Josef Ressel Center for Innovative Bioavailability Research

What we are working on

In cooperation with two well-known partners from industry (agromed Austria GmbH, PM International AG), researchers at the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences are working on incorporating plant-based active ingredients into food (supplements).

To this end, biological test systems are being developed, implemented and used which make it possible to characterize herbal active ingredients in detail at the cellular level with regard to their modes of action. Various in-vitro, in-vivo, in-ovo and in-silico test systems are used.

So-called phytochemicals are plant-based chemical compounds that can have a positive effect on human and animal health. It is currently estimated that more than 28,000 different plant species have corresponding medicinal effects, although only a fraction of these are known in today's medicine and nutrition. In addition, there is usually a lack of detailed information about the potential molecular modes of action. Nevertheless, natural chemical compounds have long been an important source of new medicines and offer a unique structural diversity.