Silvija Šafranko visited University of Pecs (Hungary) within the ERASMUS Programme

Silvija Šafranko, ByProExtract team member, stayed on the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy in Pecs (University of Pecs) within the ERASMUS academic exchange program for (non) teaching staff for a month. This exchange is a continuation of good cooperation between the Faculty of Food Technology and Engineering in Osijek and the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy in Pecs.
During her stay, Silvija has been working on the investigation of innovative and new methods for the by-products utilization, mainly of Citrus clementina peels, for the pharmaceutical purpose. Primarily, this included the fundamental understanding of the meta ion-phenolic acid complexation, but also studies on the thermodynamic and kinetic influences on the complex formation.