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Faramarz Khodaiyan

Faramarz Khodaiyan

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8514
World Ranking
13635
National Ranking
103

Overview

Faramarz Khodaiyan is affiliated with the University of Tehran in Iran and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Materials Science. Their research output primarily focuses on food science, plant science, biomaterials, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's principal topics of study include polysaccharides and plant cell walls, polysaccharides composition and applications, nanocomposite films for food packaging, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, and biofuel production and bioconversion.

Frequent publication venues where Khodaiyan's work appears include:

  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • Food Science & Nutrition
  • LWT
  • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Khodaiyan are:

  • Seyed Saeid Hosseini
  • Mohammad Mousavi
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Mohammad Gharaghani
  • Maedeh Omar-Aziz

Representative recent publications include:

  • Optimization and characterization of pullulan produced by a newly identified strain of Aureobasidium pullulans, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Simultaneous extraction optimization and characterization of pectin and phenolics from sour cherry pomace, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Effect of mung bean protein isolate/pullulan films containing marjoram (Origanum majorana L.) essential oil on chemical and microbial properties of minced beef meat, 2022, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Combined effects of octenylsuccination and beeswax on pullulan films: Water-resistant and mechanical properties, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Relation of amino acid composition, hydrophobicity, and molecular weight with antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and antioxidant properties of mixtures of corn gluten and soy protein hydrolysates, 2022, Food Science & Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Improving the antifungal activity of clove essential oil encapsulated by chitosan nanoparticles.

    Nayeresadat Hasheminejad;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohammad Safari

  • Physical, mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties of polyol-plasticized biodegradable edible film made from kefiran

    Mehran Ghasemlou;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Abdulrasoul Oromiehie

  • Optimization of microwave assisted extraction of pectin from sour orange peel and its physicochemical properties

    Seyed Saeid Hosseini;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohammad Saeid Yarmand

  • Development and characterisation of composite films made of kefiran and starch

    Ali Akbar Motedayen;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Esmail Atai Salehi

  • Optimization and characterization of pectin extracted from sour orange peel by ultrasound assisted method.

    Seyed Saeid Hosseini;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Milad Kazemi;Zahra Najari

  • Pistachio green hull pectin: Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction and evaluation of its physicochemical, structural and functional properties.

    Milad Kazemi;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohsen Labbafi;Seyed Saeid Hosseini

  • Extraction optimization and physicochemical properties of pectin from melon peel.

    Zarifeh Raji;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Karamatollah Rezaei;Hossein Kiani

  • Pectin from carrot pomace: Optimization of extraction and physicochemical properties

    Faeghe Jafari;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Hossein Kiani;Seyed Saeid Hosseini

  • Development and characterization of the kefiran-whey protein isolate-TiO2 nanocomposite films

    Mohsen Zolfi;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohammad Mousavi;Maryam Hashemi

  • Optimization of aqueous pectin extraction from Citrus medica peel.

    Bahare Pasandide;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Zeinab E. Mousavi;Seyed Saeid Hosseini

  • Development and characterisation of a new biodegradable edible film made from kefiran, an exopolysaccharide obtained from kefir grains

    Mehran Ghasemlou;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Abdulrasoul Oromiehie;Mohammad Saeid Yarmand

  • The effect of clove essential oil loaded chitosan nanoparticles on the shelf life and quality of pomegranate arils.

    Nayeresadat Hasheminejad;Faramarz Khodaiyan

  • Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction and structural characterization of pectin from sweet lemon peel

    Zahra Rahmani;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Milad Kazemi;Anousheh Sharifan

  • Utilization of food processing wastes of eggplant as a high potential pectin source and characterization of extracted pectin

    Milad Kazemi;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Seyed Saeid Hosseini

  • Aqueous extraction of pectin from sour orange peel and its preliminary physicochemical properties

    Seyed Saeid Hosseini;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohammad Saeid Yarmand

  • Development of ecofriendly bionanocomposite: Whey protein isolate/pullulan films with nano-SiO2

    Mahbobeh Hassannia-Kolaee;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Rezvan Pourahmad;Iman Shahabi-Ghahfarrokhi

  • Eggplant peel as a high potential source of high methylated pectin: Ultrasonic extraction optimization and characterization

    Milad Kazemi;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Seyed Saeid Hosseini

  • Soluble soybean polysaccharide: a new carbohydrate to make a biodegradable film for sustainable green packaging

    Sima Tajik;Yahya Maghsoudlou;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Seid Mahdi Jafari

  • Characterization of edible emulsified films with low affinity to water based on kefiran and oleic acid.

    Mehran Ghasemlou;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Abdulrasoul Oromiehie;Mohammad Saeid Yarmand

  • The improvement of characteristics of biodegradable films made from kefiran-whey protein by nanoparticle incorporation.

    Mohsen Zolfi;Faramarz Khodaiyan;Mohammad Mousavi;Maryam Hashemi

  • Determination and characterization of kernel biochemical composition and functional compounds of Persian walnut oil.

    Seyed Mohammad Taghi Gharibzahedi;Seyed Mohammad Mousavi;Manouchehr Hamedi;Faramarz Khodaiyan

Frequent Co-Authors

Seyed Hadi Razavi
Seyed Hadi Razavi University of Tehran
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy University of Birmingham
Zahra Emam-Djomeh
Zahra Emam-Djomeh University of Tehran
Hossein Yousefi
Hossein Yousefi University of Tehran
Meisam Tabatabaei
Meisam Tabatabaei Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
Seid Mahdi Jafari
Seid Mahdi Jafari Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi
Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi University of Tehran

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