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2026

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76
Citations
19080
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4290
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Nigel P. Brunton is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research activity spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine. The scientist has contributed notably to the subfields of Animal Science and Zoology, Food Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biochemistry, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Brunton's main research topics focus on Meat and Animal Product Quality, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Food Quality and Safety Studies, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Their frequent coauthors include Sabine M. Harrison, Frank J. Monahan, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Enda Cummins, and James G. Lyng.

Brunton has published extensively in scientific journals, often contributing to Foods, LWT (Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft & Technologie), Food Chemistry, Antioxidants, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Selected recent papers by Nigel P. Brunton include:

  • Fruit, vegetables, and mushrooms for the preparation of extracts with α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition properties: A review, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Recovery of ergosterol and vitamin D2 from mushroom waste - Potential valorization by food and pharmaceutical industries, 2020, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Human health risk assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) through meat products, 2022, Environmental Research
  • The effect of Pulsed Electric Field as a pre-treatment step in Ultrasound Assisted Extraction of phenolic compounds from fresh rosemary and thyme by-products, 2021, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
  • Volatile and non-volatile compounds of shiitake mushrooms treated with pulsed light after twenty-four hour storage at different conditions, 2020, Food Bioscience

Best Publications

  • Effect of thermal processing on anthocyanin stability in foods; mechanisms and kinetics of degradation

    Ankit Patras;Nigel P. Brunton;Colm O. O'Donnell;B.K. Tiwari

  • Impact of high pressure processing on total antioxidant activity, phenolic, ascorbic acid, anthocyanin content and colour of strawberry and blackberry purées.

    Ankit Patras;Ankit Patras;Nigel P. Brunton;Sara Da Pieve;Francis Butler

  • Effect of thermal and non thermal processing technologies on the bioactive content of exotic fruits and their products: Review of recent advances

    A. Rawson;A. Patras;B.K. Tiwari;F. Noci

  • Characterization of phenolic composition in Lamiaceae spices by LC-ESI-MS/MS.

    Mohammad B. Hossain;Dilip K. Rai;Nigel P. Brunton;Ana B. Martin-Diana

  • Effect of thermal and high pressure processing on antioxidant activity and instrumental colour of tomato and carrot purées

    Ankit Patras;Nigel Brunton;Sara Da Pieve;Francis Butler

  • Techniques to extract bioactive compounds from food by-products of plant origin

    Hilde Wijngaard;Mohammad B. Hossain;Dilip K. Rai;Nigel Brunton

  • Effect of drying method on the antioxidant capacity of six Lamiaceae herbs

    M. Hossain;M. Hossain;Catherine Barry-Ryan;Ana Belen Martin-Diana;N. Brunton

  • Effect of ultrasound processing on anthocyanins and color of red grape juice

    B.K. Tiwari;A. Patras;N. Brunton;P.J. Cullen

  • Bioactivities of glycoalkaloids and their aglycones from Solanum species.

    Sinead Eileen Milner;Nigel Patrick Brunton;Peter Wyn Jones;Nora Mary O'Brien

  • Optimization of ultrasound assisted extraction of antioxidant compounds from marjoram (Origanum majorana L.) using response surface methodology

    Mohammad B. Hossain;Nigel P. Brunton;Ankit Patras;Brijesh Tiwari

  • Fruit, vegetables, and mushrooms for the preparation of extracts with α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition properties: A review.

    Konstantinos Papoutsis;Jinyuan Zhang;Michael C. Bowyer;Nigel Brunton

  • Phenolic composition and in vitro antioxidant capacity of four commercial phytochemical products: Olive leaf extract (Olea europaea L.), lutein, sesamol and ellagic acid

    J.E. Hayes;P. Allen;N. Brunton;M.N. O’Grady

  • Effect of thermosonication on bioactive compounds in watermelon juice

    A. Rawson;B.K. Tiwari;A. Patras;N. Brunton

  • A survey of Irish fruit and vegetable waste and by-products as a source of polyphenolic antioxidants

    Hilde H. Wijngaard;Christian Rößle;Nigel Brunton

  • A comparison of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibres for measurement of hexanal and pentanal in cooked turkey

    Nigel P Brunton;Denis A Cronin;Frank J Monahan;Rosemary Durcan

  • Stability and Degradation Kinetics of Bioactive Compounds and Colour in Strawberry Jam during Storage

    Ankit Patras;Ankit Patras;Nigel P. Brunton;B. K. Tiwari;Francis Butler

  • Application of principal component and hierarchical cluster analysis to classify fruits and vegetables commonly consumed in Ireland based on in vitro antioxidant activity

    Ankit Patras;Nigel P. Brunton;Gerard Downey;Ashish Rawson

  • Antioxidant properties and quantitative UPLC-MS analysis of phenolic compounds from extracts of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds and bitter melon (Momordica charantia) fruit.

    O. Kenny;T.J. Smyth;C.M. Hewage;N.P. Brunton

  • A Review of Extraction and Analysis of Bioactives in Oat and Barley and Scope for Use of Novel Food Processing Technologies.

    Nirupama Gangopadhyay;Nirupama Gangopadhyay;Mohammad B Hossain;Dilip K Rai;Nigel P Brunton

  • ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SPICE EXTRACTS AND PHENOLICS IN COMPARISON TO SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS

    M. Hossain;N. Brunton;Catherine Barry-Ryan;Ana Belen Martin-Diana

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Lyng
James G. Lyng University College Dublin
Brijesh K. Tiwari
Brijesh K. Tiwari Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Frank J. Monahan
Frank J. Monahan University College Dublin
Colm P. O'Donnell
Colm P. O'Donnell University College Dublin
Patrick J. Cullen
Patrick J. Cullen University of Sydney
Alan G. Fahey
Alan G. Fahey University College Dublin
Martin G. Wilkinson
Martin G. Wilkinson University of Limerick
Nora M. O'Brien
Nora M. O'Brien University College Cork
Charles S. Brennan
Charles S. Brennan RMIT University
Richard J. FitzGerald
Richard J. FitzGerald University of Limerick

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