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Plan Materials Research Group

 
 

group members
 
Professor Maria Łabanowska, Professor
 
Beata Nowicka, Dr habil, PhD
 
Dominik Czernia, PhD, Eng
 
Gaja Wota, Msc

basic information
 

 



The main research topics
  1. Influence of factors causing oxidative stress in plants and cereal grains on redox processes taking place in plant materials
  2. The dependence between the course of processes occurring upon thermal treatment of flours and the chemical composition of plant material
  3. Effect of starch modifications on the starch structure and the process of radical generation
  4. Impact of ozone and UV radiation on starch of various botanical origin
  5. Development of an innovative, environmentally friendly method of starch oxidation using UV radiation and ozone treatment
Research Projects

Research Grant of National Centre of Science (NCN) 2011/03/B/NZ9/00074 Determination of interaction between stable radicals and antioxidants generated in cereal grains in predicting of the plant response to the environmental stresses, 2012-2015

Research Grant of National Centre of Science (NCN) Opus 12 2018/29/B/ST5/00337 2016/23/B/NZ9/01065 The investigation of the mechanism of interaction between starch and reactive oxygen compounds, generated during modification of starch with innovative methods of oxidation, 2017-2020


Selected papers(2015-2019)

  1. M. Kurdziel, A. Dłubacz, A. Wesełucha-Birczyńska, M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, Stable radicals and biochemical compounds in embryos and endosperm of wheat grains differentiating sensitive and tolerant genotypes – EPR and Raman studies, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2015, 183, 95 – 107.
  2. M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, J. Ko¶cielniak, J. Biesaga-Ko¶cielniak, M. Kurdziel, I. Szarejko, H. Hartikainen, Characterization of barley leaf tolerance to drought stress by chlorophyll fluorescence and electron paramagnetic resonance studies, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2015, 201, 228-240.
  3. M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, M. Filek, Changes of paramagnetic species in cereal grains upon short-term ozone action as a marker of oxidative stress tolerance, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2016, 190, 54-66
  4. M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, M. Filek, A.Wesełucha-Birczyńska, The impact of biochemical composition and nature of paramagnetic species in grains on stress tolerance of oat cultivars, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2016, 199, 52-66.
  5. N. Górska, E. Mikuli, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, Vibration-reorientation dynamics, structural changes and its interrelation with the phase transition in polycrystalline [Cr(OC(NH2)2)6](BF4)3, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2016, 154, 237-242.
  6. M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, A.Wesełucha-Birczyńska, E. ,Kozakiewicz, Structural and biochemical response of chloroplasts in tolerant and sensitive barley genotypes to drought stress, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2016, 207, 61-72.
  7. M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, A. Sieprawska, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in studies of the protective effects of 24-epibrasinoide and selenium against zearalenone-stimulation of the oxidative stress in germinating grains of wheat, Toxins, 2017, 9(6), 178; doi:10.3390/toxins9060178.
  8. P. Moskal, A. Wesełucha-Birczyńska, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, M. Filek, 2D FTIR correlation spectroscopy and EPR analysis of Urtica dioica leaves from areas of different environmental pollution, Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 189, 405-414.
  9. S. Pietrzyk, T. Fortuna, L. Juszczak, D. Gałkowska, M. B±czkowicz, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, Influence of amylose content and oxidation level of potato starch on acetylation, granule structure and radicals’ formation, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2018, 106, 57-67.
  10. M. Kurdziel, M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, The impact of short-term UV irradiation on grains of sensitive and tolerant cereal genotypes studied by EPR, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2018, 98, 2607–2616.
  11. S. Pietrzyk, T. Fortuna, M. Łabanowska, L. Juszczak, D. Gałkowska, M. B±czkowicz, M. Kurdziel, The effect of amylose content and level of oxidation on the structural changes of acetylated corn starch and generation of free radicals, Food Chemistry, 2018, 240, 259-267.
  12. S Pietrzyk, T. Fortuna, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, K. Królikowska, L.Juszczak, Effect of oxidation level of high-amylose corn starch on its acetylation, molecular structure and functional properties, Starch/Stärke, 2019, 71, 1800097.
  13. M. Kurdziel, M. Łabanowska, S. Pietrzyk, J. Sobolewska-Zielińska, M. Michalec, The changes of physicochemical properties of barley and oat starches upon environmentally friendly oxidation methods, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 210, 339-349.
Selected conference presentations(2015-2019)
  1. M. Kurdziel, M. Łabanowska, M Filek, E. Kuli¶, The stimulation of activities of paramagnetic centers in cereal grains as the response to UV-treatment, 3rd International Symposium on Plant Signaling and Behavior, Paris, France, June 2015.
  2. M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, M. Filek, Paramagnetic species created by ozone treatment in cereal grains, 3rd International Symposium on Plant Signaling and Behavior, Paris, France, June 2015.
  3. M. Kurdziel, M. Łabanowska, M Filek, E. Kuli¶, The activation of paramagnetic centers in cereal grains as the response to oxidative stress, EMBO Conference, Signaling in Plant Development, Brno, Czech Republic, September 2015.
  4. N. Górska, Ł. Hetmańczyk, E. Mikuli, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, Neutrons and Raman scattering, infrared absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance studies of vibration and reorientation dynamics, structural changes and its interrelation with the phase transition in polycrystalline [Cr(urea)6)](BF4))3), VI European Conference on Neutron Scattering, Saragossa, Spain, August 2015.
  5. M. Kurdziel, M. Łabanowska, M Filek, Application of qualitative standards to interpretation of EPR spectra of plant material, IV Forum EMR-PL, Poznań, Poland, June 2016.
  6. M. Filek, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, A. Sieprawska, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy studies of the mycotoxin – stimulation of radical species in wheat, XVI Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Biofizycznego, Ryn, Poland, June 2016.
  7. M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, Od nitki do kłębka – od skrobi do stresu oksydacyjnego, III Polish Forum of Inorganic Chemistry, Kraków, Poland, December 2016.
  8. M. Kurdziel, M. Łabanowska, S. Pietrzyk, Innovative methods of starch modification studied by EPR method, V Forum EMR-PL, Wrocław - Kudowa, Poland, June 2018.
  9. J. Sobolewska - Zielińska, S. Pietrzyk, T. Fortuna, M. Łabanowska, M. Kurdziel, Effect of chemical and physical modification on functional properties of selected cereal starches, 14th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2018.

 

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