缅北禁地

Background

My interests focus on links between food quality, plant chemistry, and health of humans and animals, and how knowledge of these links can be implemented to improve practical outcomes.

In particular I am interested in the multidisciplinary aspects, where information from one subject area can be used to improve the understanding of processes and mechanisms in another area.

Originally I was trained in plant biochemistry, but since 1996 most of my research and teaching relates to human health, food quality or food security. See the Research tab for details.

(List of all publications, citations etc.)

Roles and Responsibilities

Since my retirement in February 2025, my involvement with 缅北禁地 is primarily as informal advisor and collaborator with students and staff, based on the expertise and interests I developed duirng my almost 21 years of employment there.

I'm also maintaining and developing relationships with researchers at other Universities, including former students and colleagues, who are interested to pursue research in areas that I want to promote, particularly for completing or extending reseach in the areas mentioned above.

I'm member of the editorial board of the Q1 journal 'Agronomy'.

Previous Positions

In 2017, the food part of the Human Nutrition Research Centre was moved to Faculty of Medical Sciences, where I worked until 2025.

Between 2004 and 2017 the topic Food Quality and Health was located in the then School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, and many of my activities were focused on the interface of the above-mentioned topics with agricultural practice such as organic farming and plant physiology.

Until the end of 2003 I worked as senior scientist in the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, where I initiated several multi-disciplinary research programmes in the areas mentioned above.

Research Interests

General research area: Links between food quality, plant chemistry, and health of humans and animals, in particular:

Research methods to definitively establish cause and effect documentation for foods or food supplements in relation to human health (human and animal intervention trials).

Effects of plant secondary metabolites (natural pesticides) on humans, in order to improve the beneficial impact of vegetables and other herbs on human health.

The feedback mechanisms (conditioned taste aversion, nutrient sensing) that ensure innate preference for nutritious, non-toxic food, dependent on the present needs, in humans and other animals.

Within each area, priority is given to aspects where current understanding appears to be based on contradictory data or assumptions, since this is where new data has greater potential to affect the consensus to result in substantial impact of the research.

Recent Work

In recent years, much of my research has focused on two topics, which are still my primary research interests:

• Investigations of mechanisms and quantification of cancer-reducing effects of polyacetylenes from carrots and related vegetables
• Flavour-Nutrient Learning for feedback regulation of micronutrient intake, quantification of effect on food choice

My research involved food science, human intervention studies and animal trials to investigate hypotheses about health effects of controlled dietary aspects, such as how consumption of carrots affect developement of tumours in a mouse model.

Postgraduate Supervision

Ongoing PhD projects:

Mrs Wahebah Alanazi, 'Investigation of feedback regulation of micro-nutrient intake'. Supervisor Dr Liz Evans, Durham University. External advisor togetehr with Dr. Caroline Allen, 缅北禁地. Funded by Saudi Arabian Government Scholarship.

Mr Charles Chijioke Ojobor, 'Investigating the impacts of carrot consumption on relevant cancer biomarkers', co-supervisor Dr Gerard O'Brien. Funded by TETFUND, Nigeria.

Completed PhD projects:

Dr Albatul Almushayti, 'Determination of glucosinolates and relevant metabolites in vegetable and human tissues'. Co-supervisors Dr Michael Carroll and Dr Michael Scotter. Funded by Saudi Arabian Government Scholarship.

Dr Ruyuf Alfurayhi, 'Understanding the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects of polyacetylene compound from carrots and the mechanisms of action in the APCMin mouse colon cancer model'. Co-supervisor Dr Lei Huang. Funded by Saudi Arabian Government Scholarship.

Dr Duaa Altuwairki, 'An investigation into the acute effects of treatments created and developed from either date fruit or date seeds on mood and cognitive performance in healthy young volunteers'. Co-supervisor Dr Anthony Watson. Funded by Saudi Arabian Government Scholarship. Awarded 2022.

Dr Sarah Warner, 'The consumption of carrots and other polyacetylene-rich vegetables on the effect on biomarkers of cancer risk'. Co-supervisor Prof Chris Seal. Funded by AHDB, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Awarded 2019.

