely used by the pharmaceutical industry • Estimated domestic market - 60,000 bandages / year • Developed and waiting trading partner. Novel homeostatic bandages, produced using combination of chitosan derivatives and collagen. Designed to stop bleeding in moderate and severe accidents and surgical procedures.

4. Opportunity for investors HERBAL ANTI-HERPES FEATURES New Antiviral Herbal against Herpes . Produced from Spondias mombim Technology developed and available. Patent deposit in INPI Low production costs Raw material available and plentiful. MARKET RESEARCH LABORATORY PROTOTIPE START-UP Description Potential Development of a new antiviral herbal from the active principles of de Spondias mombin. • No similar product in themarket. • Only in Brazilthere are 54 millionsof herpes carriers. • Potentialrevenue: US$ 9,0 millions/year* • * 50.000 un/month – Admittingtoreachonly 0,1% oftheBrazilianpotentialmarket.. New antiviral Herbal against Herpes from Brazilian plant Spondias mombin ready to go to the market.

5. Opportunity for investors PERFUMOSSOMES Features Produced with chitosan derivatives and essential oils Patent Deposited . Available raw material. New class of deodorant Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential New technology for internal deodorant. Imparts pleasant odor to transpiration Eliminates bad breath. Also works as Fat burner. Low production cost. High efficiency. • U$ 1 million/year - stimated sales • No competitor producer. • Huge potential market • Estimated domestic market - 60,000 bottles / year • In the market and waiting trading partner. New patented product developed using a combination of chitosan and essential oils from brazilian biodiversity, used as internal deodorant and fat burner.

6. Opportunity for investors NATUFLEX Features • Produced from chitin. • Available raw material. • Agent for regenerating joints damaged by physical activities or natural wear and tear (osteoarthritis) Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential • New Technology for production of joint cartilage regeneration. • Formula combines chondroitin-rich cartilage with glucosamine. • Low cost and high efficiency. • Scientific Support (Book) • Potential revenue: $ 3.8 million / year • Product developed and launched on the market. • Waiting for trading partner. NATUFLEX acts as a supplement of Glucosamine and chondroitin, the only known substances efficient in the osteoarthritis treatment. Regenerates cartilage tissue and acts to prevent the disease, it may be associated with anti-inflammatories.

7. Opportunity for investors FUNCTIONAL COSMETICS Features • Basis for novel cosmetic market. • Produced with patented technology • Technology developed and available. • Patent applications filed at INPI • Low manufacturing cost • Raw material available and plentiful. Expansion Research Laboratório Protótipo Start-up Description • New bioactive materials and cosmetics (cosmeceuticals) made with chitosan gels and its derivatives with extracts from the Brazilian biodiversity. • To be used in: sunscreen, moisturizers, shampoos, healing creams for burns. Potential • No competitor in the countryClients: Cosmetics industry.Potential revenue: not determined. Bioactive basis for bioactive cosmetics market (cosmeceuticals). Gels using Chitosan and its derivatives and extracts from the Brazilian biodiversity.

8. Opportunity for investors OLIGOSACCHARIDES Features • New production process • Raw material local and available. • Technology available. • Low manufacturing cost • Antineoplasic unprecedented in the country Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description • Development of chitosan oligosaccharides with antineoplasic properties • Process developed in laboratory scale. Potencial • No competitor in the country • Brazil spends U.S. $ 1.0 billion / year in antineoplasic (Datasus) • Potential revenue: $ 5.8 million / year * • * 1% of the market potential. Chitosan oligosaccharides with antineoplasic properties, unprecedented in the domestic market.

9. Opportunity for investors POLY-PROTECT Features • Post-harvestedprotectionoffuitsandvegetables. • Increasetheshelf-lifeofagriculturalproducts. • Bactericialandfungicidalactions.. • Increasefruitresistance to fungiinvasion. • Costreductions in post-harvested • Biocompatibilityandbiodegrability • eatable Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description • Active ingredient for use in agriculture and foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Easy to apply, high affinity and increases the resistance against attacks by fungi and bacteria. Ideal for post-harvest formulations. Potential • No competitor in the country • High internal demand Fruits and vegetables protection after harvesting, by applying the diluted solution of chitosan derivatives in the form of spray or immersion in solution on the harvested products.

10. Opportunity for investors CHITOSAN BEADS Features • Highefficiency in oilremotion. • Newtechnology. • Canbeused in storagepetroiltankscleaning. • Cleaningofshiptanks. • Recoveryofrawmaterials Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description • Chitosanbeads for use in bioremediationofimpactedareaswithoilspill . • Remotiionofpetroiland its derivativesfromwater. • Allowsoilandchitosanrecovery • Highperfomance • Newtechnology for bioremediiation. Potential • No competitor in the country • High international demand • Market in expansion Chitosan beads developed to be used in bioremediation of impacted areas with petroil and its derivatives. Low cost tecnology

11. Opportunity for Investors ICE DREAM – The Ice cream that slims Features Ice-Cream Premixtures (several flavors) containing a carbohydrates blocker. (Phaseolamine) 1g of Phaseolamine inhibits the conversion of 567g of carbohydrate in sugar. Tecnology developed and available. Low production costs Raw material available. Market Research laboratory Prototipe Start-up Description Potential Ice cream premixtures for functional ice cream production with calories blocker. Available technology transfer. New and revolutionary product. • Technology transferorpremixturessales. • Growingmarket. • High Consumer appeals • New product • High salespotential Delicious revolutionary Iced Cream which cut calories.

12. Opportunity for investors CHITIN AND CHITOSAN PLANTS Features • Self-sustaining units • Strong environmental appeal • Technology developed and available. • Low cost of deployment Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential • Waste processing units for crustacean shells. • For production of natural polymers with high added value. • Eliminate serious environmental problem, generating revenue and jobs. • No competitor in the Country • Clients: Shrimp farming industry in the country and the world. • Potential revenue = $ 1.4 million / year Technology for development and construction of plants for processing crustacean shells for production of natural polymers with high aggregated value.

13. Opportunity for investors RUTIN AND QUERCETIN PLANTS Features Flavonoids with high demand in the international market. New technology without solvent use. Technology developed and available for transfer.. Low production costs. Raw material readly available. RUTIN QUERCETIN Expansion Research Laboratory Prototype Start-up Description Potential Tecnology for Rutin and Quercetin production from Dimorphanda mollis. (Fava D´anta) Project for industrial or pilot plant for these flavonoids extraction. Products with great use by the pharmaceutical industry. • Potential for productionofanotherrutinderivativewithhighervalue. • Increasingmarket. • Stimated sales: U$ 3 millions/year Technology for development and construction of plants for production of Rutin and Quercetin, flavonoids largely used by the pharmaceutical industry.