Group members from the university
- Hala Mohamed
- Seham Almasoudi
- Nawal Ozaybi
Group members from outside the university
- Mamoun Muhammed
- Ghedeir Muslem Sukhail Alshammari
- Nora Abdullah Faris Alfaris
- Jozaa Zaidan Ali AlTamimi
Research Identity
Our research program focuses on producing optimized nanonutraceuticals to be dispersed in commercial foods and obtaining nanonutraceuticals-enriched functional bioactive foods which can be used for nutrient-related and promote the immunity, diseases, obesity and obesity-associated complications, and can be utilized to raise during pandemic such as COVID-19.
Objectives
- Design and developing optimized nanonutraceuticals-enriched foods for nutrient-related diseases.
- Drawing safe/nontoxic approaches.
- Developing novel nanonutraceuticals-encapsulated soluble dietary fibers for alleviating the obesity and obesity-associated complications.
- Nanonutraceuticals-induced bioactive foods for enhancing immunity in particular during pandemic such as COVID-19.
- Producing promising applied product of bioactive functional foods containing nanonutraceuticals with beneficial impact to build healthy society.
- Ensure the sustainability of the research program through the development of the capacities and capabilities of faculty members and postgraduate students in the field of Nutrition.
Activities
- Extraction, purification and identification of nutraceuticals from their natural origin
- Synthesis of novel nanonutraceuticals and performing their characterizations study.
- Studying the stability of the developed nanonutraceuticals and their dispersibility in food products to produce functional bioactive food products
- Preparation of nanonutraceuticals-encapsulated soluble dietary fibers, physicochemical characterizations and encapsulation efficiency, release profile, biocompatibility and bioavailability
- Studying the effect of the developed nanonutraceuticals on obesity, obesity-associated complications immunity responses,
- Measuring the required parameters when nanonutraceuticals applied for obesity or immunity response.