Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health (QACCP)

The overall objective of the project was to optimise organic production and processing in order to improve food quality and increase health promoting aspects in consumer products. The approach was a chain analysis approach which addressed the link between farm and fork and backwards from fork to farm. The objectives were to test food authenticity on farm level and food quality and health in processing. The carrot was chosen as the model vegetable since it is common for the involved partners from industry and is processed for baby food; hence the results are relevant for other vegetables and organic food in general as well. - Identify and define critical and essential product quality parameters useful to optimise organic food quality - Compare products from different farming practices (conventional and within organic) - Performance of QACCP (Quality Analysis Critical Control Point, similar to HACCP methodology) - Test the impact of the food chain (focusing on processing techniques) on the product quality and safety - Test the impact of organic food on healt

Optimering af økologiske produkters kvalitet (Qaccp)

Forbrugerne efterspørger i stigende grad sundere og mere sikre fødevarer af høj kvalitet, og mange forbrugere har en forventning om, at økologiske fødevarer har højere kvalitet end ikke-økologiske. Det har man hidtil ikke kunnet bevise, bl.a. pga. manglen på videnskabelige undersøgelser af økologiske produktionsmetoders indflydelse på kvalitet og sundhedseffekt. Formålet med projektet var at optimere den økologiske produktion og forarbejdning med henblik på at forbedre fødevarekvalitet og at øge sundhedsfremmende aspekter for økologiske produkter

Malkekvæg, studehold eller kvægløst landbrug. Er der grundlag for omfattende driftsændringer?

Malkekvæg, studehold eller kvægløst landbrug. Er der grundlag for omfattende driftsændringer

Svinehold og Svinefodring.

Svinehold og Svinefodring

Efficient Reverse Transcription Using Locked Nucleic Acid Nucleotides towards the Evolution of Nuclease Resistant RNA Aptamers

Background: Modified nucleotides are increasingly being utilized in the de novo selection of aptamers for enhancing their drug-like character and abolishing the need for time consuming trial-and-error based post-selection modifications. Locked nucleic acid (LNA) is one of the most prominent and successful nucleic acid analogues because of its remarkable properties, and widely explored as building blocks in therapeutic oligonucleotides. Evolution of LNA-modified RNA aptamers requires an efficient reverse transcription method for PCR enrichment of the selected RNA aptamer candidates. Establishing this key step is a pre-requisite for performing LNA-modified RNA aptamer selection

Rapid One-Step Selection Method for Generating Nucleic Acid Aptamers: Development of a DNA Aptamer against alpha-Bungarotoxin

Background: Nucleic acids based therapeutic approaches have gained significant interest in recent years towards the development of therapeutics against many diseases. Recently, research on aptamers led to the marketing of Macugen (R), an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) for the treatment of age related macular degeneration (AMD). Aptamer technology may prove useful as a therapeutic alternative against an array of human maladies. Considering the increased interest in aptamer technology globally that rival antibody mediated therapeutic approaches, a simplified selection, possibly in one-step, technique is required for developing aptamers in limited time period