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Overview

Ian Rowland is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research work spans various fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their main research topics cover a broad range of subjects including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Phytoestrogen effects and research, Gut microbiota and health, Public Health and Nutrition, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Ian Rowland has contributed to multiple papers, some of which include:

  • Expert consensus on low-calorie sweeteners: facts, research gaps and suggested actions, 2020, Nutrition Research Reviews
  • Neither soyfoods nor isoflavones warrant classification as endocrine disruptors: a technical review of the observational and clinical data, 2021, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • Sulforaphane-enriched extracts from glucoraphanin-rich broccoli exert antimicrobial activity against gut pathogens in vitro and innovative cooking methods increase in vivo intestinal delivery of sulforaphane, 2020, European Journal of Nutrition
  • Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives Contribute to a Healthy and Sustainable Diet, 2023, Nutrients
  • Ex vivo fecal fermentation of human ileal fluid collected after raspberry consumption modifies (poly)phenolics and modulates genoprotective effects in colonic epithelial cells, 2021, Redox Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Rowland include:

  • Chris I. R. Gill
  • Nigel G. Ternan
  • Kieran Tuohy
  • Gordon J. McDougall
  • Cheryl Latimer

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nutrition Research Reviews
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Gut microbiota functions: metabolism of nutrients and other food components

    Ian Rowland;Glenn Gibson;Almut Katrin Heinken;Karen Scott

  • Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits.

    Marcel Roberfroid;Glenn R. Gibson;Lesley Hoyles;Anne L. McCartney

  • Functional food science and gastrointestinal physiology and function

    S Salminen;C Bouley;M C Boutron-Ruault;J H Cummings

  • Nutritional value of edible seaweeds

    Paul MacArtain;Christopher I.R. Gill;Mariel Brooks;Ross Campbell

  • Glucosinolates in Brassica Vegetables - the Influence of the Food Supply Chain on Intake, Bioavailability and Human Health

    Ruud Verkerk;Monika Schreiner;Angelika Krumbein;Ewa Ciska

  • Interindividual variation in metabolism of soy isoflavones and lignans: influence of habitual diet on equol production by the gut microflora.

    Ian R. Rowland;Helen Wiseman;Tom A. B. Sanders;Herman Adlercreutz

  • Dietary synbiotics reduce cancer risk factors in polypectomized and colon cancer patients

    Joseph Rafter;Michael Bennett;Giovanna Caderni;Yvonne Clune

  • New scientific paradigms for probiotics and prebiotics.

    Gregor Reid;M E Sanders;H Rex Gaskins;Glenn R Gibson

  • Effect of Bifidobacterium longum and inulin on gut bacterial metabolism and carcinogen-induced aberrant crypt foci in rats.

    I R Rowland;C J Rumney;J T Coutts;L C Lievense

  • Isoflavone phytoestrogens consumed in soy decrease F2-isoprostane concentrations and increase resistance of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation in humans

    Helen Wiseman;James D O'Reilly;Herman Adlercreutz;Anthony I Mallet

  • Health benefits of probiotics: are mixtures more effective than single strains?

    C. M. C. Chapman;Glen R. Gibson;Ian Rowland

  • Metabolism of isoflavones and lignans by the gut microflora: a study in germ-free and human flora associated rats.

    E. Bowey;H. Adlercreutz;I. Rowland

  • cRGD-functionalized, DOX-conjugated, and 64Cu-labeled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for targeted anticancer drug delivery and PET/MR imaging

    Xiaoqiang Yang;Hao Hong;Jamison J. Grailer;Ian J. Rowland

  • Bioavailability of Phyto-oestrogens

    Ian Rowland;Marian Faughnan;Leane Hoey;Kristiina Wähälä

  • Phyto-oestrogens, their mechanism of action: current evidence for a role in breast and prostate cancer

    Pamela J. Magee;Ian R. Rowland

  • Modulation of the microbial ecology of the human colon by probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics to enhance human health: An overview of enabling science and potential applications

    Robert A. Rastall;Glenn R. Gibson;Harsharnjit S. Gill;Fransisco Guarner

  • Multifunctional stable and pH-responsive polymer vesicles formed by heterofunctional triblock copolymer for targeted anticancer drug delivery and ultrasensitive MR imaging.

    Xiaoqiang Yang;Jamison J. Grailer;Ian J. Rowland;Alireza Javadi

  • Lactobacillus‐ and bifidobacterium‐mediated antigenotoxicity in the colon of rats

    B L Pool-Zobel;C Neudecker;I Domizlaff;S Ji

  • In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of a range of probiotics against pathogens: evidence for the effects of organic acids.

    Sandra Tejero-Sariñena;Janine Barlow;Adele Costabile;Glenn R Gibson

  • Bacteremia causes hippocampal apoptosis in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

    Christian Østergaard;Christian Østergaard;Stephen L Leib;Ian Rowland;Ian Rowland;Christian T Brandt;Christian T Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn R. Gibson
Glenn R. Gibson University of Reading
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jeremy P. E. Spencer
Jeremy P. E. Spencer University of Reading
Kieran M. Tuohy
Kieran M. Tuohy Fondazione Edmund Mach
Gordon J. McDougall
Gordon J. McDougall James Hutton Institute
Parveen Yaqoob
Parveen Yaqoob University of Reading
Derek Stewart
Derek Stewart James Hutton Institute
Alan Crozier
Alan Crozier University of California, Davis
Gregor Reid
Gregor Reid University of Western Ontario
Nathalie M. Delzenne
Nathalie M. Delzenne Université Catholique de Louvain

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