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Tesi etd-05132025-212756


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Autore
CIONI, EMILY
URN
etd-05132025-212756
Titolo
Natural products from fruits of Mediterranean area and plant industrial wastes as a source of health-promoting phytocomplexes
Settore scientifico disciplinare
BIOS-01/D - Biologia farmaceutica
Corso di studi
SCIENZA DEL FARMACO E DELLE SOSTANZE BIOATTIVE
Relatori
tutor Prof.ssa De Leo, Marinella
supervisore Prof.ssa Braca, Alessandra
Parole chiave
  • green
  • lc-ms
  • metabolomics
  • molecular networking
  • natural products
Data inizio appello
23/05/2025
Consultabilità
Non consultabile
Data di rilascio
23/05/2095
Riassunto
The growing environmental challenges posed by biodiversity loss, overuse of raw materials, emerging seawater contaminants, and soil degradation as a result of climate change and careless human actions, underline the urgency of adopting sustainable ecosystem strategies. In this context, this PhD project was developed, and in particular it focused on:
- preserving plant biodiversity through the revalorization of ancient selected Tuscany plum and onion varieties;
- the recovery of plant waste biomasses as sources of bioactive phytocomplexes valuable for the development of health products by investigating artichoke and saffron bioresidues, in the perspective of a circular economy model;
- emerging seawater contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, by assessing the effect that a short-term exposure of ibuprofen has on the production of specialized metabolites in seagrasses;
- soil salinization, a critical challenge for traditional agricultural productivity, by examining the ecological and nutritional roles of halophyte plants, in particular Salicornia species.
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