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Rong Tsao is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work focuses on several topics, notably:

  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Chromatography in Natural Products
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Food composition and properties
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Light effects on plants

Rong Tsao has authored multiple research papers, with some recent publications including:

  • "Role of dietary polyphenols on gut microbiota, their metabolites and health benefits," 2021, Food Research International
  • "A review on insoluble-bound phenolics in plant-based food matrix and their contribution to human health with future perspectives," 2020, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Phenolics of cereal, pulse and oilseed processing by-products and potential effects of solid-state fermentation on their bioaccessibility, bioavailability and health benefits: A review," 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Absorption of Aglycone and Glycosidic Flavonoids in a Caco-2 BBe1 Cell Model," 2020, ACS Omega
  • "A comprehensive profiling of free, conjugated and bound phenolics and lipophilic antioxidants in red and green lentil processing by-products," 2020, Food Chemistry

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Rong Tsao are:

  • Yong Sun
  • Li Jiang
  • Fanghua Guo
  • Hua Xiong
  • Ronghua Liu

Rong Tsao's research has been published mostly in journals such as:

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Journal of Food Bioactives
  • Food Research International
  • Food Chemistry
  • Food Bioscience

Best Publications

  • Chemistry and Biochemistry of Dietary Polyphenols

    Rong Tsao

  • Dietary polyphenols, oxidative stress and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects

    Hua Zhang;Rong Tsao

  • Phenolic acid profiles and antioxidant activities of wheat bran extracts and the effect of hydrolysis conditions

    Kyung-Hee Kim;Rong Tsao;Raymond Yang;Steve W. Cui

  • Polyphenolic profiles in eight apple cultivars using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

    Rong Tsao;Raymond Yang;J Christopher Young;Honghui Zhu

  • Separation procedures for naturally occurring antioxidant phytochemicals.

    Rong Tsao;Zeyuan Deng

  • Phenolic profiles of 20 Canadian lentil cultivars and their contribution to antioxidant activity and inhibitory effects on α-glucosidase and pancreatic lipase.

    Bing Zhang;Zeyuan Deng;D. Dan Ramdath;Yao Tang

  • Synergistic, additive, and antagonistic effects of food mixtures on total antioxidant capacities.

    Sunan Wang;Kelly A. Meckling;Massimo F. Marcone;Yukio Kakuda

  • Recent Advances in the Understanding of the Health Benefits and Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Green Tea Polyphenols.

    Lujuan Xing;Hua Zhang;Ruili Qi;Rong Tsao

  • Which polyphenolic compounds contribute to the total antioxidant activities of apple

    Rong Tsao;Raymond Yang;Sheery Xie;Emily Sockovie

  • Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and structurally related synthetic food additives towards selected pathogenic and beneficial gut bacteria

    W. Si;J. Gong;R. Tsao;T. Zhou

  • Characterisation of phenolics, betanins and antioxidant activities in seeds of three Chenopodium quinoa Willd. genotypes.

    Yao Tang;Xihong Li;Bing Zhang;Peter X. Chen

  • Optimization of a new mobile phase to know the complex and real polyphenolic composition: towards a total phenolic index using high-performance liquid chromatography.

    Rong Tsao;Raymond Yang

  • Insecticidal activity of monoterpenoids to western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), twospotted spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae), and house fly (Diptera: Muscidae)

    Sangkyun Lee;Rong Tsao;Christopher Peterson;Joel R. Coats

  • Polyphenol composition and total antioxidant capacity of selected apple genotypes for processing

    Shahrokh Khanizadeh;Rong Tsao;Djamila Rekika;Raymond Yang

  • How natural dietary antioxidants in fruits, vegetables and legumes promote vascular health

    Sunan Wang;Sunan Wang;John P. Melnyk;Rong Tsao;Massimo F. Marcone

  • Highly pigmented vegetables: Anthocyanin compositions and their role in antioxidant activities

    Hongyan Li;Hongyan Li;Zeyuan Deng;Honghui Zhu;Chanli Hu

  • Role of dietary polyphenols on gut microbiota, their metabolites and health benefits.

    S. Mithul Aravind;Santad Wichienchot;Rong Tsao;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Phytochemicals in quinoa and amaranth grains and their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and potential health beneficial effects: a review.

    Yao Tang;Rong Tsao

  • microwave-assisted extraction of phenolics with maximal antioxidant activities in tomatoes

    Hongyan Li;Hongyan Li;Zeyuan Deng;Tao Wu;Ronghua Liu

  • Bioavailability of encapsulated resveratrol into nanoemulsion-based delivery systems.

    Mariarenata Sessa;Maria Luisa Balestrieri;Giovanna Ferrari;Luigi Servillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Zeyuan Deng
Zeyuan Deng Nanchang University
Massimo F. Marcone
Massimo F. Marcone University of Guelph
Qiang Liu
Qiang Liu Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Yoshinori Mine
Yoshinori Mine University of Guelph
Zhiqiang Liu
Zhiqiang Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rickey Y. Yada
Rickey Y. Yada University of British Columbia
André Gosselin
André Gosselin Université Laval
Todd A. Anderson
Todd A. Anderson Texas Tech University
Jennifer R. DeEll
Jennifer R. DeEll Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Odile Carisse
Odile Carisse Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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