Nutraceutical health enhancing functional foods (NUTRHEFF): the CNR network

Lecture al congresso internazionale 9th PROBIOTICS, PREBIOTICS, NEW FOODS, NUTRACEUTICALS AND BOTANICALS for NUTRITION & HUMAN and MICROBIOTA HEALTH. Il congresso ha avuto il Patrocinio del CNR. Presentazione degli expertises e delle ricerche avanzate presenti nella " Rete NUTRHEFF (Nutraceutical Health Enhancing Functional Foods), the CNR network on nutraceutical and functional food research" del Dipartimento di Scienze Bioagroalimentari. La lecture ha illustrato i migliori risultati ottenuti recentemente dai ricercatori afferenti alla rete, con lo scopo di divulgare le potenzialità di ricerca e trasferimento tecnologico delle attività in svolgimento al CNR nel campo degli alimenti funzionali e dei nutraceutici. Inoltre nell'ambito del congresso sono state organizzate due sessioni Nutrheff in cui ricercatori hanno presentato le loro attività : Sunday , september 10: NUTRHEFF-CNR MEETING (NUTRACEUTICAL HEALTH ENANCING FUNCTIONAL FOOD - NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY) Chair: P. Lavermicocca (Italy) F. Minervini (Italy). Artichoke head, in vitro intestine models and probiotic bacteria: bioaccessibility, bioavailability, antioxidant and immunomodulatory activity exerted by polyphenols content. G. Mazzarella (Italy). Use of ancient wheat crops for the diet of non-celiac gluten sensitivity R. Consonni (Italy). NMR based plant metabolomics: saffron as a source of bioactive compounds C. Gerardi (Italy). Valorization of the neglected P. mahaleb. L. fruits as a source of functional molecules M. Durante (Italy). Functional spaghetti supplemented with supercritical CO2 extracted pumpkin oil encapsulated in ?-cyclodextrins. Tuesday, September 12: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Nutrheff - CNR hot topics: food bioactive compounds and health Chairs: P. Lavermicocca (Italy), V. Fogliano (The Netherlands) OC. 12 - NEUROTROPHINS' MODULATION BY OLIVE POLYPHENOLS Valentina Carito (1), Mauro Ceccanti (2), Marco Fiore (1) (1) IBCN-CNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Neurobiology, Rome, Italy (2) Centro Riferimento Alcologico Regione Lazio,, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy OC. 13 - CORYLUS AVELLANA IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECT ON HUMAN MONOCYTE-DERIVED-MACROPHAGES Giulia Cappelli (1), Daniela Giovannini (1), Anna Lisa Basso (1), Olivia De Murtas (2), Gianfranco Diretto (2), Chiara Santi (2), Loretta Bacchetta (2), Francesca Mariani (1) (1) CNR, IBCN, Rome, Italy (2) ENEA Casaccia,Rome, Italy, Bioprocess and bioproducts laboratory, Rome, Italy OC. 14 - BETALAINS, PHENOLS AND ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY IN CACTUS PEAR (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) FRUITS AND CLADODES FROM APULIA (SOUTH ITALY) GENOTYPES Federica Blando (1), Clara Albano (2), Carmine Negro (3), Gabriele Maiorano (1), Carmela Gerardi (1), Giovanni Mita (1), Antonio Miceli (3), Luigi De Bellis (3) (1) Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), CNR, Lecce, Italy (2) Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), CNR, Milan, Italy (3) Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DISTeBA), Salento University, Lecce, Italy OC. 15 - NEUROPROTECTIVE ROLE OF NATURAL POLYPHENOLS FROM SAMBUCUS NIGRA Stefania Moccia (1), Carmela Spagnuolo (1), Gian Luigi Russo (1) (1) Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Via Roma 64, Avellino, Italy OC. 16 - EFFECT OF TOTAL APPLE POLYPHENOLS EXTRACT AS INHIBITORS OF AMYLOID PROTEIN AGGREGATION Valeria Guarrasi (1), Cinzia Giacoma Rappa (1), Maria Assunta Costa (1), Fabio Librizzi (1), Marco Raimondo (1), Silvia Vilasi (1), Donatella Bulone (1), Pier Luigi San Biagio (1), Maria Antonietta Germanà (2) (1) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biofisica CNR sede secondaria di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (2) Universita` degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali