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Margareta Nyman

Margareta Nyman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9510
World Ranking
17157
National Ranking
269

Overview

Margareta Nyman is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and specializes primarily in medical research with a focus on nutrition and dietetics, physiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, and gastroenterology.

The research areas covered by Nyman's work include:

  • Food composition and properties
  • Effects of radiation exposure
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Nyman has published in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Crohn's & Colitis 360
  • Glycobiology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nyman include:

  • "Xylooligosaccharides Increase Bifidobacteria and Lachnospiraceae in Mice on a High-Fat Diet, with a Concomitant Increase in Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Especially Butyric Acid" (2021), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • "Monobutyrin and Monovalerin Affect Brain Short-Chain Fatty Acid Profiles and Tight-Junction Protein Expression in ApoE-Knockout Rats Fed High-Fat Diets" (2020), Nutrients
  • "Dietary Oat Bran Reduces Systemic Inflammation in Mice Subjected to Pelvic Irradiation" (2020), Nutrients
  • "Oat Bran Increased Fecal Butyrate and Prevented Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients With Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis-Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020), Crohn's & Colitis 360
  • "Novel xylan degrading enzymes from polysaccharide utilizing loci of Prevotella copri DSM18205" (2021), Glycobiology

Collaborative work is an integral part of Nyman's research career, with frequent co-authorship alongside several researchers including:

  • Frida Fåk Hållenius
  • Piyush Patel
  • Dilip Kumar Malipatlolla
  • Sravani Devarakonda
  • Cecilia Bull

Best Publications

  • Contribution of diet to the composition of the human gut microbiota.

    Daniela Graf;Raffaella Di Cagno;Frida Fåk;Harry J Flint

  • Rapid determination of short‐chain fatty acids in colonic contents and faeces of humans and rats by acidified water‐extraction and direct‐injection gas chromatography

    Guohua Zhao;Margareta Nyman;Jan Åke Jönsson

  • High-fat diet reduces the formation of butyrate, but increases succinate, inflammation, liver fat and cholesterol in rats, while dietary fibre counteracts these effects.

    Greta Jakobsdottir;Jie Xu;Göran Molin;Siv Ahrné

  • Increasing fecal butyrate in ulcerative colitis patients by diet: Controlled pilot study

    Claes Hallert;Inger Björck;Margareta Nyman;Anneli Pousette

  • Fermentation of dietary fibre components in the rat intestinal tract

    Margareta Nyman;Nils-Georg Asp

  • Antioxidants, low molecular weight carbohydrates, and total antioxidant capacity in strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa): effects of cultivar, ripening, and storage.

    Marie E Olsson;Jimmy Ekvall;Karl-Erik Gustavsson;Jessica Nilsson

  • Survival of Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 9843 (299v), and effect on the short-chain fatty acid content of faeces after ingestion of a rose-hip drink with fermented oats

    M.-L. Johansson;S. Nobaek;A. Berggren;M. Nyman

  • On the digestibility of starch in wheat bread — studies in vitro and in vivo*

    Inger Björck;Margareta Nyman;Birthe Pedersen;Monica Siljeström

  • Extrusion cooking and dietary fiber. Effect on dietary fiber content and on degradation in the rat intestinal tract

    Inger Björck;Margareta Nyman;Nils-Georg Asp

  • Modulation of gut microbiota in rats fed high-fat diets by processing whole-grain barley to barley malt.

    Yadong Zhong;Margareta Nyman;Frida Fåk

  • . Binding of Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ to inositol tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexaphosphates.

    Hans Persson;Maria Turk;Margareta Nyman;Ann Sofie Sandberg

  • Fermentation of dietary fibre in the intestinal tract: comparison between man and rat.

    Margareta Nyman;Nils-Georg Asp;John Cummings;Hugh Wiggins

  • Branched short-chain fatty acids modulate glucose and lipid metabolism in primary adipocytes.

    Emilia Heimann;Margareta Nyman;Ann-Ki Pålbrink;Karin Lindkvist-Petersson

  • Fermentation and bulking capacity of indigestible carbohydrates: the case of inulin and oligofructose

    Margareta Nyman

  • Formation of enzyme resistant starch during autoclaving of wheat starch: Studies in vitro and in vivo

    I. Björck;M. Nyman;B. Pedersen;M. Siljeström

  • Dietary fiber content and composition in six cereals at different extraction rates

    M Nyman;M Siljestrom;B Pedersen;K. E Bachknudsen

  • Distribution and characterisation of fructan in wheat milling fractions

    Lina Haskå;Margareta Nyman;Roger Andersson

  • Dietary fibre in fermented oat and barley β-glucan rich concentrates

    Adele M Lambo;Rickard Öste;Margareta E.G.-L Nyman

  • Determination of short-chain fatty acids in serum by hollow fiber supported liquid membrane extraction coupled with gas chromatography.

    Guohua Zhao;Jing-fu Liu;Margareta Nyman;Jan Åke Jönsson

  • Variation in the content of glucosinolates, hydroxycinnamic acids, carotenoids, total antioxidant capacity and low-molecular-weight carbohydrates in Brassica vegetables

    Jessica Nilsson;Kerstin Olsson;Gabriele Engqvist;Jimmy Ekvall

Frequent Co-Authors

Inger Björck
Inger Björck InnovaFood
Siv Ahrné
Siv Ahrné Lund University
Göran Molin
Göran Molin Lund University
Ulf J. Nilsson
Ulf J. Nilsson Lund University
Roger Andersson
Roger Andersson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jan Åke Jönsson
Jan Åke Jönsson Lund University
Patrick Adlercreutz
Patrick Adlercreutz Lund University
Margaretha Jägerstad
Margaretha Jägerstad Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Gerald F. Fitzgerald
Gerald F. Fitzgerald University College Cork
Per Åman
Per Åman Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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