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Overview

Barbara Rasco is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States and specializes in research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work prominently addresses Food Science, Biotechnology, Biomaterials, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology, with a predominant focus on Food Science.

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Food Safety and Hygiene

Barbara Rasco has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Smart traceability for food safety, 2020, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • State/Phase Transitions, Ice Recrystallization, and Quality Changes in Frozen Foods Subjected to Temperature Fluctuations, 2020, Food Engineering Reviews
  • Trace analysis of organic compounds in foods with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Methodology, progress, and challenges, 2020, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Formation of protein-bound N-carboxymethyllysine and N-carboxyethyllysine in ground pork during commercial sterilization as affected by the type and concentration of sugars, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Efficacy of saturated steam against Listeria innocua biofilm on common food-contact surfaces, 2021, Food Control

Their work is frequently published in venues including:

  • Food Packaging and Shelf Life
  • Food Control
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • Food Engineering Reviews

Barbara Rasco collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Juming Tang
  • Shyam S. Sablani
  • Ashutos Parhi
  • Chandrashekhar R. Sonar
  • Murad Al-Holy

Best Publications

  • Fish Protein Hydrolysates: Production, Biochemical, and Functional Properties

    Hordur G. Kristinsson;Barbara A. Rasco

  • Biochemical and functional properties of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) muscle proteins hydrolyzed with various alkaline proteases.

    Hordur G. Kristinsson;Barbara A. Rasco

  • Migration of Chemical Compounds from Packaging Polymers during Microwave, Conventional Heat Treatment, and Storage.

    Kanishka Bhunia;Shyam S. Sablani;Juming Tang;Barbara Rasco

  • Determination of total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of onion (Allium cepa) and shallot (Allium oschaninii) using infrared spectroscopy

    Xiaonan Lu;Jun Wang;Hamzah M. Al-Qadiri;Carolyn F. Ross

  • The effect of enzymatic hydrolysis time and temperature on the properties of protein hydrolysates from Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) viscera.

    Mahmoudreza Ovissipour;Abdolmohammad Abedian;Ali Motamedzadegan;Barbara Rasco

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  • Application of Mid-infrared and Raman Spectroscopy to the Study of Bacteria

    Xiaonan Lu;Hamzah M. Al-Qadiri;Mengshi Lin;Barbara A. Rasco

  • Analysis of trace methylene blue in fish muscles using ultra-sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    Chunying Li;Yiqun Huang;Yiqun Huang;Keqiang Lai;Barbara A. Rasco

  • Applications of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in food science.

    Yiqun Huang;Lars J Kangas;Barbara A Rasco

  • Kinetics of salmon quality changes during thermal processing

    Fanbin Kong;Juming Tang;Barbara Rasco;Chuck Crapo

  • Kinetics of the hydrolysis of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) muscle proteins by alkaline proteases and a visceral serine protease mixture

    Hordur G Kristinsson;Barbara A Rasco

  • Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness

    Paul D. Frenzen;Jean C. Buzby;Barbara Rasco

  • Radio frequency disinfestation treatments for dried fruit: Model development and validation

    Bandar Alfaifi;Bandar Alfaifi;Juming Tang;Yang Jiao;Shaojin Wang

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with gold nanoparticles for rapid detection of phosmet and thiabendazole residues in apples

    Hairui Luo;Yiqun Huang;Yiqun Huang;Keqiang Lai;Barbara A. Rasco

  • Thermal effects on chicken and salmon muscles: Tenderness, cook loss, area shrinkage, collagen solubility and microstructure

    Fanbin Kong;Juming Tang;Mengshi Lin;Barbara Rasco

  • Rapid analysis of malachite green and leucomalachite green in fish muscles with surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering.

    Yuanyuan Zhang;Wansong Yu;Lu Pei;Keqiang Lai

  • Smart traceability for food safety.

    Zhilong Yu;Zhilong Yu;Dongyun Jung;Soyoun Park;Yaxi Hu

  • Chemical composition and protein digestibility of poultry by-product meals for salmonid diets

    Faye M. Dong;Ronald W. Hardy;Norman F. Haard;Frederic T. Barrows

  • Use of Hydrolysates from Yellowfin Tuna ( Thunnus albacares ) Heads as a Complex Nitrogen Source for Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Reza Safari;Ali Motamedzadegan;Mahmoudreza Ovissipour;Joe Mack Regenstein

  • Rapid and quantitative detection of the microbial spoilage in chicken meat by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (600-1100 nm).

    M. Lin;M. Al-Holy;M. Mousavi-Hesary;H. Al-Qadiri

  • Quality Changes of Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Muscle during Thermal Processing

    Fanbin Kong;Juming Tang;Barbara Rasco;Chuck Crapo

  • Detecting and tracking nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using a microfluidic SERS biosensor.

    Xiaonan Lu;Derrick R. Samuelson;Yuhao Xu;Hongwei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Juming Tang
Juming Tang Washington State University
Shyam S. Sablani
Shyam S. Sablani Washington State University
Mengshi Lin
Mengshi Lin University of Missouri
Xiaonan Lu
Xiaonan Lu McGill University
Dong-Hyun Kang
Dong-Hyun Kang Seoul National University
Shaojin Wang
Shaojin Wang Northwest A&F University
Michael E. Konkel
Michael E. Konkel Washington State University
Jean C. Buzby
Jean C. Buzby United States Department of Agriculture
Ronald W. Hardy
Ronald W. Hardy University of Idaho
Shulin Chen
Shulin Chen Washington State University

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