Outputs (29)

Effects of feed nutrients on growth, development and the deposition of protein and fat in Tenebrio molitor larvae (2025)
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Tamim, B., Salter, A., Parr, T., & Brameld, J. (2025). Effects of feed nutrients on growth, development and the deposition of protein and fat in Tenebrio molitor larvae. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001331

An understanding of the impact of dietary nutritional composition on growth, development and composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae (mealworms) could help optimise production systems. Replicate containers of mealworms fed for 24 days on synthetic cel... Read More about Effects of feed nutrients on growth, development and the deposition of protein and fat in Tenebrio molitor larvae.

Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions (2024)
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Daş, G., Brameld, J. M., Parr, T., Seyedalmoosavi, M. M., Görs, S., & Metges, C. C. (2024). Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions. Poultry Science, 103(12), Article 104341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104341

We investigated if feeding earthworms (EW) or vermicompost (VC) to broilers improves performance and aids in coping with dietary challenges from a soluble non-starch polysaccharide (NSP)-enriched diet (negative control diet; CON-). Newly-hatched male... Read More about Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions.

Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania (2024)
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González-Carranza, Z. H., Bone, G., Castro-Castro, A., González-Elizondo, M. S., Soto-Luzania, X., López-Franco, Y. L., Koech, O., Parr, T., Kilawe, C. J., Velázquez-Quiñones, S. E., González -Laredo, R. F., & Ríos-Saucedo, J. C. (2024). Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania. Future Foods, 10, Article 100434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100434

Identifying novel risk-resilient diets is urgent to address food insecurity and tackle global hunger and malnutrition. This study evaluated the suitability of mesquite (Neltuma spp.) pod flours as food staples for human nourishment and compared nutri... Read More about Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania.

The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae (2024)
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Hill, V., Lopez-Viso, C., Brameld, J., Salter, A., & Parr, T. (2024). The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 10(9), 1633–1644 . https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001043

Maximising the yield of product from livestock is common practice in the agriculture industry and there is potential to extend this practice to the emerging insect industry, to produce high-quality, sustainable protein. Tenebrio molitor larvae, commo... Read More about The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae.

Active vitamin D increases myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells via a vitamin D response element on the myogenin promoter (2024)
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Alliband, K. H., Parr, T., Jethwa, P. H., & Brameld, J. M. (2024). Active vitamin D increases myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells via a vitamin D response element on the myogenin promoter. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, Article 1322677. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1322677

Background: Skeletal muscle development during embryogenesis depends on proliferation of myoblasts followed by differentiation into myotubes/multinucleated myofibers. Vitamin D (VD) has been shown to affect these processes, but there is conflicting e... Read More about Active vitamin D increases myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells via a vitamin D response element on the myogenin promoter.

Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) (2023)
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Lopez-Viso, C., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, T., Brameld, J., Salter, A., & Parr, T. (2023). Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor). Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 10(4), 601-610. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230143

Insects are of high interest as a sustainable source of nutrients to be included in the food production system. The larvae of Tenebrio molitor, commonly known as yellow mealworms (MW), have a high protein content, which means potential applications i... Read More about Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor).

Fermentation technology enhances the nutritional quality of underutilized Bambara groundnut – a review (2023)
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Tee, A. J., Lim, Y. S., Brameld, J. M., Massawe, F., Parr, T., & Salter, A. M. (2023). Fermentation technology enhances the nutritional quality of underutilized Bambara groundnut – a review. Food Biotechnology, 37(2), 106-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/08905436.2023.2201307

Bambara groundnut (BG) offers great potential for sustainable food and nutritional security in the face of a growing population and changing climate. However, its utilization remains restricted by the hard-to-cook phenomenon of seed and the presence... Read More about Fermentation technology enhances the nutritional quality of underutilized Bambara groundnut – a review.

The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat (2022)
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Dale, T., Bedford, M. R., King, J., Tucker, G. A., Brameld, J. M., & Parr, T. (2023). The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 295, Article 115526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115526

Wheat is a widely used cereal grain for pig and poultry feeds globally. Despite this, there are noticeable differences in its nutritive value, potentially due to varying characteristics like inherent non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) content and compos... Read More about The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat.

The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro generation of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides is dependent upon cereal type (2022)
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Dale, T., Bedford, M. R., Tucker, G. A., Brameld, J. M., & Parr, T. (2022). The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro generation of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides is dependent upon cereal type. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 292, Article 115406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115406

Fibrolytic enzymes are routinely added to non-ruminant livestock feeds to help degrade the non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) contents and thereby improve feed efficiency. This study investigated the range of xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and monosaccharid... Read More about The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro generation of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides is dependent upon cereal type.

In vitro Effects of Biologically Active Vitamin D on Myogenesis: A Systematic Review (2021)
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Alliband, K. H., Kozhevnikova, S. V., Parr, T., Jethwa, P. H., & Brameld, J. M. (2021). In vitro Effects of Biologically Active Vitamin D on Myogenesis: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, Article 736708. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.736708

Vitamin D (VD) deficiency is associated with muscle weakness. A reduction in the incidence of falls in the elderly following VD supplementation and identification of the VD receptor within muscle cells suggests a direct effect of VD on muscle, but li... Read More about In vitro Effects of Biologically Active Vitamin D on Myogenesis: A Systematic Review.