Opara, Elizabeth - Kingston University - School of Life Sciences

个人简介

2000 - present Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Kingston University 1993 - present D.Phil Biochemistry, Oxford University (Merton College) 1989 - present BSc (Hons) First Class, Medical Biochemistry, Royal Holloway College, University of London

研究领域

My research interests and expertise have lead to the successful supervision of a number of research projects: MSc by Research: Immunology of Human Breast Milk Kom Paramasivam (2006) Ph.D. Impact of Chinese Herbal Remedies on Tumour Biology Shaun Willimot (2007) MSc by Research: Bioavailability of Chinese Herbal Remedies Elena Panagiotou (2007) Ph.D. The impact of digestion and gut bioavailability, in vitro, on the polyphenolic associated activity of cooked culinary herbs Magali Chohan (2011) MSc by Research: Inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase -2 expression and β-catenin activation in colorectal cancer cells in vitro: an investigation of the chemo-preventive action of common culinary spices Iona Baker (2013) MSc by Research: Inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase -2 expression and β-catenin activation in colorectal cancer cells in vitro: an investigation of the chemo-preventive action of common culinary herbs Andrius Jaksevicius (2013)

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Chohan, Magali, Naughton, Declan P. and Opara, Elizabeth I. (2014) Determination of superoxide dismutase mimetic activity in common culinary herbs. SpringerPlus, 3(578), ISSN (print) 2193-1801 Opara, Elizabeth I. and Chohan, Magali (2014) Culinary herbs and spices: their bioactive properties, the contribution of polyphenols and the challenges in deducing their true health benefits. International journal of molecular sciences, 15(10), pp. 19183-19202. ISSN (print) 1422-0067 Baker, Iona, Chohan, Magali and Opara, Elizabeth I (2013) Impact of cooking and digestion, in vitro, on the antioxidant capacity and anti-inflammatory activity of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 68(4), pp. 364-369. ISSN (print) 0921-9668 Chohan, Magali, Naughton, Declan, Jones, Lucy and Opara, Elizabeth (2012) An investigation of the relationship between the anti-inflammatory activity, polyphenolic content and antioxidant activities of cooked and in vitro digested culinary herbs. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2012, ISSN (print) 1942-0900 Willimott, Shaun, Barker, James, Jones, Lucy A and Opara, Elizabeth I (2009) An in vitro based investigation of the cytotoxic effect of water extracts of the Chinese herbal remedy LD on cancer cells. Chemistry Central Journal, 3(12), ISSN (online) 1752-153X Chohan, Magali, Forster-Wilkins, Gary and Opara, Elizabeth I (2008) Determination of the antioxidant capacity of culinary herbs subjected to various cooking and storage processes using the ABTS[sup]*+ radical cation assay. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 63(2), pp. 47-52. ISSN (print) 0921-9668 Willimott, Shaun, Barker, James, Jones, Lucy A. and Opara, Elizabeth I. (2007) Apoptotic effect of Oldenlandia diffusa on the leukaemic cell line HL60 and human lymphocytes. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 114(3), pp. 290-299. ISSN (print) 0378-8741 Paramasivam, K, Michie, C, Opara, E and Jewell, AP (2006) Human breast milk immunology: a review. International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine, 51(5), pp. 208-217. ISSN (print) 1534-892X Opara, Elizabeth I. (2004) The efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicines. British Journal of Nutrition, 91(2), pp. 171-173. ISSN (print) 0007-1145 Hanley, A.B., McBride, J., Oehlschlager, S. and Opara, E. (1999) Use of a flow cell bioreactor as a chronic toxicity model system. Toxicology in Vitro, 13(4-5), pp. 847-851. ISSN (print) 0887-2333 Opara, E.I., Oehlschlager, S.L., Day, L., Ridley, S.A., Vaughan, R. and Hanley, A.B. (1999) An in vitro cell based model for assessing the potential of allergens to release mediators through the cross-linking of IgE. Toxicology in Vitro, 13(4-5), pp. 811-815. ISSN (print) 0887-2333 Veerabagu, Manjakkollai P., Opara, Elizabeth I., Meguid, Michael M., Nandi, Jyortimoy, Oler, Albert, Holtzapple, Philip G. and Levine, Robert A. (1996) Mode of food intake reduction in Lewis rats with indomethacin-induced ulcerative ileitis. Physiology & Behavior, 60(2), pp. 381-387. ISSN (print) 0031-9384 Opara, Elizabeth I., Meguid, Michael M., Yang, Zhong-Jin and Hammond, William G. (1996) Studies on the regulation of food intake using rat total parenteral nutrition as a model. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 20(3), pp. 413-443. ISSN (print) 0149-7634 Opara, Elizabeth, Meguid, Michael M., Yang, Zhong-Jin, Chai, Jia-Ke and Veerabagu, Manj (1995) Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and total parenteral nutrition-induced anorexia. Surgery, 118(4), pp. 756-762. ISSN (print) 0039-6060 Opara, Elizabeth, Laviano, Alessandro, Meguid, Michael M. and Yang, Zhong-Jin (1995) Correlation between food intake and CSF IL-1 alpha in anorectic tumor bearing rats. NeuroReport, 6(5), ISSN (print) 0959-4965 Parry-Billings, M., Bevan, S. J., Opara, Elizabeth, Liu, C.-T., Dunger, D. B. and Newsholme, E. A. (1993) The effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors I and II on glutamine metabolism by skeletal muscle of the rat in vitro. Hormone and metabolic research, 25(5), pp. 243-245. ISSN (print) 0018-5043 Parry-Billings, Mark, Preedy, Victor, Opara, Elizabeth, Liu, Cheng-Tzu and Newsholme, Eric A. (1992) Acute ethanol administration and the metabolism of glutamine by skeletal muscle of the rat: implications for ethanol-induced reductions in protein synthesis. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 27(6), pp. 613-618. ISSN (print) 0735-0414 Bevan, S. J., Parry-Billings, M, Opara, Elizabeth, Liu, C. T., Dunger, D. B. and Newsholme, E. A. (1992) The effect of insulin-like growth factor II on glucose uptake and metabolism in rat skeletal muscle in vitro. Biochemical Journal, 286(2), pp. 561-565. ISSN (print) 0264-6021 Parry-Billings, M, Bevan, S. J., Opara, Elizabeth and Newsholme, E. A. (1991) Effects of changes in cell volume on the rates of glutamine and alanine release from rat skeletal muscle in vitro. Biochemical Journal, 276(2), pp. 559-561. ISSN (print) 0264-6021 Bevan, S. J, Parry-Billings, M., Opara, Elizabeth and Newsholme, E. A. (1991) The effect of cell volume on the rate of lactate release from rat skeletal muscle. Biochemical Society Transactions, 19(2), ISSN (print) 0300-5127 Parry-Billings, M., Dimitriadis, G. D., Leighton, B., Bond, J., Bevan, S. J., Opara, Elizabeth and Newsholme, E. A. (1990) Effects of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism on glutamine metabolism by skeletal muscle of the rat. Biochemical Journal, 272(2), pp. 319-322. ISSN (print) 0264-6021