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Zhigang Luo is affiliated with South China University of Technology in China. Their research spans various aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with a specific focus on food science, nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, biomaterials, and materials chemistry.

The main fields of study where Zhigang Luo has contributed include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The primary subfields of research encompass:

  • Food Science
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry

The research topics covered by Zhigang Luo feature:

  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Food composition and properties
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Zhigang Luo has authored several research papers, including:

  • Co-encapsulation of Vitamin C and β-Carotene in liposomes: Storage stability, antioxidant activity, and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion (2020), Food Research International
  • Enhancing the storage and gastrointestinal passage viability of probiotic powder (Lactobacillus Plantarum) through encapsulation with pickering high internal phase emulsions stabilized with WPI-EGCG covalent conjugate nanoparticles (2021), Food Hydrocolloids
  • An enhanced pH-sensitive carrier based on alginate-Ca-EDTA in a set-type W1/O/W2 double emulsion model stabilized with WPI-EGCG covalent conjugates for probiotics colon-targeted release (2020), Food Hydrocolloids
  • Preparation, physicochemical characterization and in vitro release behavior of resveratrol-loaded oxidized gellan gum/resistant starch hydrogel beads (2021), Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Structural characterization, anticancer, hypoglycemia and immune activities of polysaccharides from Russula virescens (2021), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Frequent co-authors associated with Zhigang Luo's work include:

  • Peng Wang
  • Tamer M. Tamer
  • Zhigang Xiao
  • Liang Qi
  • Xin-Sheng Qin

The primary venues for publication demonstrate a pattern toward specialized journals in food science and biomaterials such as:

  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Food Chemistry
  • Small
  • International Journal of Dairy Technology

Best Publications

  • Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the Physicochemical Properties of Maize Starches Differing in Amylose Content

    Zhigang Luo;Xiong Fu;Xiaowei He;Faxing Luo

  • Preparation, characterization, and thermal stability of β-cyclodextrin/soybean lecithin inclusion complex.

    Xinge Wang;Zhigang Luo;Zhigang Xiao

  • Effect of microwave irradiation on internal molecular structure and physical properties of waxy maize starch

    Qingyu Yang;Liang Qi;Zhigang Luo;Xiangli Kong

  • Properties and extraction of pectin-enriched materials from sugar beet pulp by ultrasonic-assisted treatment combined with subcritical water.

    Hai-ming Chen;Xiong Fu;Zhi-gang Luo

  • Fine structure, crystalline and physicochemical properties of waxy corn starch treated by ultrasound irradiation

    Qing-Yu Yang;Xuan-Xuan Lu;Yong-Zhi Chen;Zhi-Gang Luo;Zhi-Gang Luo

  • Effect of molecular structure on emulsifying properties of sugar beet pulp pectin

    Hai-ming Chen;Hai-ming Chen;Xiong Fu;Zhi-gang Luo

  • Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Physicochemical Properties of Normal Maize, Waxy Maize and Amylomaize V Starches

    Zhigang Luo;Xiaowei He;Xiong Fu;Faxing Luo

  • Co-Encapsulation of Vitamin C and β-Carotene in Liposomes: Storage Stability, Antioxidant Activity, and in Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion

    Xin Liu;Peng Wang;Yu-Xiao Zou;Zhi-Gang Luo

  • Structural changes of waxy and normal maize starches modified by heat moisture treatment and their relationship with starch digestibility.

    Yongzhi Chen;Qingyu Yang;Xiaojuan Xu;Liang Qi

  • Facile synthesis of starch-based nanoparticle stabilized Pickering emulsion: its pH-responsive behavior and application for recyclable catalysis

    Liang Qi;Zhigang Luo;Xuanxuan Lu

  • Effect of quinoa flour on baking performance, antioxidant properties and digestibility of wheat bread.

    Xiaojuan Xu;Zhigang Luo;Zhigang Luo;Qingyu Yang;Zhigang Xiao

  • Effect of gum arabic on freeze-thaw stability, pasting and rheological properties of tapioca starch and its derivatives

    Hai-ming Chen;Hai-ming Chen;Xiong Fu;Zhi-gang Luo

  • Enhancing the storage and gastrointestinal passage viability of probiotic powder (Lactobacillus Plantarum) through encapsulation with pickering high internal phase emulsions stabilized with WPI-EGCG covalent conjugate nanoparticles

    Xin-Sheng Qin;Qun-Yu Gao;Zhi-Gang Luo

  • Fabrication and Characterization of Quinoa Protein Nanoparticle-Stabilized Food-Grade Pickering Emulsions with Ultrasound Treatment: Interfacial Adsorption/Arrangement Properties.

    Xin-Sheng Qin;Zhi-Gang Luo;Xi-Chun Peng

  • Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of starch palmitate in mixed ionic liquids.

    Xuanxuan Lu;Zhigang Luo;Shujuan Yu;Xiong Fu

  • An enhanced pH-sensitive carrier based on alginate-Ca-EDTA in a set-type W1/O/W2 double emulsion model stabilized with WPI-EGCG covalent conjugates for probiotics colon-targeted release

    Xin-Sheng Qin;Zhi-Gang Luo;Xiao-Lin Li

  • Preparation of Acetylated Waxy, Normal, and High-Amylose Maize Starches with Intermediate Degrees of Substitution in Aqueous Solution and Their Properties

    Zhi-Gang Luo;Yong-Cheng Shi

  • A comparison study on polysaccharides extracted from Fructus Mori using different methods: structural characterization and glucose entrapment

    Chun Chen;Ping-ping Wang;Qiang Huang;Li-Jun You

  • Preparation, physicochemical characterization and in vitro release behavior of resveratrol-loaded oxidized gellan gum/resistant starch hydrogel beads.

    Peng Wang;Zhi-gang Luo;Zhi-gang Luo;Zhi-gang Xiao

  • Preparation and characterization of debranched-starch/phosphatidylcholine inclusion complexes.

    Weiwei Cheng;Zhigang Luo;Lin Li;Xiong Fu

  • Ionic liquids as solvents for dissolution of corn starch and homogeneous synthesis of fatty-acid starch esters without catalysts.

    Jing Gao;Zhi-Gang Luo;Fa-Xing Luo

  • Preparation and properties of enzyme-modified cassava starch-zinc complexes.

    Zhigang Luo;Weiwei Cheng;Haiming Chen;Xiong Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiong Fu
Xiong Fu South China University of Technology
Rui Hai Liu
Rui Hai Liu Cornell University
Qiang Huang
Qiang Huang South China University of Technology
Lijun You
Lijun You South China University of Technology
Lin Li
Lin Li South China University of Technology

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