General Objective: To evaluate the effect of 'non-thermal plasma' treatment as a new food processing technology to reduce biological risks in shrimp and their packaging material, including the presence of viruses and virus remains.
Specific objectives
- Characterize the operating conditions of direct 'non-thermal plasma' treatment
- Characterize the operating conditions of the indirect 'non-thermal plasma' treatment
- Develop an in-vitro growth technique for cell lines and cultures
- To assess the effect of direct and indirect 'non-thermal plasma' treatment in cell cultures
- To assess the effect of direct and indirect 'non-thermal plasma' treatment on packaging material inoculated with cell cultures
- To evaluate the effect of direct and indirect 'non-thermal plasma' treatment on shrimp inoculated with cell cultures.
Participating Institutions:
ESPOL, ESPE, UCE.
Participants:
Director of the project Ximena Victoria Yepez Paredes.
- Ximena Victoria Yepez Paredes
- Haci Baykara
- Ligia Isabel Ayala Navarrete
- Maria Eugenia Avila Salem
Awarded budget: $44700
Project status: Signing of agreements.
