LS9 - Bioactives and Health

Who

LS9 is an interlab cooperative group of young researchers active within the Department of Food Science of the University of Parma. At present time, the team is composed by three laboratories (Food Chemistry, Human Nutrition and Applied Botany), working as a close network. The...
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Where

LS9 is an Interlaboratory Group operating within the recently-born Food and Drug Department at the University of Parma. Our labs are mainly located at the University Campus, which can be reached both by car and by bus. A detailed map with the exact location of the Human...
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What

Our logo represent a blender with various fruits. We choosed this image as it summarizes our intent: we want to blend the different perspectives under which an edible plant can be evaluated: the botanical one, the chemical one, the nutritional one, the healthy one. As every...
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Science

The members of the [LS9] Interlab Group have published more than 200 research articles and reviews in peer-reviewed journals during the last decade. A synopsis of our achievements can be obtained by browsing our Scopus profiles Chiara Dall’Asta Daniele Del Rio Renato...
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Why LS9

Within the European Research Council, the code LS9 identifies the panel devoted to scientific research in the domains of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering,...
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Links

Links connect people, propel knowledge sharing and allow the hybridization of cultures. We obviously love them. Here’s a selection of our favourite places to gather information, our favourite academic journals, our professional network and other websites where we pop-up...
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"We merge Food Chemistry, Human Nutrition and Applied Botany"

Food science in progress

Department of Food and Drug

LS9 is operative within the Food and Drug Department of the University of Parma, which gathers an interdisciplinary pool of experts in food and pharmaceutical technology, microbiology, food chemistry, pharmacology, nutrition, organic chemistry, agronomy and economy, with a true “from the lab to the world” approach.

The group can rely on a variety of laboratories, equipped with an array of instruments including HPLC-MSn, NMR, GC-MS. Most universities have similar capacities, our advantage is that we work together. Actually.

LS9 researchers are involved in a number of different interdisciplinary projects. The detection, quantification, stability and the bioactivity evaluation of plant secondary metabolites are usually performed both in plant matrices, foods, concentrated extracts and biological fluids of human and animal origin.