Our Publications
Advancing gastrointestinal science through peer-reviewed research and innovative discoveries
Recent Publications
BITE Human Trials
A Pilot Pre and Post 4 Week Intervention Evaluating the Effect of a Proprietary, Powdered, Plant Based Food on Micronutrient Status, Dietary Intake, and Markers of Health in a Healthy Adult Population
Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)
Acceptability of alginate enriched bread and its effect on fat digestion in humans
Food Hydrocolloids (2019)
Mucus Physiology and Drug Delivery
The MUC2 Gene Product: Polymerisation and Post-Secretory Organisation—Current Models
Polymers (2024)
In vitro modelling of the mucosa of the oesophagus and upper digestive tract
Annals of Esophagus (2021)
Efficacy and safety concerns over the use of mucus modulating agents for drug delivery using nanoscale systems
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2017)
ζ potential changing nanoparticles as cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene delivery system: an in vitro evaluation
Nanomedicine (2017)
The properties of the mucus barrier, a unique gel–how can nanoparticles cross it?
Therapeutic Delivery (2016)
The effect of nanoparticle permeation on the bulk rheological properties of mucus from the small intestine
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (2015)
Digestion & The Upper GI Tract
The effect of seaweed enriched bread on carbohydrate digestion and the release of glucose from food
Journal of Functional Foods (2021)
The rheological properties of an alginate satiety formulation in a physiologically relevant human model gut system
Annals of Esophagus (2021)
Encapsulation of stevia rebaudiana Bertoni aqueous crude extracts by ionic gelation--Effects of alginate blends and gelling solutions on the polyphenolic profile
Food Chemistry (2019)
The impact of dietary fibres on the physiological processes governing small intestinal digestive processes
Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre (2015)
Inhibitory activity of extracts of Hebridean brown seaweeds on lipase activity
Journal of Applied Phycology (2016)
The role of seaweed bioactives in the control of digestion: Implications for obesity treatments
Food & Function (2015)
Alginate as a protease inhibitor in vitro and in a model gut system; selective inhibition of pepsin but not trypsin
Carbohydrate Polymers (2015)
A synthetic model gut system to study macronutrient digestion in vitro
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (2015)
Biological activity of alginate and its effect on pancreatic lipase inhibition as a potential treatment for obesity
Food Hydrocolloids (2015)
Method for quantifying alginate and determining release from a food vehicle in gastrointestinal digesta
Food Chemistry (2014)
Pepsin, Reflux & Airways
Pepsin properties, structure, and its accurate measurement: a narrative review
Annals of Esophagus (2021)
Bile acids in laryngopharyngeal refluxate: Will they enhance or attenuate the action of pepsin?
The Laryngoscope (2013)
Microbiome
Prominent members of the human gut microbiota express endo-acting O-glycanases to initiate mucin breakdown
Nature Communications (2020)
The impact of dietary fibres on the physiological processes of the large intestine
Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre (2018)
A narrative review of the potential role of microaspiration and a dysregulated aerodigestive microbiome in lung disease
Annals of Esophagus (2021)
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