bkirkhus

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Job title: 
Senior scientist
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee
First name: 
Bente
Last name: 
Kirkhus
Short research description: 

Main research interest in food and health with focus on fat and fat soluble compounds in edible oils, cereals, vegetables, meat and fish. Current research is focused on studying the digestion of foods and food emulsions, and how processing may increase bioaccessibility of nutrients, e.g. carotenoids in tomato and green vegetables. Current research also includes studies of lipid peroxidation during digestion.

Techniques routinely used: 
High pressure homogenization, in vitro digestion and gut fermentation, chemical analysis (omics)
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
Processing equipment, HPLC, GC, MS, NMR and spectroscopy
Country: 
Norway
City: 
Oslo
Institution: 
Nofima AS
Department: 
Food and Health
Address: 

Osloveien 1
P.O. Box 210
NO 1431 Ås

Zip Code: 
NO 1431
Phone: 
+47 90036851
Matrix: 
Foods
Plants
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG2
WG option 2: 
WG3
Scientific approach: 
Applied
Areas: 
Agro-food
Health
Nutrition
Other keywords: 
Bioavailability
Design
Functional Foods
Industry
Processing
Stability
STMS hosting: 
Any
Meetings hosting: 
No

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