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Vasantha Rupasinghe

Professor of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals and Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence

VR Feb 2015


Related information

  • Killam Chair in Functional Foods and Nutraceutics (2016-2021)
  • Canada Research Chair in Fruit Bioactives & Bioproducts (2011-2016)
  • Food Bioactive Research Program

Email: vrupasinghe@dal.ca
Phone: 902.893.6623
Mailing Address: 
Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
Rm 326-C Cox Institute Building
50 Pictou Rd. PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
 
Research Topics:
  • Functional foods and nutraceuticals
  • Plant-based antioxidants and their health benefits
  • Flavonoids (polyphenols) and their disease prevention potential and analysis using mass spectrometry
  • Medicinal biochemistry: human cell based assays and experimental animal models
  • Postharvest biology, novel and improved value-added processing technologies of cool climate fruits and medicinal plants

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