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Begoña Olmedilla Alonso
Research Scientist
Research Groups: Vitaminas y Carotenoides: nutrición y actividad biológica (VITA-CAROT)
Department: Department of Metabolism and Nutrition
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Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso, Pharm.D., Ph.D. Research Scientist at the Institute of Food Science, Tecnhology and Nutrition of the Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC), since 2006. Previously work at the Puerta de Hierro Hospital (HUPH), in charge of the Vitamins Unit (1987-2006). Research lines: – carotenoids and vitamins in the context diet and health (analysis of food and biological samples, nutritional status, bioavailability, biomarkers) and – functional foods (design and assessment of the effect of their consumption in humans).
Olmedilla has been a member of the HUPH Research Commission and the Ethical Committee for Clinical Research. She is the coordinator at the technical committee for standardization for the food sector (AENOR / UNE) and an accredited expert at CEN. He is also a member of various international editorial committees (among others, European J. Nutrition, Nutrients) and was a member of the British J. Nutrition. In terms of teaching, he participates in undergraduate and research staff training courses and has supervised several doctoral theses. He has directed numerous research projects and published more than a hundred articles in international scientific journals.http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-1337-2012
- Estévez-Santiago R, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Fernández-Jalao, I. Biaccessibility of provitamin A carotenoids from fruits: application of a standardised static in vitro digestion method. Food & Funct., 7: 1354-1366; 2016. DOI: 10.1039/C5fo01242b
- Vargas-Murga, L; de Rosso, V.V; Mercadante, A.Z.; Olmedilla-Alonso B. Fruits and vegetables in the Brazilian Household Budget Survey (2008-2009): carotenoid content and assessment of individual carotenoid intake. J Food Comp & Anal., 50; 88-96; 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2016.05.012
- Rodríguez-Concepción M; Ávalos FJ; Bonet ML; Boronat A; Gómez-Gómez L; Hornero-Méndez D; Limón C; Meléndez-Martinez AJ; Olmedilla-Alonso B; Palou A; Ribot J; Rodrigo MJ; Zacarias L; Zhu C. A global perspective on carotenoids: metabolism, biotechnology, and benefits for nutrition and health. Prog. Lipid Res., 70: 62-93; 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.plipres.2018.04.004
- Rodríguez-Rodríguez E, Beltrán-de-Miguel B, Samaniego KX, Sánchez-Prieto M, Estévez-Santiago R, Olmedilla-Alonso B. Extraction and analysis by HPLC-DAD of carotenoids in human faeces from Spanish adults. Antioxidants, 9, 484; 2020. doi:10.3390/antiox9060484
- Böhm V, Lietz G, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Phelan D, Reboul E, Bánati D, Borel P, Corte-Real J, de Lera AR, Desmarchelier C, Dulinska-Litewka J, Landrier JF, Milisav I, Nolan J, Porrini M, Riso P, Roob J, Valanou E, Wawrzniak A, Winklhofer-Roob B, Rühl R, Bohn T. From carotenoid intake to carotenoid blood and tissue concentrations – implications for dietary intake recommendations. Nutrition Reviews, nuaa008, 2020. doi:10.1093/nutrit/nuaa008
- Olmedilla-Alonso B, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E, Beltrán-de-Miguel B, Estévez-Santiago R. Dietary β-cryptoxanthin and α-carotene have greater apparent bioavailability than β-carotene in subjects from countries with different dietary patterns. Nutrients, 12, 2639, 2020. doi:10.3390/nu12092639
- Factores determinantes de la densidad de pigmento macular en sujetos mayores de 45 años: luteína y zeaxantina en sangre e ingesta a partir de frutas y hortalizas. Estudios in vivo e in vitro.
IP: Begoña Olmedilla Alonso. 2017 -2021.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Convocatoria de ayudas de proyectos de Investigación en Salud, cofinanciado con FEDER. PI16/01991.