A5060391314- Proteins in Food Systems
- Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
- Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
- Dietary Effects on Health
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Freezing and Crystallization Processes
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Toronto Metropolitan University
2015-2024
University of Toronto
2008-2023
Toronto Public Health
2016
Mount Sinai Hospital
2008
Silpakorn University
2008
St. Francis Xavier University
2007
Boise State University
2007
University of Guelph
1995-2005
University of British Columbia
2004-2005
Dalhousie University
2004
The effects of ingestion flaxseed gum on blood glucose and cholesterol, particularly low-density lipoprotein in type 2 diabetes were evaluated. Flaxseed was incorporated wheat flour chapattis. Sixty patients fed a daily diet for 3 months, along with six chapattis containing (5 g), as per the recommendations American Diabetic Association. control group (60 individuals) consumed an identical but without gum. biochemistry profiles monitored before starting study at monthly intervals showed...
We compared the efficacy of Pickering crystals, a continuous phase crystal network, and combination thereof against sedimentation dispersed coalescence in water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions. Using 20 wt % water-in-canola oil emulsions as our model, glycerol monostearate (GMS) permitted Pickering-type stabilization, whereas simultaneous usage hydrogenated canola (HCO) monooleate (GMO) primarily led to network-stabilized A minimum 4 GMS or 10 HCO was required for long-term stability. Although there...
Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions solely stabilized by surface-active solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) were developed. The SLNs generated quench-cooling hot O/W nanoemulsions consisting of 7.5% glyceryl stearyl citrate (GSC) dispersed in water. Their initial volume-weighted mean particle diameter (∼152 nm) and zeta potential (ca. −49 mV) remained unchanged for 24 weeks. (oil phase volume fraction: 0.2) containing (w/w) GSC the aqueous kinetically-stable 12 weeks did not visually phase-separate...
It is of nutritional significance to fortify processed dairy products (e.g., cheese, yogurt, and ice cream) with vitamin D3; however, the inherent complexity these foods may influence stability bioavailability this nutrient. In present study, interactions D3 beta-lactoglobulin A beta-casein were investigated under various environmental conditions (i.e., pH ionic strength) using fluorescence circular dichroism spectroscopic techniques. The results indicated that was bound both depending on...
Fat crystal-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions were developed as a controlled release matrix for the delivery of salt. Glycerol monostearate (GMS), glycerol monooleate (GMO) and polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) used emulsifiers hydrogenated canola oil (HCO) was added solid fat. Salt towards an external aqueous phase measured via conductivity function temperature. Following 2 h at room temperature, GMS emulsion had highest encapsulation efficiency followed by PGPR-HCO, PGPR-only GMO–HCO...
The objective of this study was to determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SCNN1A (3), SCNN1B (12), SCNN1G (6), and TRPV1 (10) genes affect salt taste perception. Participants were men (n = 28) women 67) from Toronto Nutrigenomics Health aged 21–31 years. Taste thresholds determined using a 3-alternative forced-choice staircase model with solutions ranging 9×10−6 0.5mol/L. Suprathreshold sensitivity 0.01–1.0mol/L assessed general labeled magnitude scales. None SNPs...
Nanotechnology provides a promising platform for drug-delivery in medicine. Nanostructured materials can be designed with desired superparamagnetic or fluorescent properties conjunction biochemically functionalized moieties (i.e., antibodies, peptides, and small molecules) to actively bind target sites. These multifunctional make them suitable agents multimodal imaging, diagnosis, therapy. Perfluorohexane nanoemulsions (PFH-NEs) are novel vehicles contrast ultrasound photoacoustic imaging of...