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Overview

Anthony R. Bird is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. The research focus includes fields such as Nursing and Medicine, with subfields covering Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Food Science, Plant Science, and Biotechnology.

The scientific work emphasizes topics related to Food composition and properties, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, Diet and metabolism studies, Proteins in Food Systems, Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, Enzyme Production and Characterization, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Recent publications by this researcher include:

  • Substitution of Refined Conventional Wheat Flour with Wheat High in Resistant Starch Modulates the Intestinal Microbiota and Fecal Metabolites in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial, 2022, Journal of Nutrition
  • Rice with Multilayer Aleurone: A Larger Sink for Multiple Micronutrients, 2021, Rice
  • Functional Genomic Validation of the Roles of Soluble Starch Synthase IIa in Japonica Rice Endosperm, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Evaluation of an Ileorectostomised Rat Model for Resistant Starch Determination, 2020, Nutrients

Frequent coauthors on published work include:

  • Damien P. Belobrajdic
  • Shakuntla Gondalia
  • Brooke Wymond
  • Bianca Benassi-Evans
  • Pierre Berbezy

Publication venues where this researcher has contributed include:

  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Rice
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Gut Microbiota and Human Health

    Michael A. Conlon;Anthony R. Bird

  • Diets that differ in their FODMAP content alter the colonic luminal microenvironment

    Emma Phoebe Halmos;Claus T Christophersen;Anthony R Bird;Susan Joy Shepherd

  • High-amylose wheat generated by RNA interference improves indices of large-bowel health in rats

    Ahmed Regina;Anthony Bird;David Topping;Sarah Bowden

  • A comparison of five methods for extraction of bacterial DNA from human faecal samples.

    Alexandra L. McOrist;Michelle Jackson;Anthony R. Bird

  • Resistant starch as a prebiotic and synbiotic: state of the art.

    David L. Topping;Michihiro Fukushima;Anthony R. Bird

  • Comparative effects of very low-carbohydrate, high-fat and high-carbohydrate, low-fat weight-loss diets on bowel habit and faecal short-chain fatty acids and bacterial populations

    Grant D. Brinkworth;Manny Noakes;Peter M. Clifton;Anthony R. Bird

  • Starches, resistant starches, the gut microflora and human health.

    Anthony R Bird;Ian L Brown;David L Topping

  • Effects of processing high amylose maize starches under controlled conditions on structural organisation and amylase digestibility

    Aung K Htoon;Ashok K Shrestha;Ashok K Shrestha;Bernadine M Flanagan;Amparo Lopez-Rubio

  • A Synbiotic Combination of Resistant Starch and Bifidobacterium lactis Facilitates Apoptotic Deletion of Carcinogen-Damaged Cells in Rat Colon

    Richard Kevin Le Leu;Ian Lewis Brown;Ying Hu;Anthony R Bird

  • Effects of high pressure processing on antioxidant activity, and total carotenoid content and availability, in vegetables

    Jennifer K. McInerney;Cathryn A. Seccafien;Cynthia M. Stewart;Anthony R. Bird

  • Impact of down-regulation of starch branching enzyme IIb in rice by artificial microRNA- and hairpin RNA-mediated RNA silencing

    Vito M. Butardo;Melissa A. Fitzgerald;Anthony R. Bird;Michael J. Gidley

  • Over-expression of specific HvCslF cellulose synthase-like genes in transgenic barley increases the levels of cell wall (1,3;1,4)-β-d-glucans and alters their fine structure.

    Rachel A. Burton;Helen M. Collins;Natalie A. J. Kibble;Jessica A. Smith

  • Fecal Butyrate Levels Vary Widely among Individuals but Are Usually Increased by a Diet High in Resistant Starch

    Alexandra L. McOrist;Rosalind B. Miller;Anthony R. Bird;Jennifer B. Keogh

  • Resistant starch, large bowel fermentation and a broader perspective of prebiotics and probiotics

    A R Bird;M A Conlon;C T Christophersen;D L Topping

  • The potential role of phytochemicals in wholegrain cereals for the prevention of type-2 diabetes

    Damien P Belobrajdic;Anthony R Bird

  • Combining wheat bran with resistant starch has more beneficial effects on fecal indexes than does wheat bran alone

    Jane G Muir;Elaine G W Yeow;Jennifer Keogh;Catherine Pizzey

  • Consistent Prebiotic Effect on Gut Microbiota With Altered FODMAP Intake in Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Randomised, Controlled Cross-Over Trial of Well-Defined Diets.

    Emma P Halmos;Claus T Christophersen;Anthony R Bird;Susan J Shepherd

  • Two high-amylose maize starches with different amounts of resistant starch vary in their effects on fermentation, tissue and digesta mass accretion, and bacterial populations in the large bowel of pigs

    Anthony R. Bird;Michelle Vuaran;Ian L. Brown;David L. Topping

  • Simulating human carbohydrate digestion in vitro: a review of methods and the need for standardisation

    James W. Woolnough;James W. Woolnough;John A. Monro;Charles S. Brennan;Charles S. Brennan;Anthony R. Bird

  • Effect of processing high-amylose maize starches under controlled conditions on structural organization and amylase digestibility

    A. K. Shrestha;A. Htoon;B. M. Flanagan;S. Lopez-Rubio

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Topping
David L. Topping Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Matthew K. Morell
Matthew K. Morell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Michael J. Gidley
Michael J. Gidley University of Queensland
Graeme P. Young
Graeme P. Young Flinders University
Manny Noakes
Manny Noakes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ying Hu
Ying Hu National Institutes of Health
Colin L. D. Jenkins
Colin L. D. Jenkins Flinders University
Wayne L. Bryden
Wayne L. Bryden University of Queensland
Elliot P. Gilbert
Elliot P. Gilbert Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Melissa A. Fitzgerald
Melissa A. Fitzgerald University of Queensland

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