Angela Cardinali
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Angela
Cardinali
Institute of Science of Foods Production Senior Researcher Nutrheff Thematic Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology)
Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals
and functional food
Keywords: Polyphenols, functional foods, nutraceuticals, in vitro digestion, bioactive compounds recovery
Nutraceuticals and foods of interestThe main research interest is on polyphenols in vegetable matrices of Mediterranean area and their effect as Nutraceuticals, and as components of Functional Foods. The activities are on the recovery and analysis of biophenols from agro-industrial by-products; their bioaccessibility and bioavailability by in-vitro gastro-intestinal digestion static and/or dynamic coupled with cellular models, and the biological activities evaluation of biocompounds, functional and functionalized foods. Food chemistry; nutraceuticals and botanicals; polyphenols; functional foods; antioxidants; biaccessibility; bioavailability Fields of application Industrial applications as Nutraceuticals, Cosmeceuticals, functional foods, Facilities and equipments Analytical and preparatory chromatography (HPLC with UV detectors, spectrofluorimeters, PAD); gas chromatography systems: with ECD, MS and FID detectors) and for mass spectrometry; spectrophotometric systems; immunoenzymatic analysis systems; cytofluorimeter, cell colture laboratory with O2/CO2 incubator, laminal flow biological hood, inverted microscope, Chemistry and Biochemistry analytical laboratories equipped with HPLC, GC, GCMS, FPLC; Fluorescence Spectrofluorometer, Spectrophotometer, etc.; Well-equipped preparative laboratory for matrix preparation, extraction and separation of proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous compounds from different biological matrices, raw material and foods (dryers, lyophilizer, grinders, blenders, etc); Microscopy laboratory equipped inter alia with Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy; Microbiology laboratories equipped with microscopy equipment, laminar flow hoods, incubators, freezers (-20°C, -80°C), real-time PCR systems, DNA sequencing system, fermenter/bioreactor for microorganism cultivation and biomass production. |
