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Dr. Bruce R. Hamaker

Director and Professor

(765) 494-5668

hamakerb@purdue.edu

GENERAL RESEARCH AREAS

SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS

Selected Publications:

1. Ao, Z., Quezada-Calvillo, R., Sim, L., Nichols, B.L., Rose, D.R., Sterchi, E.E., Hamaker, B.R.  (2007)  Evidence of native starch degradation with human small intestinal maltase-glucoamylase (recombinant).  FEBS Letters 581:2381-2388.

2. Ao, Z., Simsek, S., Zhang, G., Venkatachalam, M., Reuhs, B.L., Hamaker, B.R.  (2007)  Starch with slow digestion property produced by altering its chain-length, branch density and crystalline structure.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 55:4540-4547. 

3. Mejia, C.D., Mauer, L.J., Hamaker, B.R.  (2007) Similarities and differences in secondary structure of viscoelastic polymers of maize g-zein and wheat gluten proteins.  Journal of Cereal Science 45:353-359.

4. Benmoussa, M., Moldenhauer, K.A.K., Hamaker, B.R.  (2007) Rice amylopectin fine structure variability affects starch digestion properties.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry  55:1475-1479.

5. Rose, D.J., Demeo, M.T., Kesavarzian, A., Hamaker, B.R.  (2007) Influence of dietary fiber on inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, and the importance of its fermentation pattern (lead article).  Nutrition Reviews 65:51-62.

6. Lee, S-H., Hamaker, B.R.  (2006) Cys 155 of 27 kDa maize g-zein is a key amino acid to improve its in vitro digestibility.  FEBS Letters 580:5803-5806.

7. Zhang, G., Venkatachalam, M., Hamaker, B.R.  (2006) Structural basis for the slow digestion property of native cereal starches.  Biomacromolecules 7:3259-3266.

8. Zhang, G., Ao, Z., Hamaker, B.R.  (2006) Slow digestion property of native cereal starches.  Biomacromolecules 7:3252-3258.

9. Han, X-Z., Ao, S., Janaswamy, S., Jane, J-L., Chandrasekaran, R., Hamaker, B.R.  (2006) Development of a low glycemic maize starch: preparation and characterization, Biomacromolecules 7:1162-1168.

10. Tesso, T., Ejeta, G., Chandrashekar, A., Huang, C.P., Tandjung, A., Lewamy, M., Axtell, J.D., and Hamaker, B.R.  (2006) A novel modified endosperm texture in a mutant high protein digestibility/high-lysine grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], Cereal Chemistry 83:194-201.

11. Zhang, G., Hamaker, B.R.  (2005) Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) flour pasting properties influenced by free fatty acids and protein.  Cereal Chemistry 82:534-540.

12. Tandjung, A. S., Janaswamy, S., Chandrasekaran, R., Aboubacar, A., Hamaker, B. R.  (2005) Role of the pericarp cellulose matrix as a moisture barrier in microwaveable popcorn.  Biomacromolecules 6:1654-1660.

13. Han, X.Z., Benmoussa, M., Gray, J.A., BeMiller, J.N., Hamaker, B.R.  (2005) Detection of proteins in starch granule channels.  Cereal Chemistry 82:351-355.

14. Bugusu, B.A., Campanella, O., Hamaker, B.R.  (2001) Improvement of sorghum-wheat composite dough rheological properties and breadmaking quality through zein addition.  Cereal Chemistry 78:31-35.

15. Oria, M.P., Hamaker, B.R., Axtell, J.D.  (2000) A highly digestible sorghum cultivar exhibits a unique folded structure of endosperm protein bodies.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97:5065-5070.