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PUBLICATIONS

  1. Pham, T. H., Thomas, R., Schwab, C., Martinez, M. M., & Vidal, N. P. (2024). Unraveling the neutral and polar lipidome of Nordic brown macroalgae: A sustainable source of functional lipids. Food Chemistry, 459, 140415. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140415

  2. Nguyen, L. A. M., Pham, T. H., Ganeshalingam, M., & Thomas, R. (2024). A multimodal analytical approach is important in accurately assessing terpene composition in edible essential oils. Food Chemistry, 454, 139792. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139792

  3. Adigun, O. A., Pham, T. H., Grapov, D., Nadeem, M., Jewell, L. E., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2024). Lipid mediated plant immunity in susceptible and tolerant soybean cultivars in response to Phytophthora sojae colonization and infection. BMC Plant Biology, 24(1), 154. doi:10.1186/s12870-024-04808-z

  4. Fordjour, E., Manful, C. F., Sey, A. A., Javed, R., Pham, T. H., Thomas, R., & Cheema, M. (2023). Cannabis: a multifaceted plant with endless potentials. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14. doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1200269

  5. Adigun, O. A., Pham, T. H., Grapov, D., Nadeem, M., Jewell, L. E., Cheema, M., Galagedara, L., & Thomas, R. (2023). Phyto-oxylipin mediated plant immune response to colonization and infection in the soybean-Phytophthora sojae pathosystem. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14. doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1141823

  6. Fillier, T. A., Shah, S., Doody, K. M., Pham, T. H., Aubry, I., Tremblay, M. L., Cheema, S. K., Blundell, J., & Thomas, R. H.  (2022). Brief exposure of neuronal cells to levels of SCFAs observed in human systemic circulation impair lipid metabolism resulting in apoptosis. Scientific Reports, 12, 14355. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18363-w

  7. Ganeshalingam, M., Enstad, S., Sen, S., Cheema, S., Esposito, F., & Thomas, R. (2022). Role of lipidomics in assessing the functional lipid composition in breast milk. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.899401

  8. Callahan, G., Fillier, T., Pham, T. H., Zhu, X., & Thomas, R. (2022). The effects of clearcut harvesting on moss chloroplast lipidome and adaptation to light stress during boreal forest regeneration. J Environ Manage, 315, 115126. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115126

  9. Callahan, G., Zhu, X., & Thomas, R. H. (2022). Current Perspective Concerning the Potential Value of Chloroplast Lipidome in Assessing Moss Response to Abiotic Stress During Boreal Forest Regeneration. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2022.786237

  10. Fillier, T. A., Shah, S., Doody, K. M., Pham, T. H., Aubry, I., Tremblay, M. L., Cheema, S. K., Blundell, J., & Thomas, R. H.  (2022) Brief exposure of neuronal cells to levels of SCFAs observed in human systemic circulation impair lipid metabolism resulting in apoptosis. Scientific Reports, 12, 14355. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18363-w

  11. Manful, C. F., Pham, T. H., Spicer, H., & Thomas, R. H. (2022). A multimodal analytical method to simultaneously determine monoacetyldiacylglycerols, medium and long chain triglycerides in biological samples during routine lipidomics. Lipids Health Dis, 21(1), 42. doi:10.1186/s12944-022-01650-w

  12. Rajakaruna, A., C. F. Manful, I. M. Abu-Reidah, A. L. Critch, N. P. Vidal, T. H. Pham, M. Cheema and R. Thomas (2022). Application of solvent pH under pressurized conditions using accelerated solvent extraction and green solvents to extract phytonutrients from wild berries. Food Bioscience, 47, 101471. doi:10.1016/j.fbio.2021.101471

  13. Wu, J., Nadeem, M., Galagedara, L., Thomas, R., & Cheema, M. (2022). Recent insights into cell responses to cold stress in plants: Signaling, defence, and potential functions of phosphatidic acid. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 203, 105068. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105068

  14. Abu-Reidah IM, Critch AL, Manful CF, Rajakaruna A, Vidal NP, Pham TH, Cheema M, Thomas R. (2021) Effects of pH and Temperature on Water under Pressurized Conditions in the Extraction of Nutraceuticals from Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) Mushroom. Antioxidants, 10(8), 1322. doi:10.3390/antiox10081322

  15. Pham, T. H., Manful, C. F., Pumphrey, R. P., Hamilton, M. C., Adigun, O. A., Vidal, N. P., & Thomas, R. H. (2021). Big game cervid meat as a potential good source of plasmalogens for functional foods. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 96, 103724. doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103724

