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Mark A. Berhow is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main areas of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biochemistry. Their research covers specific topics such as Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, Food composition and properties, Proteins in Food Systems, Phytase and its Applications, Insect Utilization and Effects, Biofuel production and bioconversion, and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities.

Mark A. Berhow has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society
  • LWT
  • Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • Industrial Crops and Products

Recent representative publications demonstrating the scope and timeline of their work include:

  • Quantitative NIR determination of isoflavone and saponin content of ground soybeans, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Self-selection of food ingredients and agricultural by-products by the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): A holistic approach to develop optimized diets, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Glucosinolate-rich hydrolyzed extract from Moringa oleifera leaves decreased the production of TNF-α and IL-1β cytokines and induced ROS and apoptosis in human colon cancer cells, 2020, Journal of Functional Foods
  • Impact of particle size fractions on composition, antioxidant activities, and functional properties of soybean hulls, 2020, Journal of Food Measurement & Characterization
  • Biopesticide synergy when combining plant flavonoids and entomopathogenic baculovirus, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Bishnu Karki
  • William R. Gibbons
  • Steven F. Vaughn
  • Sean X. Liu
  • William T. Hay

Best Publications

  • Adaptive response of yeasts to furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and new chemical evidence for HMF conversion to 2,5-bis-hydroxymethylfuran

    Z. L. Liu;P. J. Slininger;B. S. Dien;M. A. Berhow

  • Inhibition of Akt signaling and enhanced ERK1/2 activity are involved in induction of macroautophagy by triterpenoid B-group soyasaponins in colon cancer cells

    Allison A. Ellington;Mark A. Berhow;Keith W. Singletary

  • Glucosinolate hydrolysis products from various plant sources: pH effects, isolation, and purification☆

    Steven F. Vaughn;Mark A. Berhow

  • Allelochemicals isolated from tissues of the invasive weed garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata).

    Steven F. Vaughn;Mark A. Berhow

  • Induction of macroautophagy in human colon cancer cells by soybean B-group triterpenoid saponins

    Allison A. Ellington;Mark Berhow;Keith W. Singletary

  • Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of ferulate esters

    David L. Compton;Joseph A. Laszlo;Mark A. Berhow

  • Bean cultivars (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) have similar high antioxidant capacity, in vitro inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase while diverse phenolic composition and concentration

    Luis Mojica;Allison Meyer;Mark A. Berhow;Elvira González de Mejía

  • Characterization and antimutagenic activity of soybean saponins

    Mark A Berhow;Elizabeth D Wagner;Steven F Vaughn;Steven F Vaughn;Michael J Plewa

  • Black bean anthocyanin-rich extracts as food colorants: Physicochemical stability and antidiabetes potential.

    Luis Mojica;Mark Berhow;Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia

  • Antioxidant activity of commercial buckwheat flours and their free and bound phenolic compositions

    George E. Inglett;Diejun Chen;Mark Berhow;Suyong Lee

  • Phenolic composition of various tissues of rutaceae species

    Katherine Kanes;Brent Tisserat;Mark Berhow;Carl Vandercook

  • Haemolytic and antimicrobial activities of saponin-rich extracts from guar meal.

    S.M. Hassan;A.U. Haq;J.A. Byrd;M.A. Berhow

  • Bioactive compounds from culinary herbs inhibit a molecular target for type 2 diabetes management, dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

    Allyson M. Bower;Luis M. Real Hernandez;Mark A. Berhow;Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia

  • Quantification of saponins in aerial and subterranean tissues of Medicago truncatula.

    David V Huhman;Mark A Berhow;Lloyd W Sumner

  • Effect of time and temperature on bioactive compounds in germinated Brazilian soybean cultivar BRS 258.

    Luz Maria Paucar-Menacho;Luz Maria Paucar-Menacho;Mark A. Berhow;José Marcos Gontijo Mandarino;Yoon Kil Chang

  • Evaluation of soyasaponin, isoflavone, protein, lipid, and free sugar accumulation in developing soybean seeds.

    Sun-Lim Kim;Mark Alan Berhow;Jung-Tae Kim;Hee-Youn Chi

  • Modern analytical techniques for flavonoid determination.

    Mark A. Berhow

  • Wild Brazilian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) seed oil methyl esters as biodiesel fuel.

    Gulab N. Jham;Bryan R. Moser;Shailesh N. Shah;Ronald A. Holser

  • Complete Quantification of Group A and Group B Soyasaponins in Soybeans

    Mark A Berhow;Suk Bin Kong;Karl E Vermillion;Sandra M Duval

  • β-Conglycinins among Sources of Bioactives in Hydrolysates of Different Soybean Varieties That Inhibit Leukemia Cells in Vitro

    Wenyi Wang;Neal A Bringe;Mark A Berhow;Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia

  • Dicaffeoylquinic acids in Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hilaire) inhibit NF-κB nucleus translocation in macrophages and induce apoptosis by activating caspases-8 and -3 in human colon cancer cells.

    Sirima Puangpraphant;Mark A. Berhow;Karl Vermillion;Greg Potts

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven F. Vaughn
Steven F. Vaughn US Department of Agriculture
Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia
Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patrick F. Dowd
Patrick F. Dowd Agricultural Research Service
James W. Dalling
James W. Dalling University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mitsuo Omura
Mitsuo Omura Shizuoka University
Elizabeth H. Jeffery
Elizabeth H. Jeffery University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles L. Cantrell
Charles L. Cantrell United States Department of Agriculture
Bryan R. Moser
Bryan R. Moser National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
May R. Berenbaum
May R. Berenbaum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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