**About the Editor**

## **Mirella Nardini**

Dr. Nardini is a biologist with a PhD in Biochemistry. She is employed as technologist in the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA). The results of her studies have been published in many international scientific journals. Her field of interest is the nutritional quality of food and the role of food in the modulation and prevention of oxidative stress and related pathologies, particularly cardiovascular diseases. She has gained extensive experience in antioxidant and polyphenol compounds, through many studies concerning the identification, characterization, biological activity, bioavailability, and metabolism of phenolic compounds.