  16. Zaeem, M., Nadeem, M., Huong Pham, T., Ashiq, W., Ali, W., Shah Mohioudin Gillani, S., Moise, E. R. D., Leier, H., Kavanagh, V., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2021). Development of a hyperspectral imaging technique using LA-ICP-MS to show the spatial distribution of elements in soil cores. Geoderma, 385, 114831. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114831

  17. Shah, S., Fillier, T., Pham, T. H., Thomas, R., & Cheema, S. K. (2021). Intraperitoneal Administration of Short-Chain Fatty Acids Improves Lipid Metabolism of Long-Evans Rats in a Sex-Specific Manner. Nutrients, 13(3). doi:10.3390/nu13030892

  18. Adigun, O. A., Nadeem, M., Pham, T. H., Jewell, L. E., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2021). Recent advances in bio-chemical, molecular and physiological aspects of membrane lipid derivatives in plant pathology. Plant, Cell & Environment, 44(1), 1-16. doi:10.1111/pce.13904

  19. Al-Hwaiti, M. S., Alsbou, E. M., Abu Sheikha, G., Bakchiche, B., Pham, T. H., Thomas, R. H., & Bardaweel, S. K. (2021). Evaluation of the anticancer activity and fatty acids composition of "Handal" (Citrullus colocynthis L.) seed oil, a desert plant from south Jordan. Food Sci Nutr, 9(1), 282-289. doi:10.1002/fsn3.1994

  20. Enstad, S., Cheema, S., Thomas, R., Fichorova, R. N., Martin, C. R., O’Tierney-Ginn, P., Wagner, C. L., & Sen, S. (2021). The impact of maternal obesity and breast milk inflammation on developmental programming of infant growth. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 75(1), 180-188. doi:10.1038/s41430-020-00720-5

  21. Nadeem, M., Thomas, R., Adigun, O., Manful, C., Wu, J., Pham, T. H., Zhu, X., Galagedara, L., & Cheema, M. (2020). Root membrane lipids as potential biomarkers to discriminate silage-corn genotypes cultivated on podzolic soils in boreal climate. Physiologia Plantarum, 170(3), 440-450. doi:10.1111/ppl.13181

  22. Sey, A. A., Pham, T. H., Kavanagh, V., Kaur, S., Cheema, M., Galagedara, L., & Thomas, R. (2020). Canola produced under boreal climatic conditions in Newfoundland and Labrador have a unique lipid composition and expeller press extraction retained the composition for commercial use. J Adv Res, 24, 423-434. doi:10.1016/j.jare.2020.05.002

  23. Ali, M. H., Sobze, J.-M., Pham, T. H., Nadeem, M., Liu, C., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2020). Carbon Nanotubes Improved the Germination and Vigor of Plant Species from Peatland Ecosystem Via Remodeling the Membrane Lipidome. Nanomaterials, 10(9), 1852. doi:10.3390/nano10091852

  24. Lordan, R., Vidal, N. P., Huong Pham, T., Tsoupras, A., Thomas, R. H., & Zabetakis, I. (2020). Yoghurt fermentation alters the composition and antiplatelet properties of milk polar lipids. Food Chem, 332, 127384. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127384

  25. Manful, C. F., Vidal, N. P., Pham, T. H., Nadeem, M., Wheeler, E., Hamilton, M. C., Doody, K. M., & Thomas, R. H. (2020). Unfiltered beer-based marinades reduced exposure to carcinogens and suppressed conjugated fatty acid oxidation in grilled meats. Food Control, 111, 107040. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107040

  26. Vidal, N. P., Manful, C., Pham, T. H., Wheeler, E., Stewart, P., Keough, D., & Thomas, R. (2020). Novel unfiltered beer-based marinades to improve the nutritional quality, safety, and sensory perception of grilled ruminant meats. Food Chemistry, 302, 125326. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125326

  27. Ali, H. M., Sobze, J.-M., Pham, H. T., Nadeem, M., Liu, C., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2020). Carbon Nanoparticles Functionalized with Carboxylic Acid Improved the Germination and Seedling Vigor in Upland Boreal Forest Species. Nanomaterials, 10(1). doi:10.3390/nano10010176

  28. Adigun, O., Manful, C., Prieto Vidal, N., Mumtaz, A., Pham, H. T., Stewart, P., Nadeem, M., Keough, D., & Thomas, R. (2019). Use of Natural Antioxidants from Newfoundland Wild Berries to Improve the Shelf Life of Natural Herbal Soaps. Antioxidants, 8(11). doi:10.3390/antiox8110536

  29. Manful, C. F., Vidal, N. P., Pham, T. H., Nadeem, M., Wheeler, E., Hamilton, M. C., Doody, K. M., & Thomas, R. H. (2019). Rapid determination of heterocyclic amines in ruminant meats using accelerated solvent extraction and ultra-high performance liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometry. MethodsX, 6, 2686-2697. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2019.11.014

