Silvia Andini
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Biography
Silvia Andini is currently a PhD student working in the Laboratory of Food Chemistry at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands under supervision of Dr. Ir. Jean Paul Vincken (co-promotor) and Prof. Dr. Harry Gruppen (promotor). Her PhD research is about exploring novel natural antimicrobial compounds derived from Brassicaceae plants, with a particular interest in isothiocyanates (ITCs), the biologically active form of glucosinolates (GSLs), which are the major secondary metabolites in this plant family. In her PhD research, she has developed a novel analytical method to simultaneously analyze ITCs and GSLs by using LC-MS. Her research is focused on the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) of ITCs as antimicrobials and revealing their mechanism of action
Abstract
Abstract : The specificity of antimicrobial activity of Brassicaceae isothiocyanates