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Cultivation of Limnospira maxima and utilization of its fresh biomass in human nutrition
Vásquez, Claudia
This work aims to enhance productivity, efficiency and sustainability of L. maxima cultivation as well as to determine the safe microbiological conditions for the nutritional use of fresh spirulina biomass. Various parameters such as light intensity, light spectral composition, temperature, pH, CO2, and culture media composition can be optimized. A series of experiments were performed to find the most suitable configuration to cultivate L. maxima, defined by cyanobacterium productivity and yield as well as other metabolites production such as phycocyanin (C-PC) and carotenoids.
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Meaning and resource of selenium in human nutrition
KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ, Zuzana
Bachelor's thesis concentrates on functions of selenium in human nutrition. Selenium is an essential trace element of importance to human health. Its availability depends on the concentration of selenium in the soil. The average income of selenium in the Czech population are usually 36 g/day per individuals. Excess or insufficient selenium intakes can result in adverse effects on human health. The most important sources of selenium in the diets of most people are meat, fish, eggs, milk, cereals and nuts. Selenium plays an important role in a number of metabolic functions including antioxidant systems, thyroid hormone metabolism, immune function and reproduction. Low selenium status are associated with increased risk of mortality, poor immune function, and cognitive decline, while high selenium status cause garlic breath, hair and nail loss, disorders of the nervous system and skink and poor dental health. Amount of selenium and its need changes during life. Recommended doses of selenium for women are 55 g/day and for men 70 g/day. Pregnant and lactating women require an average of 65-75 g selenium/day. Selenium deficiency in women causes problems with pregnancy, fetal malformations or postnatal complications. Newborn baby receives in breast milk about 10 g selenium/day. The recommended doses for children are in the range of 20-30 g selenium/day. The lack of selenium in seniors causes loss of muscle mass and strenght. Conversely sufficient doses of selenium can prevent the development of osteoporosis and various health complications. During sport aktivity, in the body there arise a large amount of free radicals and that is why it is necessary to suply the body of a sufficient amount of selenim, which helps prevent with its antioxidant effect oxidative damage of the muscles. The population exposed to low levels of selenium, the lack can be increased by use of dietary supplements with selenium.
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