Biography:
Born in 1978, Leila Rezig is Ph.D a senior research assistant in food processing. The doctoral thesis was defended at the High Institute of Food Industries of Tunis. She has worked as a teaching assistant at the Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Zaghouan and then at the High Institute of Food Industries of Tunis since 2016. Her fields of interest includes the fat, protein and carbohydrate profiles of oil seeds and their cytoprotective effect, the investigation of the physico-chemical and bioactive properties of different kinds of honey and the antioxidant and the antimicrobial activities of essential oils.
Title : Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed oil