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The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae (2024)
Journal Article
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, 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.

Model-based scenarios for achieving net negative emissions in the food system (2023)
Journal Article
Almaraz, M., Houlton, B. Z., Clark, M., Holzer, I., Zhou, Y., Rasmussen, L., …Salter, A. (2023). Model-based scenarios for achieving net negative emissions in the food system. PLOS Climate, 2(9), Article e0000181. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000181

Most climate mitigation scenarios point to a combination of GHG emission reductions and CO2 removal for avoiding the most dangerous climate change impacts this century. The global food system is responsible for ~1/3 of GHG emissions and thus plays an... Read More about Model-based scenarios for achieving net negative emissions in the food system.

In vitro determination of the protein quality of maize varieties cultivated in Malawi using the INFOGEST digestion method (2023)
Journal Article
Muleya, M., Li, D., Chiutsi-Phiri, G., Botoman, L., Brameld, J. M., & Salter, A. M. (2023). In vitro determination of the protein quality of maize varieties cultivated in Malawi using the INFOGEST digestion method. Heliyon, 9(9), Article e19797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19797

There is an urgent need to alleviate protein deficiencies in low-income countries where cereal-based diets dominate. The objective of this study was to use the INFOGEST static digestion method and a recently established analytical workflow to determi... Read More about In vitro determination of the protein quality of maize varieties cultivated in Malawi using the INFOGEST digestion method.

Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2023)
Journal Article
Grove, J. I., Lo, P. C., Shrine, N., Barwell, J., Wain, L. V., Tobin, M. D., …Aithal, G. P. (2023). Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. JHEP Reports, 5(8), Article 100764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100764

Background & Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a complex trait with an estimated prevalence of 25% globally. We aimed to identify the genetic variant underlying a four-generation family with progressive NAFLD leading to cirrhosis, de... Read More about Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Fermentation technology enhances the nutritional quality of underutilized Bambara groundnut – a review (2023)
Journal Article
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.

A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation (2022)
Journal Article
Huggett, Z. J., Smith, A., De Vivo, N., Gomez, D., Jethwa, P., Brameld, J. M., …Salter, A. M. (2022). A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation. Nutrients, 15(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15010040

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) begins with lipid accumulation within hepatocytes, but the relative contributions of different macronutrients is still unclear. We investigated the impact of fatty acids, glucose and fructose on lipid accumul... Read More about A Comparison of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Hepatoma Cell Lines to Model the Effects of Fatty Acids, Fructose and Glucose on Liver Cell Lipid Accumulation.

The Winged Bean Genome: Winged Bean—One Species Supermarket (2022)
Book Chapter
Tsoutsoura, N., Chong, Y. T., Ho, W. K., Chai, H. H., Tanzi, A. S., Salazar-Licea, L., …Mayes, S. (2022). The Winged Bean Genome: Winged Bean—One Species Supermarket. In M. A. Chapman (Ed.), Underutilised Crop Genomes (315-336). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00848-1_17

Climate change, population growth and increasingly homogenised diets are a threat to food security and human nutritional status. There is an urgent need to incorporate highly nutritious crops into the human diet to provide new sources of nutrition, t... Read More about The Winged Bean Genome: Winged Bean—One Species Supermarket.

The Response of the Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Transcriptome to Variation in Magnesium Concentration (2022)
Journal Article
Almousa, L. A., Salter, A. M., Castellanos, M., May, S. T., & Langley-Evans, S. C. (2022). The Response of the Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Transcriptome to Variation in Magnesium Concentration. Nutrients, 14(17), Article 3586. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173586

Vascular endothelial cells have a critical role in the maintenance of cardiovascular function. Evidence suggests that endothelial function may be compromised under conditions of magnesium deficiency, which increases vulnerability to inflammation. Who... Read More about The Response of the Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Transcriptome to Variation in Magnesium Concentration.

The impact of excessive protein consumption on human wastewater nitrogen loading of US waters (2022)
Journal Article
Almaraz, M., Kuempel, C. D., Salter, A. M., & Halpern, B. S. (2022). The impact of excessive protein consumption on human wastewater nitrogen loading of US waters. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2531

Total and per capita protein consumption rates in US diets, whether from plant or animal sources, rank among the highest in the world. When protein consumption outpaces physiologic protein demands, excess amino acids are degraded in the human body an... Read More about The impact of excessive protein consumption on human wastewater nitrogen loading of US waters.

Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality (2022)
Journal Article
Muleya, M., Tang, K., Broadley, M. R., Salter, A. M., & Joy, E. J. M. (2022). Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality. Nutrients, 14(12), Article 2430. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122430

We estimated dietary supplies of total and available protein and indispensable amino acids (IAAs) and predicted the risk of deficiency in Malawi using Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey data. More than half of dietary protein was derived fr... Read More about Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality.

Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Althubeati, S., Avery, A., Tench, C., Lobo, D. N., Salter, A., & Eldeghaidy, S. (2022). Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, Article 104603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104603

Understanding how neurohormonal gut-brain signaling regulates appetite and satiety is vital for the development of therapies for obesity and altered eating behavior. However, reported brain areas associated with appetite or satiety regulators show in... Read More about Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis.

