Nutrients Webinar | Plant-Based Diets in the Prevention of Inflammation
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16th Nutrients Webinar
Plant-Based Diets in the Prevention of Inflammation
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to welcome you to the webinar organized by the Editorial Office of the journal Nutrients as part of the Special Issue entitled "Plant-Based Diets in the Prevention of Inflammation" under the supervision of Dr. Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik and myself. In this Special Issue, we aim to collect original scientific papers and review papers that very broadly address the role of plant components in shaping the appropriate antioxidant and anti-inflammatory status of the human body. The topic is very broad, and we invite everyone to publish whose subject matter even partially relates to the aforementioned issues. I hope that the webinar will help expand our scientific knowledge in this area and encourage you to consider publishing in the Special Issue.
Date: 22 April 2025
Time: 10.00 am CEST | 4:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 889 0520 4334
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Dominik Szwajgier
Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland;
Website: www.szwajgier.pl.
Scopus Author ID: 12780155700.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2285-0669.
Current position: Full Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Organic Food of Plant Origin, Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland.
Scientific Topic 1: Alzheimer's disease (AD):
• Research of acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors in AD prevention;
• Isolation of cholinesterase inhibitors, polyphenols, and terpenes from various food products and herbs in AD prevention;
• Improvement in the standard method for determining cholinesterase activity;
• Effect of food processing on changes in the content of cholinesterase inhibitors in various raw materials and food products.
Scientific Topic 2: Antioxidant, antiradical, and anticancer activity of natural compounds
• Study of compounds and products (food and herbs) with antioxidant, antiradical, and anticancer activity;
• Design, production, and study of complex polyphenolic preparations with antioxidant and anticancer activity;
• Commercial nutraceuticals produced on the basis of polyphenolic preparations.
Scientific Topic 3: Lactic acid bacteria, dairy products, and rheology
• Enrichment of dairy products with phenolic compounds;
• Interactions of food components, lactic acid bacteria, and food contaminants (e.g., heavy metal ions);
• Introduction of antioxidant phenolic acids to dairy products to produce new functional foods.
Scientific Topic 4: Malting and brewing
• Improvement in mashing and brewing in order to increase the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer activities of malts, mashes, and beers.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors, polyphenols, terpenes, UV polyphenolic filters against skin cancer, antioxidant activity, antiradical activity, anticancer activity, skin protection.
Dr. Edyta Kowalczuk-Vasilev
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland;
Dr. Edyta Kowalczuk-Vasilev, an assistant professor at the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland, leads the Feed and Biological Material Analysis Laboratory. Her multidisciplinary research focuses on nutrition and health-promoting properties of biologically active phytobiotic compounds, particularly their immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects, through both ex vivo and in vivo animal studies.
Dr. Malgorzata Komar
Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland;
Dr Małgorzata Komar holds a PhD in veterinary sciences and is an academic lecturer specializing in research on the central nervous system in various animal species. For many years, she has been investigating the effects of various bioactive substances, such as bilberry, onion, and beetroot, on the expression of insulin and leptin receptors and calcium-binding proteins in the hippocampal neurons of rats. Her research focuses on analyzing these processes in different pathological conditions, including diabetes, overweight and obesity, as well as heavy metal poisoning.
On 22 April 2025, a webinar related to the Special Issue in Nutrients titled "Plant-Based Diets in the Prevention of Inflammation" took place. The webinar presented topics that are relevant to this Special Issue. In addition, three scientists dealing with the biological activities of low-molecular-weight compounds—polyphenols and alkaloids—presented an overview of knowledge about these compounds as well as the latest scientific results on this topic. We thank all listeners for participating and for the discussion after the webinar. We invite you to watch the recorded webinar.
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