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Heikki Kallio is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and has contributed to multiple research areas within nursing, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work covers specialized subfields such as nutrition and dietetics, biochemistry, complementary and alternative medicine, molecular biology, and food science.

The research topics addressed by Kallio include:

  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Botanical Studies and Applications
  • Medicinal plant effects and applications
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Frequent venues for publication include:

  • Food Chemistry
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • European Food Research and Technology

Some recent papers published by Kallio focus on the biochemical and sensory properties of phytochemicals, triacylglycerols, and food quality:

  • "Health promoting properties and sensory characteristics of phytochemicals in berries and leaves of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides)," 2021, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • "Impact of cultivar, growth temperature and developmental stage on phenolic compounds and ascorbic acid in purple and yellow potato tubers," 2020, Food Chemistry
  • "Synthesis and enantiospecific analysis of enantiostructured triacylglycerols containing n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids," 2020, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
  • "Strategy for stereospecific characterization of natural triacylglycerols using multidimensional chromatography and mass spectrometry," 2021, Journal of Chromatography A
  • "Impact of storage on sensory quality of blackcurrant juices prepared with or without enzymatic treatment at industrial scale," 2020, European Food Research and Technology

Kallio has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Baoru Yang, Kaisa M. Linderborg, Marika Kalpio, Guðmundur G. Haraldsson, and Jóhann D. Magnússon.

Best Publications

  • Fatty acid composition of lipids in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) berries of different origins.

    Baoru Yang;Heikki P. Kallio

  • Effects of an antioxidant-rich juice (sea buckthorn) on risk factors for coronary heart disease in humans

    Clair Eccleston;Yang Baoru;Raija Tahvonen;Heikki Kallio

  • Composition and physiological effects of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë) lipids

    Baoru Yang;Heikki Kallio

  • Effects of different origins and harvesting time on vitamin C, tocopherols, and tocotrienols in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) berries.

    Heikki Kallio;Baoru Yang;Pekka Peippo

  • Phytosterols in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) berries: identification and effects of different origins and harvesting times.

    Baoru Yang;Riina M. Karlsson;Pentti H. Oksman;Heikki P. Kallio

  • Phenolic compounds extracted by acidic aqueous ethanol from berries and leaves of different berry plants.

    Ye Tian;Jaana Liimatainen;Aino-Liisa Alanne;Anni Lindstedt

  • Dietary fiber and other functional components in two varieties of crude and extruded kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus).

    R. Repo-Carrasco-Valencia;J. Peña;H. Kallio;S. Salminen

  • Effects of varieties and cultivation conditions on the composition of strawberries

    Mari Hakala;Anja Lapveteläinen;Rainer Huopalahti;Heikki Kallio

  • Triacylglycerols, glycerophospholipids, tocopherols, and tocotrienols in berries and seeds of two subspecies (ssp. sinensis and mongolica) of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides)

    Heikki Kallio;Baoru Yang;Pekka Peippo;Raija Tahvonen

  • Sugars and acids of strawberry varieties.

    Heikki Kallio;Mari Hakala;Anne-Maria Pelkkikangas;Anja Lapveteläinen

  • Effects of dietary supplementation with sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) seed and pulp oils on atopic dermatitis.

    Baoru Yang;Kirsti O Kalimo;Leena M Mattila;Sinikka E Kallio

  • Quality Components of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Varieties

    Katja M. Tiitinen;Mari A. Hakala;Heikki P. Kallio

  • Effect of dietary supplementation with sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) seed and pulp oils on the fatty acid composition of skin glycerophospholipids of patients with atopic dermatitis

    Baoru Yang;Kirsti O Kalimo;Raija L Tahvonen;Leena M Mattila

  • Composition and antioxidative activities of supercritical CO2-extracted oils from seeds and soft parts of northern berries

    B Yang;M Ahotupa;P Maatta;H Kallio

  • Sea buckthorn berry oil inhibits platelet aggregation

    Anu K Johansson;Helena Korte;Baoru Yang;John C Stanley

  • Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids in growth medium on lipid composition and on physicochemical surface properties of lactobacilli.

    P. Kankaanpää;B. Yang;H. Kallio;E. Isolauri

  • Characterization of phenolic compounds in Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var. major) fruit by high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Pengzhan Liu;Baoru Yang;Heikki Kallio

  • Characterization of seed oils of wild, edible Finnish berries

    A. Johansson;Pa¨ivi Laakso;H. Kallio

  • Absorption of Flavonols Derived from Sea Buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) and Their Effect on Emerging Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Humans

    Jukka-Pekka Suomela;Markku Ahotupa;Baoru Yang;Tommi Vasankari

  • Effects of latitude and weather conditions on contents of sugars, fruit acids, and ascorbic acid in black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) juice.

    Jie Zheng;Baoru Yang;Saska Tuomasjukka;Shiyi Ou

  • Compositional differences of phenolic compounds between black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) cultivars and their response to latitude and weather conditions

    Jie Zheng;Baoru Yang;Ville Ruusunen;Oskar Laaksonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Baoru Yang
Baoru Yang University of Turku
Matti Viitanen
Matti Viitanen University of Turku
Arnis Kuksis
Arnis Kuksis University of Toronto
Seppo Salminen
Seppo Salminen University of Turku
Ana M. Gil
Ana M. Gil University of Aveiro
Andrew J. Sinclair
Andrew J. Sinclair Deakin University
Hannu Mykkänen
Hannu Mykkänen University of Eastern Finland
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Tapio Pahikkala
Tapio Pahikkala University of Turku

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