Plant foods are rich sources of many bioactive components including dietary fiber, functional lipids, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals which have shown important physiological and disease prevention effects.
We are identifying bioactive components and are studying the effects of cultivation and processing on their content and composition in various products. We are also studying the bioactivities of whole foods, food fractions and constituents using in vitro, animal and/or human models. Our research is mainly focused on cereal grains, seeds and their components.
Areas of intrest
Isolation, identification and quantification of bioactive compounds in raw materials and processed foods.
Studying the variation in the content of phytochemicals in different genetic resources of cereal grains and cereal based products.
Assessment of biochemical and physiological effects of plant foods and their constituents.
Identifying mechanisms of the biological effects of plant foods and their constituents.
Application of metabolomics to study the relation between food and health
Research group
Professor Afaf Kamal-Eldin
Professor Per Åman
Associate professor Annica Andersson
Associate professor Lena Dimberg
Dr Rikard Landberg
Dr Ali Moazzami
Key references
Andersson, A.A.M., Kamal-Eldin, A., Fras, A., Boros, D. and Åman, P. Alkylresorcinols in wheat varieties in the HEALTHGRAIN diversity screen. J. Agric. Food Chem. 56 (2008) 9722-9725
Frank, J., Lee, S., Leonard, S. W., Atkinson, J. K., Kamal-Eldin, A., and Traber, M. G. Sex Differences in the Inhibition of g-Tocopherol Metabolism by a Single Dose of Dietary Sesame Oil in Healthy Subjects. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 87 (2008) 1723-1729
Skoglund, M., Peterson, D.M., Andersson, R., Nilsson, J., and Dimberg, L.H. Avenanthramide content and related enzyme activities in oats as affected by steeping and germination. J. Cereal Science. 48 (2008) 294-303
Andersson, A., Tengblad, S., Karlström, B., Kamal-Eldin, A., Landberg, R., Basu, S., Åman, P. and Vessby, B. Whole-grain foods do not affect insulin sensitivity or markers of lipid peroxidation and inflammation in healthy, moderately overweight subjects. J. Nutr. 137 (2007) 1401-1407
Moazzami, A. A., Andersson, R. E. and Afaf Kamal-Eldin. Quantitative NMR Analysis of a Sesamin Catechol Metabolite in Human Urine. J. Nutr. 137 (2007) 940-944