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Overview

Arjan Narbad is affiliated with Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work encompasses a range of subfields, including molecular biology, food science, nutrition and dietetics, ecology, and infectious diseases.

Research topics covered by Arjan Narbad center largely on gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, diet and metabolism studies, as well as food composition and properties.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Food Research International
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Microbiology
  • Food Bioscience

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Narbad's research. The frequent co-authors include:

  • Leilei Yu
  • Fengwei Tian
  • Qixiao Zhai
  • Melinda J. Mayer
  • Wei Chen

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Narbad are:

  • Meta-analysis of the Parkinson's disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation (2021, npj Parkinson's Disease)
  • Faecal microbiota transplant from aged donor mice affects spatial learning and memory via modulating hippocampal synaptic plasticity- and neurotransmission-related proteins in young recipients (2020, Microbiome)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Associated With Gut Microbiota at Immune, Metabolomic, and Neuroactive Level (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • A natural mutation in Pisum sativum L. (pea) alters starch assembly and improves glucose homeostasis in humans (2020, Nature Food)
  • First evidence of production of the lantibiotic nisin P (2020, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • The composition of the gut microbiota throughout life, with an emphasis on early life.

    Juan Miguel Rodríguez;Kiera Murphy;Catherine Stanton;R. Paul Ross

  • Isolation of commensal bacteria from umbilical cord blood of healthy neonates born by cesarean section.

    Esther Jiménez;Leonides Fernández;María L. Marín;Rocío Martín

  • Mode of antimicrobial action of vanillin against Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus plantarum and Listeria innocua.

    D.J. Fitzgerald;M. Stratford;M.J. Gasson;J. Ueckert

  • Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids extracted from bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) peel, a byproduct of the essential oil industry.

    G. Mandalari;G. Mandalari;R.N. Bennett;G. Bisignano;D. Trombetta

  • Meta-analysis of the Parkinson's disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation.

    Stefano Romano;George M. Savva;Janis R. Bedarf;Janis R. Bedarf;Ian G. Charles;Ian G. Charles

  • Metabolomics of Fecal Extracts Detects Altered Metabolic Activity of Gut Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Gwénaëlle Le Gall;Samah O. Noor;Karyn Ridgway;Louise Scovell

  • Dietary strategies for the treatment of cadmium and lead toxicity.

    Qixiao Zhai;Arjan Narbad;Wei Chen

  • In vivo characterization of Lactobacillus johnsonii FI9785 for use as a defined competitive exclusion agent against bacterial pathogens in poultry

    R. M. La Ragione;A. Narbad;M. J. Gasson;Martin J. Woodward

  • Metabolism of Ferulic Acid to Vanillin A BACTERIAL GENE OF THE ENOYL-SCoA HYDRATASE/ISOMERASE SUPERFAMILY ENCODES AN ENZYME FOR THE HYDRATION AND CLEAVAGE OF A HYDROXYCINNAMIC ACID SCoA THIOESTER

    M. J. Gasson;Y. Kitamura;W. R. Mclauchlan;A. Narbad

  • Ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel patients exhibit distinct abnormalities of the gut microbiota

    Samah O Noor;Karyn Ridgway;Louise Scovell;E Katherine Kemsley

  • Gut microbiota as a source of novel antimicrobials

    Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez;Melinda J. Mayer;Paul D. Cotter;Arjan Narbad

  • Activity of natural antimicrobial compounds against Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

    N.A. Olasupo;D.J. Fitzgerald;M.J. Gasson;A. Narbad

  • Faecal microbiota transplant from aged donor mice affects spatial learning and memory via modulating hippocampal synaptic plasticity- and neurotransmission-related proteins in young recipients.

    Alfonsina D’Amato;Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli;Elena Lucarini;Angela L. Man

  • Oral Administration of Probiotics Inhibits Absorption of the Heavy Metal Cadmium by Protecting the Intestinal Barrier

    Qixiao Zhai;Qixiao Zhai;Fengwei Tian;Fengwei Tian;Jianxin Zhao;Hao Zhang;Hao Zhang

  • Analysis of the inhibition of food spoilage yeasts by vanillin

    Daniel J Fitzgerald;Malcolm Stratford;Arjan Narbad

  • Potential Prebiotic Properties of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Seeds

    G. Mandalari;G. Mandalari;C. Nueno-Palop;G. Bisignano;M. S. J. Wickham

  • The study on the impact of glycated pea proteins on human intestinal bacteria.

    Dominika Świątecka;Arjan Narbad;Karyn P Ridgway;Henryk Kostyra

  • Metabolism of ferulic acid via vanillin using a novel CoA-dependent pathway in a newly-isolated strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Arjan Narbad;Michael J. Gasson

  • Novel approaches to the biosynthesis of vanillin.

    Nicholas J. Walton;Arjan Narbad;Craig B. Faulds;Gary Williamson

  • Anatomical, Chemical, and Biochemical Characterization of Cladodes from Prickly Pear [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.]

    Giovanna Ginestra;Mary L Parker;Richard N Bennett;Jim Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Gasson
Michael J. Gasson British Mycological Society
Qixiao Zhai
Qixiao Zhai Jiangnan University
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Beijing Technology and Business University
Jianxin Zhao
Jianxin Zhao University of Queensland
Giuseppina Mandalari
Giuseppina Mandalari University of Messina
Paul D. Cotter
Paul D. Cotter University College Cork
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Jiangnan University
Walter Wahli
Walter Wahli University of Lausanne
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Jiangnan University
Paula M. O'Connor
Paula M. O'Connor Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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