Current Projects
A variety of cooperative, collaborative and contract studies are carried out in the Nutrition science focus area. To find out more about how your organization can benefit from IFSH's expertise and capabilities in this area, please contact:
Armand Paradis, Director, Business Development
708.563.8175 (office)
708.821.8615 (mobile)
Highlights: Current Topics of Investigation
- Evaluating lycopene-rich tomato products' ability to modify postprandial oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial function in healthy weight individuals and the potentially important protective role of tomato in reducing cardiovascular disease risk.
- Developing methods for assessing antioxidant capacity of fruit and fruit-based beverages, and investigating phenolic compound composition and antioxidant capacities of strawberry- and milk-containing beverages.
- Determining the impact of HPP and HT (pasteurization) on the antioxidant capacity of strawberry/milk-based beverages as measured by ORAC and FRAP units.
- Investigating the stability of abundant flavonoids in processed versus unprocessed beverage samples using the LC-MS/MS technique, and assessing the effect of processing on microorganisms and their growth over a target storage period.
- Detecting, identifying and quantifying polyphenolic compounds and their metabolites in human plasma after ingestion of a strawberry-based beverage using LC-MS/MS in order to examine the availability of phytochemicals and the correlation between the concentrations of such compounds in human blood and their consequent health-promoting bioactivity.
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Establishing rapid in vitro assays to assess the effects of fruit polyphenols on endothelial cell functions.
- Identifying and characterizing health-promoting compounds in cranberries to enhance understanding of the phenolic composition, antioxidant properties, biological activities, and other potential health benefits of red and white cranberry fruits.
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