Dr. Petros A. Tarantilis

Assistant Professor  of Instrumental Analysis of Plants

Assist. Professor Petros Tarantilis attended Agricultural University of Athens for his undergraduate and graduate work. He recieved his B.Sc. from the Food Science and Technology Department in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the Department of Science in 1994. He is now Assist. Professor of Instrumental Analysis of Plants at the A.U.A. His research interests involve the isolation, purification and structure determination of natural products using spectroscopic techniques, the instrumental analysis of food as well as the development of new techniques for the separation, evaluation and analysis of main compounds of natural products.

Contact Info

Chemistry Laboratory

Agricultural University of Athens

Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens

Tel.: +30-210-529 4264

Fax: +30-210-529 4265

E-Mail: ptara@aua.gr

URL: www.aua.gr/~ptara

Recent Publications:

1   “Aroma Investigation of Unifloral Greek Citrus Honey Using Solid-Phase Microextraction Coupled to Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometric Analysis” Alissandrakis, E. Tarantilis, P. A. Harizanis, P. C. Polissiou, M. FOOD CHEMISTRY 2007, 100/1, 396-404.

2    “Instrumental Analysis of Bacterial Cells Using Vibrational and Emission Mossbauer Spectroscopic Techniques” Kamnev, A. A. Tugarova, A. V. Antonyuk, L. P. Tarantilis, P. A. Kulikov, L. A. Perfiliev, Y. D. Polissiou, M. G. Gardiner, P. H. ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 2006, 573/574, 445-452.

3  “Improvement of Biodiesel Production Based on the Application of Ultrasound: Monitoring of the Procedure by FTIR Spectroscopy” Siatis, N. G. Kimbaris, A. C. Pappas, C. S. Tarantilis, P. A. Polissiou, M. G. JOURNAL- AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY 2006, 83/1, 53-58.

4    “Interaction of Antioxidant Flavonoids with tRNA: Intercalation or External Binding and Comparison with Flavonoid-DNA Adducts” Kanakis, C. D. Tarantilis, P. A. Polissiou, M. G. Tajmir-Riahi, H. A. DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY 2006, 25/2, 116-123.

5    “Comparison of Distillation and Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Methods for the Isolation of Sensitive Aroma Compounds from Garlic (Allium sativum)” Kimbaris, A. C. Siatis, N. G. Daferera, D. J. Tarantilis, P. A. Pappas, C. S. Polissiou, M. G. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2006, 13/1, 54-60.

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