  30. Manful, C. F., Vidal, N. P., Pham, T. H., Nadeem, M., Wheeler, E., Hamilton, M. C., Doody, K. M., & Thomas, R. H. (2019). Dataset on improved nutritional quality and safety of grilled marinated and unmarinated ruminant meat using novel unfiltered beer-based marinades. Data Brief, 27, 104801. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104801

  31. Vidal, N. P., Manful, C., Pham, T. H., Wheeler, E., Stewart, P., Keough, D., & Thomas, R. (2019). Dataset of the volatile compounds detected in unmarinated and marinated grilled ruminant meats with novel unfiltered beer-based marinades to improve their nutritional quality, safety, and sensory perception. Data Brief, 27, 104622. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104622

  32. Zaeem, M., Nadeem, M., Pham, T. H., Ashiq, W., Ali, W., Gilani, S. S. M., Elavarthi, S., Kavanagh, V., Cheema, M., Galagedara, L., & Thomas, R. (2019). The potential of corn-soybean intercropping to improve the soil health status and biomass production in cool climate boreal ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 13148. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49558-3

  33. Ali, W., Nadeem, M., Ashiq, W., Zaeem, M., Thomas, R., Kavanagh, V., & Cheema, M. (2019). Forage Yield and Quality Indices of Silage-Corn Following Organic and Inorganic Phosphorus Amendments in Podzol Soil under Boreal Climate. Agronomy, 9(9). doi:10.3390/agronomy9090489

  34. Wanniarachchi, D., Cheema, M., Thomas, R., Kavanagh, V., & Galagedara, L. (2019). Impact of Soil Amendments on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Boreal Agricultural Podzols. Agriculture, 9(6). doi:10.3390/agriculture9060133

  35. Nadeem, M., Pham, T. H., Nieuwenhuis, A., Ali, W., Zaeem, M., Ashiq, W., Mohioudin Gillani, S. S., Manful, C., Adigun, O. A., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2019). The soybean root membrane lipids and forage quality data in response to field cultivation on agricultural podzols in boreal climates. Data in Brief, 25, 104055. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104055

  36. Pham, T. H., Zaeem, M., Fillier, T. A., Nadeem, M., Vidal, N. P., Manful, C., Cheema, S., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. H. (2019). Targeting Modified Lipids during Routine Lipidomics Analysis using HILIC and C30 Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5048. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41556-9

  37. Nadeem, M., Pham, T. H., Nieuwenhuis, A., Ali, W., Zaeem, M., Ashiq, W., Gillani, S. S. M., Manful, C., Adigun, O. A., Galagedara, L., Cheema, M., & Thomas, R. (2019). Adaptation strategies of forage soybeans cultivated on acidic soils under cool climate to produce high quality forage. Plant Science, 283, 278-289. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.03.014

  38. Pham, T.H., Vidal, N.P., Manful, C.F., Fillier, T.A., Pumphrey, R.P., Doody, K.M., Thomas, R.H. (2019) Moose and Caribou as Novel Sources of Functional Lipids: Fatty Acid Esters of Hydroxy Fatty Acids, Diglycerides and Monoacetyldiglycerides. Molecules, 24(2),232. doi:10.3390/molecules24020232

  39. Nadeem, M., Pham, T. H., Thomas, R., Galagedara, L., Kavanagh, V., Zhu, X., Ali, W. and Cheema, M. (2019). Potential role of root membrane phosphatidic acid in superior agronomic performance of silage‐corn cultivated in cool climate cropping systems. Physiol Plantarum. doi:10.1111/ppl.12902

  40. Prieto Vidal, N., Adeseun Adigun, O., Pham, T., Mumtaz, A., Manful, C., Callahan, G., Stewart, P., Keough, D., & Thomas, R. (2018). The Effects of Cold Saponification on the Unsaponified Fatty Acid Composition and Sensory Perception of Commercial Natural Herbal Soaps. Molecules, 23(9). doi:10.3390/molecules23092356

  41. Vidal, N. P., Pham, H. T., Manful, C., Pumphrey, R., Nadeem, M., Cheema, M., Galagedara, L., Leke-Aladekoba, A., Abbey, L., & Thomas, R. (2018). The use of natural media amendments to produce kale enhanced with functional lipids in controlled environment production system. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 14771. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32866-5

  42. Abbey, L., Pham, T. H., Annan, N., Leke-Aladekoba, A., & Thomas, R. H. (2018). Chemical composition of kale as influenced by dry vermicast, potassium humate and volcanic minerals. Food Res Int, 107, 726-737. doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2018.03.010

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