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Alternative bacteriophage life cycles: the carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni (2014)
Journal Article
Siringan, P., Connerton, P. L., Cummmings, N. J., & Connerton, I. F. (2014). Alternative bacteriophage life cycles: the carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni. Open Biology, 4(3), Article 130200. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.130200

Members of the genus Campylobacter are frequently responsible for human enteric disease, often through consumption of contaminated poultry products. Bacteriophages are viruses that have the potential to control pathogenic bacteria, but understanding... Read More about Alternative bacteriophage life cycles: the carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni.

Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films (2014)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Behboudi-Jobbehdar, S., Yonekura, L., Parmenter, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2014). Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films. Food Chemistry, 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.03.008

The concept of prebiotic edible films as effective vehicles for encapsulating probiotic living cells is presented. Four soluble fibres (inulin, polydextrose, glucose-oligosaccharides and wheat dextrin) were selected as prebiotic co-components of gela... Read More about Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films.

Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review (2014)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2016). Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 56(15), 2543-2559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2013.876385

Over the past decade, ice cream manufacturers have developed a strong understanding of the functionality of key ingredients and processing, developing effective explanations for the link between structure forming agents, stability mechanisms and perc... Read More about Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review.

Probiotic edible films as a new strategy for developing functional bakery products: the case of pan bread (2014)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Yonekura, L., Gan, H. H., Behboudi-Jobbehdar, S., Parmenter, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2014). Probiotic edible films as a new strategy for developing functional bakery products: the case of pan bread. Food Hydrocolloids, 39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2014.01.023

In the present paper, a novel approach for the development of probiotic baked cereal products is presented. Probiotic pan bread constructed by the application of film forming solutions based either on individual hydrogels e.g. 1% w/w sodium alginate... Read More about Probiotic edible films as a new strategy for developing functional bakery products: the case of pan bread.

Protein-like fully reversible tetramerisation and super-association of an aminocellulose (2014)
Journal Article
Nikolajski, M., Adams, G. G., Gillis, R. B., Besong, D. T., Rowe, A. J., Heinze, T., & Harding, S. E. (2014). Protein-like fully reversible tetramerisation and super-association of an aminocellulose. Scientific Reports, 4, Article 3861. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03861

Unusual protein-like, partially reversible associative behaviour has recently been observed in solutions of the water soluble carbohydrates known as 6-deoxy-6-(ω-aminoalkyl)aminocelluloses, which produce controllable self-assembling films for enzyme... Read More about Protein-like fully reversible tetramerisation and super-association of an aminocellulose.

Color influences sensory perception and liking of orange juice (2014)
Journal Article
Fernandez-Vazquez, R., Hewson, L., Fisk, I. D., Hernanz Vila, D., Heredia Mira, F. J., Vicario, I. M., & Hort, J. (2014). Color influences sensory perception and liking of orange juice. Flavour, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2044-7248-3-1

Background: This study assesses the effect of slight hue variations in orange juice (reddish to greenish) on perceived flavour intensity, sweetness, and sourness, and on expected and actual liking. A commercial orange juice (COJ) was selected as a co... Read More about Color influences sensory perception and liking of orange juice.

Human Testicular Insulin-Like Factor 3 and Endocrine Disrupters (2014)
Book Chapter
Bay, K., & Anand-Ivell, R. (2014). Human Testicular Insulin-Like Factor 3 and Endocrine Disrupters. In Endocrine Disrupters (327-348). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800095-3.00012-2

The hormone insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) is produced by testicular Leydig cells. Production of INSL3 is dependent on the state of Leydig cell differentiation and is stimulated by the long-term trophic effects of luteinizing hormone. INSL3 is, along... Read More about Human Testicular Insulin-Like Factor 3 and Endocrine Disrupters.

Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 701748 in matrices containing soluble fibre by spray drying: technological characterization, storage stability and survival after in vitro digestion (2014)
Journal Article
Yonekura, L., Sun, H., Soukoulis, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2014). Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 701748 in matrices containing soluble fibre by spray drying: technological characterization, storage stability and survival after in vitro digestion. Journal of Functional Foods, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2013.10.008

We evaluated sodium alginate, chitosan and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) as co-encapsulants for spray dried Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 701748 by assessing their impact on cell viability and physicochemical properties of the dried powders,... Read More about Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 701748 in matrices containing soluble fibre by spray drying: technological characterization, storage stability and survival after in vitro digestion.

Origins of the perceived nutty character of new-make malt whisky spirit (2013)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, E., Linforth, R. S., Jack, F., & Cook, D. J. (2014). Origins of the perceived nutty character of new-make malt whisky spirit. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 120(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.103

New-make malt spirits were sourced from 35 individual Scotch Whisky distilleries and their sensory characteristics rated by a trained panel using descriptive analysis. Selected samples (either high or low in perceived nutty character) were analysed u... Read More about Origins of the perceived nutty character of new-make malt whisky spirit.

Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity (2013)
Journal Article
Naudts, K., Van den Berge, J., Farfan, E., Rose, P., AbdElgawad, H., Ceulemans, R., …Nijs, I. (2014). Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 99, 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.11.003

Predicting future ecosystem functioning requires a mechanistic understanding of how plants cope with different stressors under future climate conditions with elevated CO2 concentrations and warmer temperatures. Nonetheless, studies of stress response... Read More about Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity.

