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Chemistry

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Biology and Biochemistry

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128
Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Thailand Leader Award

Overview

Soottawat Benjakul is affiliated with Prince of Songkla University in Thailand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, Food Science, Biomaterials, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Soottawat Benjakul include:

  • Advancements in liposome technology: Preparation techniques and applications in food, functional foods, and bioactive delivery: A review, 2021, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Application of anthocyanin as a color indicator in gelatin films, 2020, Food Bioscience
  • Trends in shrimp processing waste utilization: An industrial prospective, 2020, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Recent developments of natural antimicrobials and antioxidants on fish and fishery food products, 2021, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Composite films based on chitosan and epigallocatechin gallate grafted chitosan: Characterization, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, 2020, Food Hydrocolloids

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Soottawat Benjakul are:

  • Avtar Singh
  • Krisana Nilsuwan
  • Bin Zhang
  • Ajay Mittal
  • Thummanoon Prodpran

The scientist's work has been published extensively in various academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Foods
  • International Journal of Food Science & Technology
  • Food Chemistry
  • Food Chemistry X
  • Food Bioscience

In addition to journal articles, Soottawat Benjakul has contributed to book publications, including the 2024 title Fish Waste to Valuable Products published under Sustainable Materials and Technology.

Best Publications

  • Antioxidative activity and functional properties of protein hydrolysate of yellow stripe trevally (Selaroides leptolepis) as influenced by the degree of hydrolysis and enzyme type

    Vilailak Klompong;Soottawat Benjakul;Duangporn Kantachote;Fereidoon Shahidi

  • Essential oils: extraction, bioactivities, and their uses for food preservation.

    Phakawat Tongnuanchan;Soottawat Benjakul

  • Use of Protein Hydrolysate from Yellow Stripe Trevally ( Selaroides leptolepis ) as Microbial Media

    Vilailak Klompong;Soottawat Benjakul;Duangporn Kantachote;Fereidoon Shahidi

  • Protein Hydrolysates from Pacific Whiting Solid Wastes

    Soottawat Benjakul;Michael T. Morrissey

  • Characterisation of acid-soluble collagen from skin and bone of bigeye snapper (Priacanthus tayenus)

    Phanat Kittiphattanabawon;Soottawat Benjakul;Wonnop Visessanguan;Takashi Nagai

  • Protein–polyphenol conjugates: Antioxidant property, functionalities and their applications

    Tran Hong Quan;Soottawat Benjakul;Thanasak Sae-leaw;Amjad Khansaheb Balange

  • Physicochemical changes in Pacific whiting muscle proteins during iced storage

    Soottawat Benjakul;Thomas A. Seymour;Michael T. Morrissey;Haejung An

  • Physico-mechanical and antimicrobial properties of gelatin film from the skin of unicorn leatherjacket incorporated with essential oils

    Mehraj Ahmad;Soottawat Benjakul;Thummanoon Prodpran;Tri Winarni Agustini

  • Isolation and characterisation of acid and pepsin-solubilised collagens from the skin of Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)

    Akkasit Jongjareonrak;Soottawat Benjakul;Wonnop Visessanguan;Takeshi Nagai

  • Compositions, functional properties and antioxidative activity of protein hydrolysates prepared from round scad (Decapterus maruadsi)

    Yaowapa Thiansilakul;Soottawat Benjakul;Fereidoon Shahidi

  • Properties and antioxidant activity of fish skin gelatin film incorporated with citrus essential oils.

    Phakawat Tongnuanchan;Soottawat Benjakul;Thummanoon Prodpran

  • Comparative study on physicochemical changes of muscle proteins from some tropical fish during frozen storage

    Soottawat Benjakul;Wonnop Visessanguan;Chutima Thongkaew;Munehiko Tanaka

  • Isolation and characterisation of collagen extracted from the skin of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)

    Prabjeet Singh;Soottawat Benjakul;Sajid Maqsood;Hideki Kishimura

  • Characteristics and antioxidative activity of Maillard reaction products from a porcine plasma protein–glucose model system as influenced by pH

    Wittayachai Lertittikul;Soottawat Benjakul;Munehiko Tanaka

  • Composition, Color, and Texture of Thai Indigenous and Broiler Chicken Muscles

    S. Wattanachant;S. Benjakul;D.A. Ledward

  • Antioxidative activity of Mungoong, an extract paste, from the cephalothorax of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

    Wanwisa Binsan;Soottawat Benjakul;Wonnop Visessanguan;Sittiruk Roytrakul

  • Properties and antimicrobial activity of fish protein isolate/fish skin gelatin film containing basil leaf essential oil and zinc oxide nanoparticles

    Yasir Ali Arfat;Soottawat Benjakul;Thummanoon Prodpran;Punnanee Sumpavapol

  • Characterization of edible films from skin gelatin of brownstripe red snapper and bigeye snapper

    Akkasit Jongjareonrak;Soottawat Benjakul;Wonnop Visessanguan;Thummanoon Prodpran

  • Antioxidant activity of Maillard reaction products from a porcine plasma protein–sugar model system

    Soottawat Benjakul;Wittayachai Lertittikul;Friedrich Bauer

  • Functionalities and antioxidant properties of protein hydrolysates from the muscle of ornate threadfin bream treated with pepsin from skipjack tuna

    Sitthipong Nalinanon;Soottawat Benjakul;Hideki Kishimura;Fereidoon Shahidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wonnop Visessanguan
Wonnop Visessanguan National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Hideki Kishimura
Hideki Kishimura Hokkaido University
Kazufumi Osako
Kazufumi Osako Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Benjamin K. Simpson
Benjamin K. Simpson McGill University
Fereidoon Shahidi
Fereidoon Shahidi Memorial University of Newfoundland
Nora M. O'Brien
Nora M. O'Brien University College Cork
Rotimi E. Aluko
Rotimi E. Aluko University of Manitoba
Tyre C. Lanier
Tyre C. Lanier North Carolina State University
Xueming Xu
Xueming Xu Jiangnan University
Cameron Faustman
Cameron Faustman University of Connecticut

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