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Alistair S. Grandison

Alistair S. Grandison

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7135
World Ranking
16115
National Ranking
893

Overview

Alistair S. Grandison is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and focuses on medical research, particularly in the areas of public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nutrition and dietetics, and physiology.

Their work spans several interconnected fields, with a strong emphasis on nutritional studies and diet, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, obesity, physical activity, diet, fatty acid research and health, diet and metabolism studies, and cardiovascular disease and adiposity.

Alistair S. Grandison's recent research includes three key papers that explore the effects of dairy fat composition on cholesterol, cardiovascular risk factors, and vascular function. These publications are:

  • Reformulation initiative for partial replacement of saturated with unsaturated fats in dairy foods attenuates the increase in LDL cholesterol and improves flow-mediated dilatation compared with conventional dairy: the randomized, controlled REplacement of SaturatEd fat in dairy on Total cholesterol (RESET) study, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Postprandial Fatty Acid Profile, but Not Cardiometabolic Risk Markers, Is Modulated by Dairy Fat Manipulation in Adults with Moderate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The Randomized Controlled REplacement of SaturatEd fat in dairy on Total cholesterol (RESET) Study, 2021, Journal of Nutrition
  • Effect of fat-reformulated dairy food consumption on postprandial flow-mediated dilatation and cardiometabolic risk biomarkers compared with conventional dairy: a randomized controlled trial, 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Frequent co-authors in their work include D. Vasilopoulou, Oonagh Markey, K.E. Kliem, Colette C. Fagan, and D.J. Humphries, all of whom have collaborated multiple times on related studies.

The main venues for publication identified are the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Nutrition, reflecting the nutrition and cardiovascular focus of their work.

Best Publications

  • Examination of the persistency of milk fatty acid composition responses to fish oil and sunflower oil in the diet of dairy cows.

    K. J. Shingfield;C. K. Reynolds;G. Hervas;J. M. Griinari

  • Purification of oligosaccharides by nanofiltration

    Athanasios K Goulas;Petros G Kapasakalidis;Haydn R Sinclair;Robert A Rastall

  • Chemical composition and coagulating properties of renneted milks from different breeds and species of ruminant

    John E. Storry;Alistair S. Grandison;David Millard;A. Jane Owen

  • Food processing handbook

    James G. Brennan;Alistair S. Grandison

  • Effect of blending Jersey and Holstein-Friesian milk on Cheddar cheese processing, composition, and quality

    J.H. Bland;A.S. Grandison;C.C. Fagan

  • Changes in Physical Properties of Bovine Milk from the Colostrum Period to Early Lactation

    A. Tsioulpas;A.S. Grandison;M.J. Lewis

  • Effect of minerals on casein micelle stability of cows' milk.

    Alexandros Tsioulpas;Michael J Lewis;Alistair S Grandison

  • Effect of forage type and proportion of concentrate in the diet on milk fatty acid composition in cows given sunflower oil and fish oil

    K. J. Shingfield;Chris K. Reynolds;B. Lupoli;V. Toivonen

  • Contribution of the lactoperoxidase system to the keeping quality of pasteurized milk

    Nicholette E. Barrett;Alistair S. Grandison;Michael J. Lewis

  • Microbiological, chemical and rheological properties of low fat set yoghurt produced with exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing Bifidobacterium strains.

    P.H.P. Prasanna;P.H.P. Prasanna;A.S. Grandison;D. Charalampopoulos

  • Bifidobacteria in milk products: An overview of physiological and biochemical properties, exopolysaccharide production, selection criteria of milk products and health benefits

    P. H. P. Prasanna;P. H. P. Prasanna;Alistair S. Grandison;Dimitris Charalampopoulos

  • Effect of seasonal variation on the composition and properties of raw milk destined for processing in the UK

    Biye Chen;Michael J. Lewis;Alistair S. Grandison

  • Chemical, physical, and sensory properties of dairy products enriched with conjugated linoleic acid.

    E.L. Jones;K.J. Shingfield;C. Kohen;A.K. Jones

  • Measurement of ionic calcium in milk

    M.-J. Lin;M. J. Lewis;A. S. Grandison

  • Emulsifying properties of soy protein isolate fractions obtained by isoelectric precipitation

    Bernard E Chove;Alistair S Grandison;Michael J Lewis

  • Fractionation of oligosaccharides by nanofiltration

    Athanasios K Goulas;Alistair S Grandison;Robert A Rastall

  • Milk oligosaccharides: A review

    Diana L Oliveira;R Andrew Wilbey;Alistair S Grandison;Luísa B Roseiro

  • Synthesis of isomaltooligosaccharides and oligodextrans by the combined use of dextransucrase and dextranase

    Athanasios K Goulas;Don A Fisher;George K Grimble;Alistair S Grandison

  • Measurement of ionic calcium, pH, and soluble divalent cations in milk at high temperature

    N. On-Nom;A.S. Grandison;M.J. Lewis

  • Variations of lactoperoxidase activity and thiocyanate content in cows' and goats' milk throughout lactation

    Florence A Fonteh;Alistair S Grandison;Michael J Lewis

  • Emulsifying, rheological and physicochemical properties of exopolysaccharide produced by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52486 and Bifidobacterium infantis NCIMB 702205.

    P. H. P. Prasanna;P. H. P. Prasanna;Alan Bell;Alistair S. Grandison;Dimitris Charalampopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

David Humphries
David Humphries University of Reading
D.I. Givens
D.I. Givens University of Reading
Robert A. Rastall
Robert A. Rastall University of Reading
Kevin J. Shingfield
Kevin J. Shingfield Aberystwyth University
Christopher K. Reynolds
Christopher K. Reynolds University of Reading
Gonzalo Hervás
Gonzalo Hervás Spanish National Research Council
Kieran M. Tuohy
Kieran M. Tuohy Fondazione Edmund Mach
R. H. Phipps
R. H. Phipps University of Reading
Vesa Toivonen
Vesa Toivonen MTT Agrifood Research

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