Danija Lazdiņa

DI
Structural unit
Unit of Processing and Biochemistry
Position
Researcher
Degree
Mg.sc.ing
Activity directions
  • Valorization of agro-industrial by-products for protein recovery.
  • Protein-based product development.
  • Unconventional sources of bioactive lipids.
     
Major accomplishments

Major scientific publications:

  • Lazdiņa D.; Mišina I.; Górnaś P., Tocotrienols in Eleven Species of Hypericum Genus Leaves (2025) Molecules (303) https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30030662
  • Mišina I.; Lazdiņa D.; Górnaś P., Tocochromanols in the Leaves of Plants in the Hypericum and Clusia Genera (2025) Molecules (303) https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30030709
  • Lazdiņa D.; Segliņa D.; Zvaigzne Z.A.; Butlers A.; Ciproviča I., Effect of Defatting Method on Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles japonica) Fruit Seed Protein Isolate Technological Properties (2025) Foods (142) https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14020234
  • Górnaś P.; Mišina I.; Lazdiņa D., Tocopherol and tocotrienol homologue recovery from Hypericum perforatum L. and extraction residues after hydroethanolic extraction (2025) Industrial Crops and Products (224) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.120321
  • Górnaś P.; Mišina I.; Lazdiņa D., Annatto (Bixa orellana) seeds, palm (Elaeis guineensis) oils, and St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) aerial parts as sources of rare prenyllipids (2025) European Food Research and Technology (2515) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-025-04677-2
  • Górnaś P.; Lazdiņa D.; Mišina I.; Sipeniece E.; Segliņa D., Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) seeds: An exceptional source of tocotrienols (2024) Scientia Horticulturae (331) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113107
  • Grygier A.; Chakradhari S.; Ratusz K.; Rudzińska M.; Patel K.S.; Lazdiņa D.; Segliņa D.; Górnaś P., Evaluation of Selected Medicinal, Timber and Ornamental Legume Species’ Seed Oils as Sources of Bioactive Lipophilic Compounds (2023) Molecules (2810) https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28103994
  • Grygier A.; Chakradhari S.; Ratusz K.; Rudzińska M.; Patel K.S.; Lazdiņa D.; Segliņa D.; Górnaś P., Lipophilic profile of mature seeds of unconventional edible tree legumes (2023) European Food Research and Technology (2496) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-023-04234-9
  • Grygier A.; Chakradhari S.; Ratusz K.; Rudzińska M.; Patel K.S.; Lazdiņa D.; Górnaś P., Seven underutilized species of the Fabaceae family with high potential for industrial application as alternative sources of oil and lipophilic bioactive compounds (2022) Industrial Crops and Products (186) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115251
  • Radenkovs V.; Juhnevica-Radenkova K.; Kviesis J.; Lazdina D.; Valdovska A.; Vallejo F.; Lacis G., Lignocellulose-degrading enzymes: A biotechnology platform for ferulic acid production from agro-industrial side streams (2021) Foods (1012) https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123056 

Research projects

  • Horticultural plant breeding program for the development of breeding material to promote the introduction of conventional, integrated and organic growing technologies, 2025 (10.9.1-11/25/1191-e).
  • Horticultural plant breeding program for the development of breeding material to promote the introduction of conventional, integrated and organic growing technologies, 2024 (10.9.1-11/24/1543-e).
  • Genus Hypericum as a new valuable source of tocotrienols and tocochromanol-related molecules – from ornamental crop to industrial applications (LZP_2021/1-0651).
  • Dicotyledonous plant families and green tools as a promising alternative approach to increase the accessibility of tocotrienols from unconventional sources (LZP-2020/1-0422).