Education

Positions

• Lecturer, School of Life Sciences

Research Interests

• Food Processing Technology and Product Development
• Fat and Cholesterol Metabolism
• Gut Microbiota Regulation

Representative Publications

1. Kwek, E., Yan, C., Ding, H., Hao, W., He, Z., Ma, K. Y., Liu, J., Zhu, H., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Effects of Thermally-Oxidized Frying Oils (Corn Oil and Lard) on Gut Microbiota in Hamsters. Antioxidants, 11(9), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11091732.
2. Kwek, E., Yan, C., Ding, H., Hao, W., He, Z., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., Zhu, H., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Effects of hawthorn seed oil on plasma cholesterol and gut microbiota. Nutrition & Metabolism, 19(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-022-00690-4.
3. Kwek, E., Zhu, H., Ding, H., He, Z., Hao, W., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Peony seed oil decreases plasma cholesterol and favorably modulates gut microbiota in hypercholesterolemic hamsters. European Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02785-9.
4. He, Z., Kwek, E., Hao, W., Zhu, H., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2021). Hawthorn fruit extract reduced trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)-exacerbated atherogenesis in mice via anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation. Nutrition & Metabolism, 18(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-020-00535-y.
5. Liu, J., Hao, W., He, Z., Kwek, E., Zhu, H., Ma, N., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2021). Blueberry and cranberry anthocyanin extracts reduce bodyweight and modulate gut microbiota in C57BL/6 J mice fed with a high-fat diet. European Journal of Nutrition, 60(5), 2735–2746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02446-3.
6. He, Z., Kwek, E., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2020). Lipids and Arthritis. In Bailey’s Industrial Oil and Fat Products (pp. 1–16). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/047167849X.bio108.
7. Hao, W., Zhu, H., Chen, J., Kwek, E., He, Z., Liu, J., Ma, N., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2020). Wild Melon Seed Oil Reduces Plasma Cholesterol and Modulates Gut Microbiota in Hypercholesterolemic Hamsters. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(7), 2071–2081. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07302.

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