Shaanxi Normal University's scientific and technological innovation team boosts the development of Ankang's selenium-enriched industry

Our reporter Wang Jingchen

Ankang City, Shaanxi Province is a famous selenium-rich area in China, known as "China's Selenium Valley" and "World Selenium Source"

Selenium is an essential trace element for the human body, and selenium deficiency may increase the risk of diabetes, cancer, reproductive disorders,

Recently, the American magazine "Biological Trace Elements Research" published online the "Selenium-enriched functional food" published by Shaanxi Normal University Sino-Russian International Joint Research Center of Food and Health Science (Shaanxi International Science and Technology Cooperation Base) and Pu'er Academician Expert Workstation (Zhang Huafeng Expert Workstation).

Adhere to the "Four Aspects"

Promote the construction of national science and technology parks with selenium-enriched characteristics

It is understood that the "selenium-enriched functional food technology innovation team" of Shaanxi Normal University has conscientiously studied and implemented the "four aspects" in the practice of selenium-enriched food research and development, namely facing the world's technological frontier, facing the main economic battlefield, facing the country's major needs, For people's life and health

Shaanxi Ankang National Agricultural Science and Technology Park is the second national-level science and technology park established in Ankang City after the National High-tech Zone.

Build an innovation platform

Serve the selenium-enriched industry and rural revitalization in Ankang area

With the support of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Ankang Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Hanyin County Party Committee and County Government and other departments, the "Hanyin County People's Government and Shaanxi Normal University jointly build a Chinese herbal medicine and selenium-enriched food experimental station" where the team is located has been upgraded to an agricultural and rural area The provincial-level scientific and technological innovation platform in the field "Hanyin County, Shaanxi Province, Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Station of Organic Selenium-rich Food"

Based on the Ankang area, especially the selenium resources and ecological advantages of Hanyin County, the experimental demonstration station integrates the research expertise of universities and the role of think tanks, promotes practical technologies, serves grass-roots enterprises, cooperatives and farmers, and promotes scientific development of selenium-enriched food and agricultural products through scientific and technological innovation.

Strengthen talent training

Improve the quality of scientific and technological assistance for Ankang selenium-enriched food

The team, together with Ziyang County Productivity Promotion Center (Ziyang County Science and Technology Resource Coordination Center), assisted Ziyang County enterprises to apply for and complete two provincial-level selenium-enriched food research projects.

Team students Lu Pengfei, Jiang Yanbing, etc.

strengthen scientific research

Promote the transformation of selenium-enriched scientific and technological achievements and industrial upgrading

In order to provide guidance for the planting and processing of agricultural products in selenium-enriched enterprises and ensure the quality and safety of selenium-enriched food, the team leverages the advantages of scientific and technological talents and innovative platforms to help enterprises, cooperatives and farmers to detect tea, camellia oil, kiwi fruit and other agricultural products for free for a long time.

The team cooperated with enterprises to apply for patents such as "A Handheld Camellia Oil Capsule Picker That Can Improve the Quality of Selenium-Enriched Tea Oil", "An Intelligent Matcha Tea Ordering Machine and Tea Ordering Method" (6 patents authorized by the team in 2021, declaration 4 patents, 3 transfer and transformation patents and proprietary technologies), formulated the "Selenium-enriched chrysanthemum" standard (recorded by the Provincial Health and Health Commission), published several research papers on selenium-enriched foods in domestic and foreign academic journals, and cooperated with Enshi, Hubei Province.

"China Food News" (December 03, 2021 Edition 05)

(Editor-in-charge: Yuan Guofeng)