Research Units: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA) Università del Salento; Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC) CNR di Taranto; Consorzio Interuniversitario di Catalisi Chimica (CIRCC) di Bari. The present project falls within studies focused on the development of new technologies aimed toward the exploitation of marine biomasses. The research purpose is to investigate the potential employment of some marine organisms (polychaetes, cnidarians and macroalgae) as sources of either biologically active secondary metabolites, matter of interest to pharmaceutics or foodstuffs at high nutritional content useful to the fodder industry as enrichment and/or alternative innovating fodder for nourishment of marine fishes reared in intensive aquaculture farms. The proposed marine organisms show physiological and morphological features such as high tolerance to environmental variability, high growth rates and easiness of rearing, which fit well with the proposed research. The involvement of private companies in the present project is aimed toward the valorisation of the results through the technologic transfer to the pharmaceutical firm which will provide to transform them into economic values by the production of new antimicrobial compounds and an innovative fodder. Since industry requires high quantity of biomass in order to extract active compounds, the marine species will be reared in an aquaculture farm to ensure an uncontaminated biomass clear of metals or other organic pollutants such as PCBs. Previous researches carried out within POR project concerning the biological treatment of wastes from aquaculture farms (bioremediation), highlighted that the biomasses of the marine organisms, representing a bioremediation by-product of marketable value, can be easily obtained from a polyculture farm system. A positive outcome of the proposed experimentation could be favourable in terms of both environmental health and economical advantages
ACTIBIOMAREstrazione di principi attivi da biomasse marine e loro potenziale utilizzazione in farmaceutica e dietetica (Accordo di Programma Quadro in Materia di ricerca Scientifica nella Regione Puglia – Progetti strategici)
GIANGRANDE, Adriana
2009-01-01
Abstract
Research Units: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA) Università del Salento; Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC) CNR di Taranto; Consorzio Interuniversitario di Catalisi Chimica (CIRCC) di Bari. The present project falls within studies focused on the development of new technologies aimed toward the exploitation of marine biomasses. The research purpose is to investigate the potential employment of some marine organisms (polychaetes, cnidarians and macroalgae) as sources of either biologically active secondary metabolites, matter of interest to pharmaceutics or foodstuffs at high nutritional content useful to the fodder industry as enrichment and/or alternative innovating fodder for nourishment of marine fishes reared in intensive aquaculture farms. The proposed marine organisms show physiological and morphological features such as high tolerance to environmental variability, high growth rates and easiness of rearing, which fit well with the proposed research. The involvement of private companies in the present project is aimed toward the valorisation of the results through the technologic transfer to the pharmaceutical firm which will provide to transform them into economic values by the production of new antimicrobial compounds and an innovative fodder. Since industry requires high quantity of biomass in order to extract active compounds, the marine species will be reared in an aquaculture farm to ensure an uncontaminated biomass clear of metals or other organic pollutants such as PCBs. Previous researches carried out within POR project concerning the biological treatment of wastes from aquaculture farms (bioremediation), highlighted that the biomasses of the marine organisms, representing a bioremediation by-product of marketable value, can be easily obtained from a polyculture farm system. A positive outcome of the proposed experimentation could be favourable in terms of both environmental health and economical advantagesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
