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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2020 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Rekha S. Singhal is affiliated with the Institute of Chemical Technology in India and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their academic work includes a strong focus on Food Science, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The research topics that Rekha S. Singhal has investigated include:

  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Food composition and properties
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Somnath Basak
  • Sandesh J. Marathe
  • Aratrika Ray
  • Nirali N. Shah
  • Abhinav Sharma

Rekha S. Singhal has published regularly in several prominent venues in food and biochemical research. The publication venues with the most contributions are:

  • Food Chemistry
  • Food Bioscience
  • Journal of Food Science
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Journal of Food Engineering

Notable recent papers authored by or associated with Rekha S. Singhal include:

  • Extension of postharvest shelf life of strawberries (Fragaria ananassa) using a coating of chitosan-whey protein isolate conjugate, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Food polysaccharides: A review on emerging microbial sources, bioactivities, nanoformulations and safety considerations, 2022, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Recent advances in the application of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in food analysis, 2022, Food Control
  • Co-encapsulation of vitamins B12 and D3 using spray drying: Wall material optimization, product characterization, and release kinetics, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • The potential of paraprobiotics and postbiotics to modulate the immune system: A Review, 2023, Microbiological Research

In recognition of their work, Rekha S. Singhal was awarded the ACM Senior Member status in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Resistant Starch–A Review

    M.G. Sajilata;Rekha S. Singhal;Pushpa R. Kulkarni

  • Glucose oxidase--an overview.

    Sandip B. Bankar;Mahesh V. Bule;Rekha S. Singhal;Laxmi Ananthanarayan

  • Microbial Cellulose: Fermentative Production and Applications

    Prashant R. Chawla;Ishwar B. Bajaj;Shrikant A. Survase;Rekha S. Singhal

  • Comparison of artificial neural network (ANN) and response surface methodology (RSM) in fermentation media optimization: Case study of fermentative production of scleroglucan

    Kiran M. Desai;Shrikant A. Survase;Parag S. Saudagar;S.S. Lele

  • Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract from the compactin producing fungal strain

    Nikhil S. Shaligram;Mahesh Bule;Rahul Bhambure;Rekha S. Singhal

  • Poly (glutamic acid)--an emerging biopolymer of commercial interest.

    Ishwar Bajaj;Rekha Singhal

  • Microencapsulation of cardamom oleoresin: Evaluation of blends of gum arabic, maltodextrin and a modified starch as wall materials

    Savitha Krishnan;Rajesh Bhosale;Rekha S. Singhal

  • The use of gum arabic and modified starch in the microencapsulation of a food flavoring agent

    Savitha Krishnan;Amol C. Kshirsagar;Rekha S. Singhal

  • Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

    Andrew Stevenson;Jonathan A. Cray;Jim P. Williams;Ricardo Santos

  • Stability of cumin oleoresin microencapsulated in different combination of gum arabic, maltodextrin and modified starch

    Dattanand Kanakdande;Rajesh Bhosale;Rekha S. Singhal

  • Gellan Gum: Fermentative Production, Downstream Processing and Applications

    Ishwar B. Bajaj;Shrikant A. Survase;Parag S. Saudagar;Rekha S. Singhal

  • Microencapsulation of black pepper oleoresin

    Javed Shaikh;Rajesh Bhosale;Rekha Singhal

  • Basmati rice: a review

    Paramita Bhattacharjee;Rekha S. Singhal;Pushpa R. Kulkarni

  • The Carotenoid Pigment Zeaxanthin—A Review

    M.G. Sajilata;R.S. Singhal;M.Y. Kamat

  • Process optimization for the synthesis of octenyl succinyl derivative of waxy corn and amaranth starches

    Rajesh Bhosale;Rekha Singhal

  • Industrial production, processing, and utilization of sago palm-derived products

    Rekha S. Singhal;John F. Kennedy;Sajilata M. Gopalakrishnan;Agnieszka Kaczmarek

  • Gymnema sylvestre: A Memoir

    Parijat Kanetkar;Rekha S Singhal;Madhusudan Kamat

  • Technological Aspects of Food Antioxidants

    D. L Madhavi;R. S. Singhal;P. R. Kulkarni

  • Handbook of indices of food quality and authenticity

    Rekha S Singhal;Pushpa R Kulkarni;Dinanath V Rege

  • Effect of octenylsuccinylation on physicochemical and functional properties of waxy maize and amaranth starches

    Rajesh Bhosale;Rekha Singhal

  • Surfactin – A Review on Biosynthesis, Fermentation, Purification and Applications

    Nikhil S. Shaligram;Rekha S. Singhal

Frequent Co-Authors

Aniruddha B. Pandit
Aniruddha B. Pandit Institute of Chemical Technology
Bhalchandra M. Bhanage
Bhalchandra M. Bhanage Institute of Chemical Technology
John E. Hallsworth
John E. Hallsworth Queen's University Belfast
Ashok Pandey
Ashok Pandey Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi
Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi Institute of Chemical Technology
Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso
Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
George Szakacs
George Szakacs Budapest University of Technology and Economics
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy University of Birmingham
Madhuri Hegde
Madhuri Hegde Emory University
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig

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