Education

2013 -  Ph.D.. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University,  Lublin, Poland

supervisor: prof. dr hab. Andrzej L. Dawidowicz

Title of doctoral dissertation: "Examination of the antioxidant properties of essential oils from selected herbs"

2008 – M.Sc. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University,  Lublin, Poland

supervisor: dr hab. Barbara Marczewska

Master's thesis title: "Examination of electrooxidation of o-aminophenol in solutions of various pH values

My scientific activity mainly concerns the antioxidant properties of both natural and artificial substances and mixtures thereof. In my work I focus on factors that affect the assessment of these properties.

Representative publications:

1. M. Olszowy, AL. Dawidowicz, Is it possible to use the DPPH and ABTS methods for reliable estimation of antioxidant power of colored compounds?,Chem Pap,72 (2018) 393-400.
2. M. Olszowy, AL. Dawidowicz, Are mutual interactions between antioxidants the only factors responsible for antagonistic antioxidant effect of their mixtures?Additive and antagonistic antioxidant effects in mixtures of gallic, ferulic and caffeic acid, Eur Food Res Technol., 245 (2019) 1473-1485.
3. I. Choma, M. Olszowy, M. Studziński, S. Gnat, Determination of chlorogenic acid, polyphenols and antioxidants in green coffee by thin‐layer chromatography, effect‐directed analysis and dot blot – comparison to HPLC and spectrophotometry method,J Sep Sci., 42(8) (2019) 1542-1549.
4. M. Olszowy, What is responsible for antioxidant properties of polyphenolic compounds from plants,Plant Physiol Biochem, 144 (2019) 135-143.
5. M. Olszowy-Tomczyk, Synergistic, antagonistic and additive antioxidant effects in the binary mixtures, Phytochem Rev., doi: 10.1007/s11101-019-09658-4.