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Furio Brighenti

Furio Brighenti

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18468
World Ranking
6631
National Ranking
157

Overview

Furio Brighenti is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy, engaging primarily in the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their research covers a range of subjects related to nutritional science and diet, emphasizing diet and metabolism studies, coffee research and impacts, food composition and properties, tea polyphenols and effects, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, and phytochemicals and antioxidant activities.

Their recent publications include:

  • Dietary Fibre Consensus from the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC), 2020, Nutrients
  • Plasma TMAO increase after healthy diets: results from 2 randomized controlled trials with dietary fish, polyphenols, and whole-grain cereals, 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Glycemic Index Values of Pasta Products: An Overview, 2021, Foods
  • Dietary Glycaemic Index Labelling: A Global Perspective, 2021, Nutrients
  • In Vitro Faecal Fermentation of Monomeric and Oligomeric Flavan-3-ols: Catabolic Pathways and Stoichiometry, 2022, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

Their co-authorship network includes several frequent collaborators, such as Daniele Del Rio, Pedro Mena, Letizia Bresciani, Alice Rosi, and Francesca Scazzina.

Their work has been published in journals that frequently feature their research, including:

  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Nutrients
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • European Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Total Antioxidant Capacity of Plant Foods, Beverages and Oils Consumed in Italy Assessed by Three Different In Vitro Assays

    Nicoletta Pellegrini;Mauro Serafini;Barbara Colombi;Daniele Del Rio

  • Glycemic index, glycemic load and glycemic response: An International Scientific Consensus Summit from the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC)

    L S A Augustin;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;D J A Jenkins;D J A Jenkins;W C Willett

  • Nibbling versus gorging: metabolic advantages of increased meal frequency.

    D J Jenkins;T M Wolever;V Vuksan;F Brighenti

  • HPLC-MSn analysis of phenolic compounds and purine alkaloids in green and black tea.

    Daniele Del Rio;Amanda J. Stewart;William Mullen;Jennifer Burns

  • Total antioxidant capacity of spices, dried fruits, nuts, pulses, cereals and sweets consumed in Italy assessed by three different in vitro assays.

    Nicoletta Pellegrini;Mauro Serafini;Sara Salvatore;Daniele Del Rio

  • High (1 → 3,1 → 4)-β-glucan barley fractions in bread making and their effects on human glycemic response

    A. Cavallero;S. Empilli;F. Brighenti;A.M. Stanca

  • Determination of the glycaemic index of foods: interlaboratory study.

    T M S Wolever;H H Vorster;Inger Björck;J Brand-Miller

  • Konjac-mannan (glucomannan) improves glycemia and other associated risk factors for coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes. A randomized controlled metabolic trial

    V. Vuksan;D. J. A. Jenkins;P. Spadafora;J. L. Sievenpiper

  • Almonds Decrease Postprandial Glycemia, Insulinemia, and Oxidative Damage in Healthy Individuals

    David J. A. Jenkins;Cyril W. C. Kendall;Cyril W. C. Kendall;Andrea R. Josse;Andrea R. Josse;Sara Salvatore

  • Beneficial effects of viscous dietary fiber from Konjac-mannan in subjects with the insulin resistance syndrome: results of a controlled metabolic trial.

    V Vuksan;J L Sievenpiper;R Owen;J A Swilley

  • Effect of rectal infusion of short chain fatty acids in human subjects.

    Wolever Tm;Brighenti F;Royall D;Jenkins Al

  • Direct analysis of total antioxidant activity of olive oil and studies on the influence of heating.

    Nicoletta Pellegrini;Francesco Visioli;Susanna Buratti;Furio Brighenti

  • Effect of consumption of a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal containing inulin on the intestinal milieu and blood lipids in healthy male volunteers

    F Brighenti;MC Casiraghi;E Canzi;A Ferrari

  • Measuring the glycemic index of foods: interlaboratory study

    Thomas M S Wolever;Jennie C Brand-Miller;John Abernethy;Arne Astrup

  • Total antioxidant capacity of the diet is inversely and independently related to plasma concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in adult Italian subjects

    Furio Brighenti;Silvia Valtueña;Nicoletta Pellegrini;Diego Ardigò

  • Colonic fermentation of indigestible carbohydrates contributes to the second-meal effect

    Furio Brighenti;Luigi Benini;Daniele Del Rio;Cristina Casiraghi

  • Bioavailability and catabolism of green tea flavan-3-ols in humans

    Daniele Del Rio;Luca Calani;Chiara Cordero;Sara Salvatore

  • Antiglycative and neuroprotective activity of colon‐derived polyphenol catabolites

    Elena Verzelloni;Claudia Pellacani;Davide Tagliazucchi;Sara Tagliaferri

  • Gastric emptying of a solid meal is accelerated by the removal of dietary fibre naturally present in food.

    L Benini;G Castellani;F Brighenti;K W Heaton

  • Polyphenol content and total antioxidant activity of vini novelli (young red wines).

    Nicoletta Pellegrini;Paolo Simonetti;Claudio Gardana;Oreste Brenna

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniele Del Rio
Daniele Del Rio University of Parma
Nicoletta Pellegrini
Nicoletta Pellegrini University of Udine
Pedro Mena
Pedro Mena University of Parma
David J.A. Jenkins
David J.A. Jenkins University of Toronto
Thomas M. S. Wolever
Thomas M. S. Wolever University of Toronto
Alan Crozier
Alan Crozier University of California, Davis
Cyril W.C. Kendall
Cyril W.C. Kendall University of Toronto
Vittorio Krogh
Vittorio Krogh Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Sabina Sieri
Sabina Sieri National Institutes of Health
Marisa Porrini
Marisa Porrini University of Milan

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