Contacts:
Supervisor(s):
Professor Paola Nieri and Giovanni Lutzu
PhD project Title:
Use of agro-industrials wastewater to increase the yields in Spirulina platensis of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory molecules with anti-aging properties
Abstract of the PhD project:
Oxidative stress and dysfunctional immunity cause many diseases in humans, including atherosclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and hypertension. Thus, the antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and anti- inflammatory activities of microalgae may play an important role in human health.Therefore the aim of this research is to investigate the possibility of producing antioxidants and anti-inflammatory molecules with anti-aging properties by the cultivation of Spirulina platensis in a mixotrophic way using as culture medium a wastewater obtained from an agro-industrial activity (dairy, brewery).
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