Book Chapter:

Pintea, A.M., Magdas, D.A. (2022). Analytical Techniques for the Biochemical Profiling in Seabuckthorn. In: Sharma, P.C. (eds) The Seabuckthorn Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11276-8_4, Online ISBN978-3-031-11276-8, Print ISBN978-3-031-11275-1

Participation in International conferences:

1. The 3rd International Conference on FOOD BIOACTIVES & HEALTH, Parma, Italy, 21-24 June 2022

Session: Carotenoids

Oral presentation: Pintea Adela, Bunea Andrea, Dulf Francisc, Tudor Cristina, Gherasim Cristina, Socaci Sonia, Carotenoids profile in cold pressed oil in relation with their bioaccessibility, Book of abstracts, Food Bioactives and Health, pag. 127

         2. 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress, Lisbon, Portugal

Session: Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Poster presentation: Pintea Adela, Cristina Gherasim, Patricia Muntean, Andrea Bunea, Francisc V. Dulf, Monica Focşan, Dumitriţa Rugină, Preparation and characterization of a zeaxanthin loading nanoemulsion system for increased bioaccessibility, Book of Abstract 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, pag. 955.

         3. The 10th International Symposium on RECENT ADVANCES IN FOOD ANALYSIS September 6–9, 2022 Prague, Czech Republic

Session: BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE, HEALTH PROMOTING FOOD COMPONENTS

Poster presentation: Elena Cristina Gherasim, Andrea Bunea, Adela Pintea, The effect of vegetal oils addition on the bioaccessibility of carotenoids from carrots and baby spinach, Book of Abstract, pag. 249, ISBN 978-80-7592-138-3

         4. The 21st International Conference ”LIFE SCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” 15th–17th September, 2022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca,

Session: Biotechnology

Poster presentation: Cristina Gherasim, Andrea Bunea, F. V. Dulf, Adela Pintea, Effect of oil addition on the bioaccessibility of carotenoids from raw baby spinach leaves, Book of abstracts, pag. 251

5. The 21st International Conference ”LIFE SCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” 15th–17th September, 2022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca,

Session: Biotechnology

Poster presentation: Patricia Muntean, Andrea Bunea, F. V. Dulf, Monica Focşan, Dumitriţa Rugină, Adela Pintea, Carotenoid loaded nanocarriers - preparation and evaluation, Book of abstracts, p. 254

Other publications of the team members and related to the topic of the project

1.  Cristina Tudor, Elena Cristina Gherasim, Francisc Vasile Dulf, Adela Pintea, In vitro bioaccessibility of macular xanthophylls from commercial microalgal powders of Arthrospira platensis and Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Food Science & Nutrition, 2021, 9 (4), 1896-1906, DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2150; WOS:000618373000001

2. Antonio J Meléndez-Martínez, Volker Böhm, Grethe Iren Andersen Borge, M Pilar Cano, Martina Fikselová, Ruta Gruskiene, Vera Lavelli, Monica Rosa Loizzo, Anamarija I Mandić, Paula Mapelli Brahm, Aleksandra Č Mišan, Adela M Pintea, Jolanta Sereikaitė, Liliana Vargas-Murga, Sanja S Vlaisavljević, Jelena J Vulić, Nora M O'Brien, Carotenoids: Considerations for Their Use in Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, Nutricosmetics, Supplements, Botanicals, and Novel Foods in the Context of Sustainability, Circular Economy, and Climate Change Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, 2021, 12, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-062220-013218, WOS:000637940300021

3. Dias, M.G.; Borge, G.I.A.; Kljak, K.; Mandi´c, A.I.; Mapelli-Brahm, P.; Olmedilla-Alonso, B.; Pintea, A.M.; Ravasco, F.; Tumbas Šaponjac, V.; Sereikaite, J.; et al. ˙ European Database of Carotenoid Levels in Foods. Factors Affecting Carotenoid Content. Foods 2021, 10, 912. https://doi.org/10.3390/ foods10050912, WOS:000653866800001

4. E Cristea, A Ghendov-Mosanu, A Patras, C Socaciu, A Pintea, C Tudor, R. Sturza. The Influence of Temperature, Storage Conditions, pH, and Ionic Strength on the Antioxidant Activity and Color Parameters of Rowan Berry Extract, 2021, Molecules, 26 (13), 3786, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26133786, WOS:000672018900001

5. C Socaciu, F Dulf, S Socaci, F Ranga, A Bunea, F Fetea, A Pintea, Phytochemical profile of eight categories of functional edible oils: A metabolomic approach based on chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, Applied Sciences, 2022, 12 (4), 1933, WOS:000766846800001

6. A Pușcaș, A Mureșan, S Socaci, F Dulf, S Muste, F Fetea, CA Semeniuc, A. Pintea, Cold pressed pumpkin seed oil fatty acids, carotenoids, volatile compounds profiles and infrared fingerprints as affected by storage time and wax‐based oleogelation, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12180, WOS:000852711600001

7. Diana Cenariu, Eva Fischer-Fodor, Adrian Bogdan Țigu, Andrea Bunea, Piroska Virág, Maria Perde-Schrepler, Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Andrei Mocan, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Adela Pintea, Gianina Crișan, Mihai Cenariu, Alma Maniu, Zeaxanthin-Rich Extract from Superfood Lycium barbarum Selectively Modulates the Cellular Adhesion and MAPK Signaling in Melanoma versus Normal Skin Cells In Vitro, Molecules, 2021, 26(2), 333, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020333, WOS:000611452100001

Articles:

ISI

1. Gherasim, E. C., Dulf, F. V., Bunea, A., Rugină, D., & Pintea, A. (2023). Effect of addition of rich sources of lipids on the bioaccessibility of lutein and β-carotene from raw baby spinach leaves. Bulletin UASVM Food Science and Technology, 80(2). Impact Factor 0.7.

