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Tunisia
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Tunisia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Tunisia Leader Award

Overview

Moncef Nasri is affiliated with the University of Sfax in Tunisia. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Materials Science. Their work includes a significant focus on biomaterials and food science, along with molecular biology and materials chemistry as important subfields.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties

Moncef Nasri has contributed to a variety of scholarly journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Food Bioscience
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Food Hydrocolloids

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Rim Nasri, Mourad Jridi, Suming Li, Marwa Hamdi, and Ola Abdelhedi.

Here are some recent papers authored or coauthored by Nasri, listed with their publication year and venue:

  • Physicochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of fish gelatin-based edible films enriched with orange peel pectin: Wrapping application, 2020, Food Hydrocolloids
  • Fermented protein hydrolysates: biological activities and applications, 2021, Current Opinion in Food Science
  • Conception of active food packaging films based on crab chitosan and gelatin enriched with crustacean protein hydrolysates with improved functional and biological properties, 2021, Food Hydrocolloids
  • Extraction, characterization and biological properties of polysaccharide derived from green seaweed "Chaetomorpha linum" and its potential application in Tunisian beef sausages, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Controlled size green synthesis of bioactive silver nanoparticles assisted by chitosan and its derivatives and their application in biofilm preparation, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers

Moncef Nasri's research addresses applications related to food packaging, bioactive compounds from natural sources such as seaweed and crustacean protein hydrolysates, as well as the development and characterization of biodegradable polymers.

Best Publications

  • Purification and identification of novel antioxidant peptides from enzymatic hydrolysates of sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) by-products proteins.

    Ali Bougatef;Naima Nedjar-Arroume;Laïla Manni;Rozenn Ravallec

  • Structural differences between chitin and chitosan extracted from three different marine sources.

    Sawssen Hajji;Islem Younes;Olfa Ghorbel-Bellaaj;Rachid Hajji

  • Antioxidant and free radical-scavenging activities of smooth hound (Mustelus mustelus) muscle protein hydrolysates obtained by gastrointestinal proteases

    Ali Bougatef;Mohamed Hajji;Rafik Balti;Imen Lassoued

  • Influence of acetylation degree and molecular weight of homogeneous chitosans on antibacterial and antifungal activities

    Islem Younes;Sabrine Sellimi;Marguerite Rinaudo;Kemel Jellouli

  • Physical, structural, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of gelatin-chitosan composite edible films.

    Mourad Jridi;Sawssan Hajji;Hanen Ben Ayed;Imen Lassoued

  • Two detergent stable alkaline serine-proteases from Bacillus mojavensis A21: purification, characterization and potential application as a laundry detergent additive.

    Anissa Haddar;Rym Agrebi;Ali Bougatef;Noomen Hmidet

  • Chitin extraction from shrimp shell using enzymatic treatment. Antitumor, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of chitosan.

    Islem Younes;Sawssen Hajji;Véronique Frachet;Marguerite Rinaudo

  • Structural, physicochemical and antioxidant properties of sodium alginate isolated from a Tunisian brown seaweed.

    Sabrine Sellimi;Islem Younes;Hanen Ben Ayed;Hana Maalej

  • Stability studies of protease from Bacillus cereus BG1

    Basma Ghorbel;Alya Sellami-Kamoun;Moncef Nasri

  • Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activities of sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) by-products protein hydrolysates obtained by treatment with microbial and visceral fish serine proteases

    Ali Bougatef;Naima Nedjar-Arroume;Rozenn Ravallec-Plé;Yves Leroy

  • Biodegradation of textile dyes by immobilized laccase from Coriolopsis gallica into Ca-alginate beads

    Dalel Daâssi;Susana Rodríguez-Couto;Susana Rodríguez-Couto;Moncef Nasri;Tahar Mechichi

  • Protein Hydrolysates and Biopeptides: Production, Biological Activities, and Applications in Foods and Health Benefits. A Review.

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  • Extraction and Characterization of Chitin, Chitosan, and Protein Hydrolysates Prepared from Shrimp Waste by Treatment with Crude Protease from Bacillus cereus SV1

    Laila Manni;Olfa Ghorbel-Bellaaj;Kemel Jellouli;Islem Younes

  • Alkaline proteases and thermostable α-amylase co-produced by Bacillus licheniformis NH1: Characterization and potential application as detergent additive

    Noomen Hmidet;Nedra El-Hadj Ali;Anissa Haddar;Safia Kanoun

  • Physicochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of fish gelatin-based edible films enriched with orange peel pectin: Wrapping application

    Mourad Jridi;Mourad Jridi;Ola Abdelhedi;Ali Salem;Hela Kechaou

  • Chitin and chitosan preparation from shrimp shells using optimized enzymatic deproteinization

    Islem Younes;Olfa Ghorbel-Bellaaj;Rim Nasri;Moncef Chaabouni

  • BIOCHEMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF SARDINELLA (SARDINELLA AURITA) BY-PRODUCT HYDROLYSATES

    Nabil Souissi;Ali Bougatef;Yousra Triki-Ellouz;Moncef Nasri

  • Biochemical and molecular characterization of a detergent stable alkaline serine-protease from a newly isolated Bacillus licheniformis NH1

    Nedra El Hadj-Ali;Rym Agrebi;Basma Ghorbel-Frikha;Alya Sellami-Kamoun

  • Functional, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of protein hydrolysates prepared from fish meat fermented by Bacillus subtilis A26

    Ines Jemil;Mourad Jridi;Rim Nasri;Naourez Ktari

  • Structural analysis, and antioxidant and antibacterial properties of chitosan-poly (vinyl alcohol) biodegradable films.

    Sawssen Hajji;Achraf Chaker;Mourad Jridi;Hana Maalej

  • Stability of thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis RP1 in commercial solid laundry detergent formulations.

    Alya Sellami-Kamoun;Anissa Haddar;Nedra El-Hadj Ali;Basma Ghorbel-Frikha

  • Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel α-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis NH1: Cloning, nucleotide sequence and expression of amyN gene in Escherichia coli

    Noomen Hmidet;Ahmed Bayoudh;Jean Guy Berrin;Safia Kanoun

Frequent Co-Authors

Mourad Jridi
Mourad Jridi University of Sfax
Ali Bougatef
Ali Bougatef University of Sfax
Suming Li
Suming Li University of Montpellier
Fidel Toldrá
Fidel Toldrá Spanish National Research Council
Leticia Mora
Leticia Mora Spanish National Research Council
Marguerite Rinaudo
Marguerite Rinaudo Grenoble Alpes University
Frédéric Debeaufort
Frédéric Debeaufort University of Burgundy
Sami Boufi
Sami Boufi University of Sfax
George Aggelis
George Aggelis University of Patras
María Jesús Martínez
María Jesús Martínez Spanish National Research Council

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