The study course aims to provide basic knowledge relating to the chemical characteristics and functional role of nutrients and bioactive compounds present in food plants with particular reference to the nutritional properties of plant-based foods and their derived processed counterparts. The course also aims to analyze qualitative and quantitative composition of nutrients and bioactive compounds in food plants in relation to the variations dependent on the environment-genotype integrated effects. In particular, the course provides 1) an overview of the plants used for human nutrition and their use for the preparation of food products, with an outline of the influence of processing processes on the nutritional properties; 2) an in-depth picture of the main nutrients, aromas and other substances useful for human nutrition present in food of plant origin; 3) a summary of the anti-nutritional factors, allergens and toxic compounds present in some foods of plant origin.
teacher profile teaching materials
2) Biologia delle Piante. Vol 2: Interazioni con l’ambiente e Domesticazione. Smith A. M. et al.; Zanichelli.
3) La chimica e gli alimenti. Nutrienti e aspetti nutraceutici. Luisa Mannina, Maria Daglia, Alberto Ritieni; CEA.
4) Alimentazione, Nutrizione e Salute. Lucantonio Debellis, Alessandro Poli; Edises.
5) Scientific articles and power point lessons provided by the teacher
The professor receives every day by appointment via e-mail: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it
Mutuazione: 20410213 Nutrienti di origine vegetale in Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e della Salute LM-6 R CONA ALESSANDRA
Core Documentation
1) Piante alimentari. Biologia, composizione chimica, utilizzazione. Rinallo C.; Piccin.2) Biologia delle Piante. Vol 2: Interazioni con l’ambiente e Domesticazione. Smith A. M. et al.; Zanichelli.
3) La chimica e gli alimenti. Nutrienti e aspetti nutraceutici. Luisa Mannina, Maria Daglia, Alberto Ritieni; CEA.
4) Alimentazione, Nutrizione e Salute. Lucantonio Debellis, Alessandro Poli; Edises.
5) Scientific articles and power point lessons provided by the teacher
The professor receives every day by appointment via e-mail: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it
Attendance
In presence (remote teaching for the categories of students authorized by the University)Type of evaluation
The exam consists of an oral test with three questions, respectively on the three main parts of the program: 1) Domestication, Genetic improvement, and Biotechnology 2) Primary metabolism: main classes of nutrients 3) Secondary metabolism and nutritional aspects of secondary metabolites Alternatively, for point 1 and 2, intermediate tests are foreseen. For the questions on secondary metabolism, it is possible to take the exam on a topic chosen by the student also using a power point presentation.