Entrapment of a volatile lipophilic aroma compound (D-limonene) in spray dried water-washed oil bodies naturally derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus) (2013)
Journal Article
Fisk, I. D., Linforth, R. S., Trophardy, G., & Gray, D. A. (2013). Entrapment of a volatile lipophilic aroma compound (D-limonene) in spray dried water-washed oil bodies naturally derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus). Food Research International, 54(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2013.08.024

Oil bodies are natural emulsions that can be extracted from oil seeds and have previously been shown to be stable
after spray drying. The aim of the study was to evaluate for the first time if spray dried water-washed oil bodies
are an effective car... Read More about Entrapment of a volatile lipophilic aroma compound (D-limonene) in spray dried water-washed oil bodies naturally derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus).

Impact of salt crystal size on in-mouth delivery of sodium and saltiness perception from snack foods (2013)
Journal Article
Rama, R., Chiu, N., Da Silva, M. C., Hewson, L., Hort, J., & Fisk, I. D. (2013). Impact of salt crystal size on in-mouth delivery of sodium and saltiness perception from snack foods. Journal of Texture Studies, 44(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/jtxs.12017

Fried, sliced potato crisps were flavored with sodium chloride of varying size fractions to investigate the impact of salt crystal size on the delivery rate of sodium to the tongue and resultant saltiness, measured over 65 s with a defined chew proto... Read More about Impact of salt crystal size on in-mouth delivery of sodium and saltiness perception from snack foods.

Temporal dominance of sensations of peanuts and peanut products in relation to Hutchings and Lillford’s “breakdown path" (2013)
Journal Article
Rosenthal, A. J., & Share, C. (2014). Temporal dominance of sensations of peanuts and peanut products in relation to Hutchings and Lillford’s “breakdown path". Food Quality and Preference, 32(Part C), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.09.004

Hutchings and Lillford’s (Journal of Texture Studies, 19, 103-115, 1988) proposed a “breakdown path” whereby particle size reduction occurs through mastication in conjunction with the secretion of saliva to form a swallowable bolus. The swallowing tr... Read More about Temporal dominance of sensations of peanuts and peanut products in relation to Hutchings and Lillford’s “breakdown path".

Circulating insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) in healthy and infertile women (2013)
Journal Article
Anand-Ivell, R., Tremellen, K., Dai, Y., Heng, K., Yoshida, M., Knight, P. G., …Ivell, R. (2013). Circulating insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) in healthy and infertile women. Human Reproduction, 28(11), 3093-3102. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/det349

STUDY QUESTIONHow does insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) concentration in blood vary across the menstrual cycle in women?SUMMARY ANSWERINSL3 is secreted by the theca interna cells of growing antral follicles and is phasic in its expression.WHAT IS KNOWN... Read More about Circulating insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) in healthy and infertile women.

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry analysis linked with chemometrics for food classification – a case study: geographical provenance and cultivar classification of monovarietal clarified apple juices (2013)
Journal Article
Gan, H.-H., Soukoulis, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2014). Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry analysis linked with chemometrics for food classification – a case study: geographical provenance and cultivar classification of monovarietal clarified apple juices. Food Chemistry, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.024

In the present work, we have evaluated for first time the feasibility of APCI-MS volatile compound fingerprinting in conjunction with chemometrics (PLS-DA) as a new strategy for rapid and non-destructive food classification. For this purpose 202 clar... Read More about Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry analysis linked with chemometrics for food classification – a case study: geographical provenance and cultivar classification of monovarietal clarified apple juices.

Study of the influence of yeast inoculum concentration (Yarrowia lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis) on blue cheese aroma development using microbiological models (2013)
Journal Article
Price, E. J., Linforth, R. S., Dodd, C. E., Phillips, C. A., Hewson, L., Hort, J., & Gkatzionis, K. (2014). Study of the influence of yeast inoculum concentration (Yarrowia lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis) on blue cheese aroma development using microbiological models. Food Chemistry, 145, 464-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.08.081

Yarrowia lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis occur as part of Stilton cheese microflora yet are not controlled during production. This study investigated the influence of their inoculum concentration on aroma production. Models of Y. lipolytica and K... Read More about Study of the influence of yeast inoculum concentration (Yarrowia lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis) on blue cheese aroma development using microbiological models.

Optimization of spray-drying process conditions for the production of maximally viable microencapsulated L. acidophilus NCIMB 701748 (2013)
Journal Article
Behboudi-Jobbehdar, S., Soukoulis, C., Yonekura, L., & Fisk, I. D. (2013). Optimization of spray-drying process conditions for the production of maximally viable microencapsulated L. acidophilus NCIMB 701748. Drying Technology, 31(11), https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2013.788509

Inrecent years, the use of spray drying for the production of anhydrobiotics has gained the interest of functional food manufacturers, mainly due to cost efficiencies and enhanced product and process flexibility (e.g., enhanced shelf life). In the pr... Read More about Optimization of spray-drying process conditions for the production of maximally viable microencapsulated L. acidophilus NCIMB 701748.