Acronym SenzNi
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Research on the development of biosensors for the determination of nickel ions from food raw materials and food Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Liliana Norocel Coordinator email liliana.norocel@usm.ro
Coordinator institution
USV - "Ştefan cel Mare" University in Suceava (Romania)
Institutions involved
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Start year 2020 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 51,663 Website https://senzni.usm.ro/ Summary The research topic addressed in this project is the development of (bio)sensors for the quantification of nickel ions in food raw materials and foods. Nickel ions cause allergies and are found in foods such as: cocoa, chocolate, marzipan, beans, buckwheat, nuts, almonds, peanuts, spinach, wheat, brown rice, sunflower seeds, soybeans, cabbage, pineapple, raspberries, crustaceans, salmon, etc. It seems that about 15% of the human population suffers from nickel allergy. In addition to digestive manifestations, food intolerance to nickel may also have systemic manifestations, such as: diffuse dermatitis, diffuse itching, fever, rhinitis, headache, altered general condition. Increased toxicity can lead to blockage of liver function with the installation of liver coma. Nowadays, most existing methods used for heavy metals trace analysis include spectrophotometric (AAS, ICP/MS, ICP/AES), voltammetric and chromatographic methods, which can detect analytes at very low concentrations. However, all these classic techniques are generally costly and laborious, so it is necessary to develop new methods that eliminate these disadvantages. Therefore, developing a fast, not expensive and in situ method of determining nickel ions in the case of allergies is extremely important, as it could prevent them and would be very useful for the health of the human population. Once developed with the aid of this project and tested on real samples of food raw materials and foods, this (bio)sensor will also be characterized in terms of analytical performance characteristics. The results will be published either in a journal indexed in International Databases or submitted as a patent proposal to OSIM, as well as presented to international conferences.
Keywords
Technology;
Human health;
Monitoring;
Biosensors;
Human food;
Marine Region
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