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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Food Science

Taylor, JRN

PhD(CNAA) DSc(Pret) Post Grad Cert Educ(Nottingham) - Professor

NRF Rating: B2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 4296
Fax number: 012 420 2839
E-mail address: john.taylor@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

The influence of cooking processes on the ultrastructural components of plant seeds

Grain quality

Natural shelf-life extension of food

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Siwela M, Taylor JRN, de Milliano WAJ, Duodu KG: 2007. Occurrence and location of tannins in finger millet grain and antioxidant activity of different grain types. Cereal Chemistry, 84 (2), pp 169-174.

Kebakile MM, Rooney LW, Taylor JRN: 2007. Effects of hand pounding, abrasive decortication-hammer milling, roller milling and sorghum type on sorghum meal extraction and quality. Cereal Foods World, 52 (3) / May/Jun, pp 129-137.

Dlamini NR, Taylor JRN, Rooney LW: 2007. The effect of sorghum type and processing on the antioxidant properties of African sorghum-based foods. Food Chemistry, 105, pp 1412-1419.

Bille PG, Buys EM, Taylor JRN: 2007. The technology and properties of Omashikwa, a traditional fermented buttermilk produced by small-holder milk producers in Namibia. Food Science and Technology International, 42, pp 620-624.

Taylor J, Bean SR, Ioerger BP, Taylor JRN: 2007. Preferential binding of sorghum tannins with g-kafirin and the influence of tannin binding on kafirin degestibility and biodegradation. Journal of Cereal Science, 46, pp 22-31.

Lefyedi ML, Taylor JRN: 2007. Control of the growth of coliforms and moulds in sorghum malting by bacterial and yeast cultures. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 113 (2), pp 123-129.

Byaruhanga Y, Erasmus C, Emmambux MN, Taylor JRN: 2007. Effect of heating cast kafirin films on their functional properties. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87, pp 167-175, Full Text

Lekalake RI, Taylor JRN, de Kock HL: 2007. Effects of phenolics in sorghum grain on its bitterness, astringency and other sensory properties. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87 (10), pp 1940-1948, Full Text

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Taylor JRN, Taylor J: 2007. Sorghum kafirin protein bioplastic films and coatings. In Cereals 2006: Proceedings of the 56th Australian Cereal Conference and Indian Ocean Rim Symposium, Cereal Chemistry Division: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, pp 380-383.

Taylor JRN: 2007. The sorghum lager and stout beer brewing revolution. In Cereals 2006: Proceedings of the 56th Australian Cereal Conference and Indian Ocean Rim Symposium, Cereal Chemistry Division: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, pp 361-365.

Taylor J, Taylor JRN: 2007. Improved methods of sorghum protein extraction for edible film production using food compatible solvents. In Cereals 2006: Proceedings of the 56th Australian Cereal Conference and Indian Ocean Rim Symposium, Cereal Chemistry Division: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, pp 128-133.

 

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