2.  Visan, S., Soritau, O., Tatomir, C., Baldasici, O., Balacescu, L., Balacescu, O., Gherasim C., Muntean P. & Pintea, A. (2023). The Bioactive Properties of Carotenoids from Lipophilic Sea Buckthorn Extract (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) in Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Molecules, 28(11), 4486., Impact factor 4.6

3. Ghendov-Mosanu, A., Popovici, V., Constantinescu, C. G., Deseatnicova, O., Siminiuc, R., Subotin, I., Pintea A., Socaciu C., & Sturza, R. (2023). Stabilization of Sunflower Oil with Biologically Active Compounds from Berries. Molecules, 28(8), 3596, Impact factor 4.6

BDI

1. Gherasim, E.C., Bunea, A., Rugină, D., & Pintea A. (2023). Green extraction of carotenoids from sea buckthorn pomace the effect of   solvent and extraction method. ProEnvironment, 16 (54), 41-50. BDI indexed.

Participation in International conferences:

1. The 19th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Toyama, Japonia 9-14 July 2023

Session:

(a) Poster presentation: Patricia Muntean, Cristina Gherasim, Andrea Bunea, Francisc V. Dulf, Dumitriţa Rugină, Monica Focşan, Adela Pintea, Zeaxanthin loaded nanoemulsion systems – preparation, characterization and stability, Abstracts of the Papers presented at The19th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Carotenoid Science, Vol. 25, ISSN 1880-5671, pag. 175

(b) Poster presentation: Dumitriţa Rugină, Cristina Gherasim, Mădălina Nistor, Patricia Muntean, Cristina Coman, Adela Pintea, Bioaccessibility and cellular uptake of zeaxanthin from oil-in-water nanoemulsions, Abstracts of the Papers presented at The19th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Carotenoid Science, Vol. 25, ISSN 1880-5671, pag. 176

2. The Annual International Conference of the Romanian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 13-15 September 2023

Session: Plant and Food Biochemistry

(a) Oral presentation: Adela Pintea, Patricia Muntean, Andrea Bunea, Francis V. Dulf, Monica Focşan, Cristina Coman, Dumitriţa Rugină, Zeaxanthin oil-in-water nanoemulsions as delivery systems for food or nutraceuticals applications, Book of Abstracts, pag. 25

(b) Poster presentation : Patricia Muntean, Adela Pintea, Andrea Bunea, Francis V. Dulf, Monica Focşan, Dumitriţa Rugină, Carotenoid loaded nanocarriers - preparation and evaluation, Book of Abstracts, pag. 61

(c) Poster presentation: Cristina Gherasim, Adela Pintea, Valorization of carotenoid from sea buckthorn pomace using green solvents and ultrasound-assisted extraction, Book of Abstracts, pag. 91

Other publications of the team members and related to the topic of the project:

PhD thesis:

Elena-Cristina Gherasim, “The assessment of the in vitro bioaccessibility of carotenoids from food matrices-the effect of lipid addition and carotenoids encapsulation”, 7 November 2023, field Biotechnologies, PhD supervisor Adela Pintea

Articles in ISI indexed journals

1. Gherasim, C.E., Focşan, M., Ciont, C., Bunea, A., Rugină, D., Pintea, A. (2024), Stability and bioaccessibility of carotenoids from sea buckthorn pomace encapsulated in alginate microbeads, Nutrients, under review.

2. Popovici, V., Boldianu, A.B., Pintea, A., Caraus, V., Ghendov-Mosanu, A., Subotin, I., Raisa Druta, Sturza, R. (2024), In vitro antioxidant activity of liposomal formulations of sea buckthorn and grape pomace, Foods, accepted.

Participation in International conferences:

1. The 48th FEBS Congress - Mining Biochemistry for human health and well-being, 29th June - 3rd July, Milano, Italy; Session: Functional food and human health Poster presentation: P.  Muntean, R. Pop, M. Nistor, D. Rugină, A. Pintea, Bioaccessibility and cellular uptake of zeaxanthin from plant and microbial sources.

Chapters in International books

1. Pintea, A.M, Rugină, D.O, (accepted, in press, will be published in 2025), Antioxidant potential of microalgae, In: Antonio Perez-Galvez, Eduardo Jacob Lopes, Leila Zepka, Maria Roca (eds) Microalgae and One Health, Elsevier, ISBN 9780443220807.