Sara Di Lonardo
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Sara
Di Lonardo
Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Nutrheff Thematic Agronomic technology, Microbial technology, Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology), Food processing technology, Communication and promotional initiatives
Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals
and functional food
Keywords: 1) product quality; 2) relationship between agricultural input and product quality; 3) plant ecophysiology and secondary metabolism; 4) neglected plants; 5) sustainable future of small rural communities; 6) twitter and its analysis to understand public awareness on nutraceutical products; 7) chemical risk assessment; 8) microbiological risk assessment.
Nutraceuticals and foods of interest1) To minimalise inputs/maximale outputs in agriculture with raw materials or by reusing/recycling waste (biochar, coconut coir dust, green compost, stabilized wood fibre), by using microorganism-based inocules (EM; PGPR) or new technologies (e.g.non-themal plasma) and relationship with product quality; 2) plant ecophysiology of both neglected/spontaneous/wild and cultivated plant species and relationship with environmental factors in order to enhance quantity and quality of (food) production; 3) sustainable future of small rural communities for the production of food from neglected plant species; 4) twitter analysis to enhance the awareness on nutraceutical products; 5) chemical and microbiological risk assessment. plant polyphenols; plant secondary metabolism; neglected/non commercial plants potentially exploitable (i.e. nettle) Fields of application Soil, microrganisms, plants, chemicals, new technologies Facilities and equipments ➢ Spettrometro ad assorbimento atomico 1100 B e AS 800 con fornetto in grafite (Perkin Elmer, UK) ➢ Analizzatore CHNS NA 1500 Series 2 (Carlo Erba, Italy) ➢ Analizzatore CHNS/O (Thermoquest, Italy) ➢ Spettrometro FTIR Spectrum GX (Perkin Elmer, UK) con detector fotoacustico ➢ Spettrometro infrarosso FTIR SPECTRUM 3 con µATR + microcopio SPOTLIGHT 400i ➢ Spettrofotometro/Fluorimetro Varian UV-Visible Cary 50 Scan (Agilent Technologies, USA) ➢ Porosimetro Pascal 140 ➢ Porosimetro Carlo Erba Control 2000 ws ➢ Mineralizzatore a microonde Milestone mls 1200 ➢ pHmetro Orion Sa 720 ➢ Conducimetro GLP 32 (Crison, Spain) ➢ Fluorimeter INVITROGEN Qubit® ➢ Biometra TGGE Maxi System ➢ Termociclatori per 96 tubi da 0.2 ml ➢ Microscopi ottici Nikon e Officine Galileo ➢ Macchina fotografica digitale Nikon coolpix 4500 ➢ Camera oscura con transilluminatore a raggi UV TF20M ➢ HPLC |
