H2020Обмен на изследователи2021–2025

Se4All · Se-bioFORtified ALfaLfa for Se-enriched Dairy products

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2021-06-01 → 2025-11-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 662 400 €
Участници: 8
Схема: MSCA-RISE

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Накратко на български

Обогатената със селен люцерна за крави помага за създаването на млечни продукти с по-високо съдържание на този микроелемент. Това е важно, защото ниският прием на селен в храната е свързан с риск от хронични дегенеративни заболявания.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Se-bioFORtified ALfaLfa for Se-enriched Dairy products

About 3 billion people worldwide are affected by low intakes of the essential nutrient selenium (Se). The Se present in our diet its intimately linked with the amount of Se in soils, and therefore related crops, which can vary dramatically from region to region. Inadequate dietary Se intake is related to the risk of developing chronic degenerative diseases. The EU-funded Se4All project will explore Se-enriched edible plants as a solution to overcome this issue. Specifically, it will produce Se-enriched dairy products and cheese as functional foods through Se-biofortified alfalfa hay for feeding milking cows. Se will be applied directly to the plant (foliar application), instead of to the soil, in order to achieve transferability of the methodology to different regions.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Micronutrients are essential for maintaining a good human health, and although they are needed in only trace amounts, deficiencies reportedly affect 3 billion people worldwide. One of such micronutrients is selenium (Se). This element is a cofactor of many enzymes (e.g. glutathione peroxidase or thioredoxin reductase) and it is important for the protection against oxidative stress demonstrating the highest activity as a free radical scavenger and anti-cancer agent, T-cell immunity, and its role regulating the thyroid hormone metabolism. Currently, inadequate dietary Se intake affects up to 1 in 7 people globally with the associated risk of developing many chronic degenerative diseases. Animals, including humans, are not able to easily transform inorganic species of Se into organic forms and, in fact, due to its toxicity, the human body can tolerate only very low levels of inorganic Se. However, plants are able to transform the inorganic species of Se to seleno-amino acids, which are the forms of selenium desired for animal diets. The selenium present in our diet comes indirectly from the reservoir in soils. Thus, regions with low Se level in soils would provide Se deficient diets. In order to overcome this problem, the elaboration of functional foods starting from Se-enriched edible plants has been proposed as a solution to overcome low levels of Se in the diet of animals and humans. This research action is aimed to produce Se-enriched dairy products and cheese as functional food through Se-biofortified alfalfa hay for feeding milking cows. To achieve the transferability of the methodology to different regions, Se will be applied directly to the plant (foliar application), instead to the soil, overcoming issues related with the unpredicted bioavailability of Se in soils with different physicochemical characteristics. Hence, this methodology will ensure an appropriate level of Se into the diet regardless the particularities of the agricultural soil.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA · Cerdanyola Del VallesКоординаторИспания
BEAL ORGANIC CHEESE LIMITED · Listowel KerryИрландия
CONSORCIO PARA LA CONSTRUCCION EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DEL LABORATORIO DE LUZ SINCROTRON · Cerdanyola Del Valles BarcelonaИспания
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA AGROPECUARIA · Buenos AiresАржентина
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL · Buenos AiresАржентина
REDINN - SRL · POMEZIAИталия
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL · Santa FeАржентина
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA · RomaИталия