Profile
Professor Food Science and Nutrition
apollinaire.tsopmo@carleton.ca
Academic and Professional Background
- Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, July 2020-present
- Associate Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, 2012-june 2020
- Assistant Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, 2008-2012
- Manitoba Institute of Child Health Research Fellow, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB, 2005-2008
- NSERC Visiting Fellow, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Saskatoon SK, 2003-2005
- Ph.D. University of Lund, Sweden
Food Chemistry: Bioactive peptides, Phytochemicals, Vitamins & Minerals
Foods contain nutrients that help keep our body alive. The consumption of a nutritious diet promotes long-term health and reduces the risk of chronic disease. Certain constituents found in foods, herbs, and spices known as phytochemicals or bioactives are responsible for changes in health status. Although oxygen is essential for our survival, its relatively high reactivity enables it to form free radicals readily. These free radicals are common and are important components in biological systems where they are essential for the maintenance of life. The overproduction of free radicals can lead to damage of cell components and other biomolecules. Endogenous antioxidant defenses superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and metal binding proteins are inadequate to prevent damage completely, and so diet-derived antioxidants are important in maintaining health. Many dietary compounds have been suggested to be important antioxidants. The evidence for a key role of vitamins E and C is strong, but that for carotenoids and other phytonutrients is weak. There is increasing evidence of the role of food derived peptides in the maintenance of health and prevention of diseases.
Research interests
- Food peptides and proteins chemistry. Structure function, LC-MS/MS identification, Interaction of peptides with the food matrix.
- Protective role of food hydrolyzed proteins and peptides in different models: Oxidative stress, inflammation, inhibition of enzymes involved in sugar and lipid metabolisms.
- Nutrients analysis: Vitamins, minerals
- Bioactive compounds in Human milk: role in the reduction of lung and intestinal diseases in newborns
Graduate Students
Mallory awarded the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work
[/Publications
The list is accessible here: Research Papers 
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