Projects

REDALIM-MIC - Potenciales agentes antimicrobianos presentes en alimentos vegetales de interés regional

Coordinador de La Red: Valeria Sulsen, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina

Coordinator of Portuguese Group: Maria do Céu Costa

From 2023 to 2026

Description

The general objective of the REDALIM-MIC Network is to constitute an interdisciplinary network of mobility and experimentation that, through its knowledge and the contribution and commitment of the participating companies, allows the identification of compounds with antimicrobial activity present in food plant species of regional interest, which makes it possible formulate functional foods that contribute to preventing and combating severe infectious processes, both acute and chronic. At the same time, this proposal aims to highlight the role that food and healthy eating play, not only from a nutritional point of view but also as a source of bioactive compounds that play an important role in terms of prevention and/or treatment of certain pathologies. The preventive role of functional foods will be highlighted by strengthening the immune system, producing defenses against infectious agents,

The proposal is based on a regional collaborative research project with the participation of companies and cooperatives in the region. It is relevant to highlight that we intend to work with foods of regional interest, that is, foods that grow or are cultivated in the Ibero-American region, which are marketed in our territory, giving added value to our internal production.