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Sushil Dhital is a researcher affiliated with Monash University in Australia, with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Nursing. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within food science, nutrition, and plant science, emphasizing the composition, properties, and applications of food components.

Their body of work touches on key areas such as:

  • Food composition and properties
  • Microbial metabolites in food biotechnology
  • Proteins in food systems
  • Polysaccharides composition and applications
  • Phytase and its applications
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Botanical research and chemistry

Dhital has frequently published in prominent scientific journals. Notable venues with multiple publications include:

  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • Food Chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Foods
  • Trends in Food Science & Technology

Some of Dhital's recent papers are:

  • Wood hemicelluloses exert distinct biomechanical contributions to cellulose fibrillar networks, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dietary fiber-gluten protein interaction in wheat flour dough: Analysis, consequences and proposed mechanisms, 2020, Food Hydrocolloids
  • Lupin proteins: Structure, isolation and application, 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Biomolecule-based pickering food emulsions: Intrinsic components of food matrix, recent trends and prospects, 2020, Food Hydrocolloids
  • High-amylose wheat starch: Structural basis for water absorption and pasting properties, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers

Dhital collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors who have contributed extensively to their research. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Lavaraj Devkota
  • Bin Zhang
  • Gaurav Kumar
  • Xiong Fu
  • Haiteng Li

Their research is situated within subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigation into the chemical, biological, and functional characteristics of food components and plant-based materials as well as their implications for nutrition and health.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of starch digestion by α-amylase-Structural basis for kinetic properties.

    Sushil Dhital;Frederick J. Warren;Peter J. Butterworth;Peter R. Ellis

  • Relationship between granule size and in vitro digestibility of maize and potato starches

    Sushil Dhital;Ashok K. Shrestha;Michael J. Gidley

  • Inhibition of α-amylase activity by cellulose: Kinetic analysis and nutritional implications

    Sushil Dhital;Michael J. Gidley;Frederick J. Warren

  • Intactness of cell wall structure controls the in vitro digestion of starch in legumes

    Sushil Dhital;Rewati R. Bhattarai;John Gorham;Michael J. Gidley

  • High-Amylose Starches to Bridge the “Fiber Gap”: Development, Structure, and Nutritional Functionality

    Haiteng Li;Michael J. Gidley;Sushil Dhital

  • Milling of rice grains: effects of starch/flour structures on gelatinization and pasting properties

    Jovin Hasjim;Enpeng Li;Sushil Dhital

  • Wood hemicelluloses exert distinct biomechanical contributions to cellulose fibrillar networks.

    Jennie Berglund;Deirdre Mikkelsen;Bernadine M. Flanagan;Sushil Dhital;Sushil Dhital

  • Dietary fiber-gluten protein interaction in wheat flour dough: analysis, consequences and proposed mechanisms

    Yun Zhou;Sushil Dhital;Chenyang Zhao;Fayin Ye

  • Synergistic and antagonistic effects of α-Amylase and amyloglucosidase on starch digestion.

    Bin Zhang;Sushil Dhital;Michael J. Gidley

  • Effects of grain milling on starch structures and flour/starch properties

    Enpeng Li;Sushil Dhital;Jovin Hasjim

  • Physicochemical and structural properties of maize and potato starches as a function of granule size.

    Sushil Dhital;Ashok K. Shrestha;Jovin Hasjim;Michael J. Gidley

  • The interplay of α-amylase and amyloglucosidase activities on the digestion of starch in in vitro enzymic systems.

    Frederick J. Warren;Bin Zhang;Gina Waltzer;Michael J. Gidley

  • Multilevel Structure of Wheat Starch and Its Relationship to Noodle Eating Qualities.

    Ming Li;Sushil Dhital;Yimin Wei

  • Freeze-Drying Changes the Structure and Digestibility of B-Polymorphic Starches

    Bin Zhang;Kai Wang;Jovin Hasjim;Enpeng Li

  • Densely packed matrices as rate determining features in starch hydrolysis

    Bin Zhang;Sushil Dhital;Michael J. Gidley

  • Effect of cryo-milling on starches: Functionality and digestibility

    Sushil Dhital;Ashok K. Shrestha;Michael J. Gidley

  • Digestion of isolated legume cells in a stomach-duodenum model: three mechanisms limit starch and protein hydrolysis.

    Rewati R. Bhattarai;Sushil Dhital;Peng Wu;Peng Wu;Xiao Dong Chen;Xiao Dong Chen

  • The adsorption of α-amylase on barley proteins affects the in vitro digestion of starch in barley flour.

    Wenwen Yu;Wei Zou;Sushil Dhital;Peng Wu

  • Molecular, mesoscopic and microscopic structure evolution during amylase digestion of maize starch granules.

    Ashok K. Shrestha;Jaroslav Blazek;Bernadine M. Flanagan;Sushil Dhital

  • Location and interactions of starches in planta: Effects on food and nutritional functionality

    Sushil Dhital;Sushil Dhital;Charles Brennan;Michael J. Gidley

  • Rice starch granule amylolysis – Differentiating effects of particle size, morphology, thermal properties and crystalline polymorph

    Sushil Dhital;Vito M. Butardo;Stephen A. Jobling;Michael J. Gidley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Gidley
Michael J. Gidley University of Queensland
Robert G. Gilbert
Robert G. Gilbert University of Queensland
Qiang Huang
Qiang Huang South China University of Technology
Xiao Dong Chen
Xiao Dong Chen Soochow University
Xiong Fu
Xiong Fu South China University of Technology
Jason R. Stokes
Jason R. Stokes University of Queensland
Elliot P. Gilbert
Elliot P. Gilbert Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Gunnar Henriksson
Gunnar Henriksson Royal Institute of Technology
Ian D. Godwin
Ian D. Godwin University of Queensland
Matthew K. Morell
Matthew K. Morell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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