Torre Serenella

Contacts:

serenella.torre@phd.unipi.it

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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