Research area 5
Chromatographic and mass spectrometric profiling of plant extracts and development of chromatographic methods for measuring vitamins and bioactive compounds in plants and plant-based foods.
Current projects include chromatographic fingerprint profiling of plant extracts (e.g. extracts of wheat, buckwheat and potato), evaluation of antioxidant capacity of plant extracts, isolation and identification of novel antioxidants from plant extracts, development of chromatographic methods for quantitative determination of
cardioprotective vitamins such as folates and tocopherols and health protective phytochemicals with antioxidant properties in plants and plant-based foods, in-vitro studies of biological activity of extracts and individual compounds, studies on effects of plant nutrition on production of bioactive compounds in plants.
Involved in the research:
Jelena Jastrebova, Assoc Prof in food science, PhD in analytical chemistry
Hanna Sara Strandler, PhD student
Samanthi Priyadarshani, PhD student