marisaporrini

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Profile profile for marisaporrini

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Job title: 

Professor

Eurocaroten role: 

WG Participant

First name: 

Marisa

Last name: 

Porrini

Short research description: 

Marisa Porrini is full professor in Applied Nutrition at the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences of the University of Milan. Since 1980 she has been involved in national and international research projects, collaborating with numerous international Universities and Research Institutes. She is the Head of the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences and has been Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Milan. She has been vice president of SINU (Italian Society of Human Nutrition) and Member of the Board of Directors of FENS (Federation of European Nutrition Societies). Her research interests focus on two main topics: the nutritional quality of food with particular emphasis on the characterization of traditional foods and the development of new functional foods; the study of the effect of different dietary patterns and components on specific metabolic functions and human health. In particular, special attention has been devoted to the role of dietary bioactives in the modulation of oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial function by both in vitro and in vivo studies. Another topic of research relates to the study of the roles played by food characteristics on appetite and eating behaviour. She is author of more than 140 papers on peer-reviewed journals, 22 reviews and books and more than 250 abstracts.

Personal webpage: 

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2693-3311

Techniques routinely used: 

Analysis of carotenoids, LC-MS, Spectrophotometry, Comet assay, Biological assay, Human intervention studies, Eating behaviour evaluation

Instrumentation/Facilities: 

HPLC, UV-visible spectrophotometer, mass spectrometer,

Country: 

Italy

City: 

Milano

Institution: 

University of Milano

Department: 

Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences

Institution website: 

http://www.defens.unimi.it

Address: 

via Celoria, 2 - 20133 Milano

Zip Code: 

20133

Phone: 

390250316720

Matrix: 

Foods

Waste

Gender: 

Female

WG option 1: 

WG3

WG option 2: 

WG4

Scientific approach: 

Applied

Areas: 

Health

Nutrition

Other keywords: 

Bioavailability

Biological Actions

Functional Foods

STMS hosting: 

No

Meetings hosting: 

No