ANNA LANTE

Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy Animals Food Natural Resources and En
Padova University
Italy

Academician Food and Nutrition
Biography

The research areas are those relevant to SSD AGR / 15 and concern the conservation, transformation and biochemical and nutritional characterization of agro-food products. In particular, scientific production is structured in the following areas:  Enzymes are used to improve the quality of milk, soy milk, wine, grappa. Establishment of immobilized systems even at slow release. Characterization of enzymes of technological interest of microbial origin and food. Application of enzymatic inhibitors specific to improving the quality of food. Enhancement of dairy by-products (whey). Extraction and characterization of antioxidant substances of plant origin also from industrial processing waste.  Improving the quality of post-harvest crops.  Designing functional foods with antioxidant activity.  Study of innovative treatments to improve the quality and safety of food products. Study the effects of technological treatments on the nutritional characteristics of preserves.

Research Intrest

conservation, transformation and biochemical and nutritional characterization of agro-food products. 

List of Publications
Antibrowning potential of Brassicacaea processing water.
Evaluation of red chicory extract as a natural antioxidant by pure lipid oxidation and yeast oxidative stress response as model systems.

Global Scientific Words in Food and Nutrition