Suitability of insects for animal feeding. (2021)
Book Chapter
Hawkey, K., Brameld, J., Parr, T., Salter, A., & Hall, H. (2021). Suitability of insects for animal feeding. In H. Hall, E. Fitches, & R. Smith (Eds.), Insects as Animal Feed: Novel Ingredients for Use in Pet, Aquaculture and Livestock Diets (26-38). CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789245929.0004

This chapter explores the nutritional composition of insects and the potential benefits and drawbacks for their inclusion into pet, poultry, pig, ruminant and aquatic animal feeds. Six species are most commonly described for use in animal feed, namel... Read More about Suitability of insects for animal feeding..

Extraction of protein from food waste: An overview of current status and opportunities (2021)
Journal Article
Kamal, H., Le, C. F., Salter, A. M., & Ali, A. (2021). Extraction of protein from food waste: An overview of current status and opportunities. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 20(3), 2455-2475. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12739

The chief intent of this review is to explain the different extraction techniques and efficiencies for the recovery of protein from food waste (FW) sources. Although FW is not a new concept, increasing concerns about chronic hunger, nutritional defic... Read More about Extraction of protein from food waste: An overview of current status and opportunities.

Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems (2021)
Journal Article
Allison, E. H., Moberg, E., Harl, H. K., Arbow, T., Almaraz, M., Dixon, J., …Halpern, B. S. (2021). Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems. Nature Food, 2, 282-290. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00261-5

Global food system analyses call for an urgent transition to sustainable human diets but how this might be achieved within the current global food regime is poorly explored. Here we examine the factors that have fostered major dietary shifts across e... Read More about Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems.

Influence of environmental and genetic factors on food protein quality: current knowledge and future directions (2021)
Journal Article
Szepe, K. J., Dyer, P. S., Johnson, R. I., Salter, A. M., & Avery, S. V. (2021). Influence of environmental and genetic factors on food protein quality: current knowledge and future directions. Current Opinion in Food Science, 40, 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2021.02.005

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Dietary protein quality is commonly defined by the bioavailability of essential amino acids, a function of amino acid composition and protein digestibility. This review assesses the potential for manipulation of amino acid composi... Read More about Influence of environmental and genetic factors on food protein quality: current knowledge and future directions.

Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements (2021)
Journal Article
Salter, A. M., & Lopez-Viso, C. (2021). Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665121000513

© 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Global population growth, increased life expectancy and climate change are all impacting on the world’s food systems. In industrialized countries many individuals are consuming significantly m... Read More about Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements.

Insects: A Potential Source of Protein and Other Nutrients for Feed and Food (2020)
Journal Article
Hawkey, K. J., Lopez-Viso, C., Brameld, J. M., Parr, T., & Salter, A. M. (2021). Insects: A Potential Source of Protein and Other Nutrients for Feed and Food. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 9(1), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-021419-083930

© 2021 Annual Reviews Inc.. All rights reserved. Sustainable production of healthy food for a growing global population, in the face of the uncertainties of climate change, represents a major challenge for the coming decade. Livestock provide food wi... Read More about Insects: A Potential Source of Protein and Other Nutrients for Feed and Food.

The impact of reduced red and processed meat consumption on cardiovascular risk factors; an intervention trial in healthy volunteers (2019)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. J., Clark, M., Razak, A. A., & Salter, A. (2019). The impact of reduced red and processed meat consumption on cardiovascular risk factors; an intervention trial in healthy volunteers. Food and Function, 2019(10), 6690-6698. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9FO00758J

Meat represents an important part of the diet for many adults, supplying essential amino acids and micronutrients. However, high red and processed meat (RPM) intake is implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia. This stu... Read More about The impact of reduced red and processed meat consumption on cardiovascular risk factors; an intervention trial in healthy volunteers.

The significance of major viral and bacterial diseases in Malaysian aquaculture industry (2019)
Journal Article
Chiew, I. K. M., Chiew, I., Salter, A. M., & Lim, Y. S. (2019). The significance of major viral and bacterial diseases in Malaysian aquaculture industry. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 42(3), 1023-1047

© Universiti Putra Malaysia Press Aquaculture is an upcoming industry in Malaysia as sustainable fish production with total production of 407,387 tonnes in 2016. As a growing industry, current practices have led to disease outbreaks which are highlig... Read More about The significance of major viral and bacterial diseases in Malaysian aquaculture industry.

Are current dietary guidelines relevant to subjects on cholesterol-lowering drugs? (2019)
Journal Article
Salter, A. M. (2020). Are current dietary guidelines relevant to subjects on cholesterol-lowering drugs?. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(1), 88-94. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0029665119000685

The present paper reviews the evidence as to whether patients on lipid-lowering drugs should restrict dietary SFA intake. Premature mortality from atherosclerotic CVD has fallen dramatically in many high-income countries. This appears to be due to a... Read More about Are current dietary guidelines relevant to subjects on cholesterol-lowering drugs?.