Tundis

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Job title: 
Professor
Eurocaroten role: 
WG Participant
First name: 
Rosa
Last name: 
Tundis
Short research description: 

Rosa Tundis is Associate Professor at Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences of University of Calabria (Italy) (http://www.unical.it/portale/strutture/dipartimenti_240/dfssn/englishvers/).
Her research interests include three major areas: a) isolation and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites of medicinal plants and plant foods, b) advanced analytical methodologies in the study of bioactive natural molecules, c) in vitro evaluation of biological activities of extracts and pure compounds of medicinal plants and plant foods. These investigations have been focused on the determination of antiproliferative activity (SRB assay) against different human tumour cell lines; hypoglycaemic activity via the inhibition of carboydrates-hydrolising enzymes alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase; antioxidant activity trough different methodological approaches (DPPH, TBARS, ABTS, FRAP, beta-carotene bleaching test, Fe2+ chelating activity assay), antimicrobial activity; and neuroprotective activity (acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity). The research interest also involves the investigation of the effects of plant extracts and/or pure compounds to treat disorders of skin hyperpigmentation and to prevent enzymatic browning of fruits and vegetables (tyrosinase inhibition) and the study of natural antihypertensive agents via the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition assay.
She published 121 papers in refereed international journals, which have received to date 1858 citations by the Elsevier SCOPUS® h-index of 23 - http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3713-4403
She is involved in several national and international projects. She is member of the Editorial Board of several Journals.

Techniques routinely used: 
Chromatographic tecniques, in vitro antioxidant assays (DPPH, β-carotene bleaching test, ABTS, FRAP, Fe-chelating, TBARS); in vitro enzyme inhibition tests (α-amylase, α-glucosidase, tyrosinase, acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, angiotensin-con
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
GC, GC-MS, HPLC, MPLC, NMR, spectrophotometers
Country: 
Italy
City: 
Cosenza
Institution: 
University of Calabria
Department: 
Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences
Address: 

Via Pietro Bucci - Edificio Polifunzionale

Zip Code: 
87036
Phone: 
+39984493246
Matrix: 
Foods
Waste
By-products
Plants
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG3
WG option 2: 
WG2
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Applied
Areas: 
Agro-food
Analysis
Chemistry
Health
Nutrition
Production
Other keywords: 
Analysis
Bioavailability
Biological Actions
Food Quality
Functional Foods
Metabolomics
Safety
STMS hosting: 
Yes
Meetings hosting: 
Yes

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