Biochemistry Unit

Lines of research

• Biochemical and molecular characterization of enzymatic antioxidants as indicators of performance and production
• NADP- dehydrogenases characterization
• Nitric oxide synthases characterization in plants
• Peroxiredoxins in plants
• Oxidative stres in olive tree
• Mechanisms of molecular signalling in interaction plant-pathogen
• Nitric oxide metabolism
• Efficient bioformulations: control of olive tree verticillium wilt as a phytosanitary bioindicator
• Cultures in vitro of olive tree (from seed)
• Nitrated fatty acids / Nitrolipids in olive oil: implications in cardiovascular health processes
• Establishment of the optimal moment of harvesting in order to obtain olive oils enriched in nitro-fatty acids (value added of health to EVOO)
• Early detection of olive grove diseases caused by soil pathogens

Services

• Quantitative studies and analyses of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants in olive tree tissues
• Characterization and early detection of cellular salubrity state in olive tree leaves (analysis of molecular markers) in abiotic stress conditions (pollution by salts, heavy metals, and so on) and biotic (infection by fungal pathogens)
• Study and analysis using molecular marks of oxidative and nitrosative stress from plants. Productivity study
• Nitrate lipids and olive oil. Cardiovascular implications