Research Leader
Dr. Eman Alamri

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.