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- 10McMullen, Lynn (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Gänzle, Michael (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Oba, Masahito (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Design and Demonstration of a High Throughput DNA Tracking System for Genetic Improvement and Brand Verification in the Canadian Beef Industry
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The Canadian beef industry today is challenged to adapt to climate change and to produce quality beef more efficiently, using fewer resources and with less impact to the environment. Competing protein sources have integrated their supply chains and applied genetic selection to increase...
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Design and synthesis of renewable lipid-based nanocarriers with thermosensitivity for targeted drug delivery applications
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Numerous drug molecules currently available on the market suffer from short half-life, in vivo instability, poor bioavailability, rapid degradation and inappropriate distribution. While nanocarriers have emerged as a promising solution to address these issues, the primary objective and challenge...
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Spring 2024
The province of Alberta’s diverse ecology and large population of wild game poses the importance of management practices to keep the species population from overpopulating and encountering disease and food shortage. While hunting facilitates these management practices, the success of management...
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Determination of dietary fibre fermentation by the human gut microbiota using an in vitro batch model
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Dietary fibre (DF), which is not digested by mammalian enzymes, constitutes a critical substrate for bacterial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) production. However, the ability of the human gut microbiome to ferment specific DF structures is...
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Determination of the Relative Efficacy of Docosahexaenoic Acid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Models of Human Breast Cancer
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Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), decrease breast cancer cell viability. DHA, EPA, and dietary relevant DHA:EPA mixtures have not been systematically investigated in two-dimensional (2D) cell culture models of...
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Determining the nutritional and economic impact of feed waste when wintering beef cows in central Alberta
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Two experiments measured winter feed waste when cows were fed forage on snow. In the first experiment, feed waste was different (P<0.01) when alfalfa meadow brome mixed hay was fed by bale unroller or bale processor; waste was12.9% vs.19.2%, protein losses were 23.3% and 21.5% respectfully. ...
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Fall 2021
Hypertension is the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, afflicting > 20% of adults worldwide (~1 in 4 in Canada). Pharmaceutical drugs are the primary treatment for hypertension, but are generally associated with side effects. Recently, food-derived antihypertensive peptides are...