Dr Othman Qadir, 'Growth of lettuce with different content of inorganic nitrate as a feeding strategy for placebo-controlled nutritional interventions to test the effect of inorganic nitrate on human health'. Co-supervisor Dr Mario Siervo. Funded by the Iraqi Government. Awarded 2017.

Dr Humphrey Garti, 'Effects of carrot consumption on intestinal cancer risk'. Co-supervisors Dr Georg Lietz and Dr Jill McKay. Funded by the Ghanaian 'GET-Fund'. Awarded 2016.

Dr Rosemary Dew, 'Improvement of Product Quality and Shelf Life of Fruit by Optimisation of Conditions during Transport and Storage'. Co-supervisor Prof Chris Seal. Funded by a donation from ASDA plc. Awarded 2016.

Dr Huda Saleh, 'Effect of carrot feeding to APCMin mouse on intestinal tumours'. Main supervisor Dr Michael Carroll. Libyan Government funded. Awarded 2015.

Dr Safiya Mohammed Othoman, 'Amendments using silicate minerals and rocks as potassium fertilisers for plant nutrition in sandy soil'. Co-supervisors Prof David Manning and Dr Neil Gray. Libyan Government funded. Awarded 2015.

Dr Najia Shwerif, 'Effects of temperature regimes under low light conditions on growth rate and phytochemical composition of lettuce and carrot plants'. Co-supervisors Dr Ed Okello and Dr Stephen Wilcockson. Libyan Government funded. Awarded 2014.

Dr Salah Al-Hebeil, 'Quantification of bread crust crispness including the effects of selected additives'. Co-supervisor Prof Chris Seal. Libyan Government funded. Awarded 2013.

Dr Graciela Donald (née Silva Rocha), 'Evaluation of the Antinociceptive Properties of Hyptis crenata Pohl (Brazilian Mint)'. Co-supervisor Prof Colin Ingram. Alban scholarship. Awarded 2013.

Dr Dimitra Chormova, 'Effect of sustainable fertigation on greenhouse tomatoes in relation to plant growth, yield and fruit quality'. Co-supervisors Dr Ed Okello and Dr Robert Shiel. Greek Government scholarship. Awarded 2010.

Dr Ahlam Rashed, 'Variation of bioactive constituents, sensory qualities and yield in carrots grown with different types of crop management'. Co-supervisors Dr Julia Cooper and Prof Carlo Leifert. Libyan Government funded. Awarded 2009.

Completed MPhil projects:

Mr Mohammed Salman: 'Investigating flavour-nutrient learning in humans using novel-flavoured, selenium-fortified biscuits: a systematic review and human trial'. Co-supervisor Prof Melissa Bateson. Awarded 2021.

Ms Katie Harrison: 'Development of enriched foods to enhance flavour-nutrient learning'. Co-supervisor Graham Bonwick. Awarded 2020.

Ms Ailsa Marsh: 'Exploring Flavour-Nutrient Learning by Investigating the Sensory Effect of Selenium-Enriched Parsnips'. Co-supervisor Paul Brereton. Awarded 2020

Miss Amy Bilton, 'Elucidating the biological mode of action of the Citrox plant protection product using optimised laboratory testing'. Co-supervisors Karl Christensen and Ed Okello. Awarded 2011.

Mr Taro Murao, 'Effect of Soil Characteristics and Nitrogen Levels on Relative Competitive Ability of the Wheat and Chenopodium album'. Co-supervisor Carlo Leifert. Awarded 2007.

Patents:

Larsen, E, Kharazmi, A, Christensen SB, Christensen LP & Brandt, K (2006). Use of glycosides of mono- and diacylglycerol as anti-inflammatory agents. US patent 7,084,122 B2

• Articles

  • Nazarenko T, Vavourakis CD, Jones A, Evans I, Schreiberhuber L, Kastner C, Ishaq-Parveen I, Redl E, Watson AW, Brandt K, Carter C, Zaikin A, Herzog CMS, Widschwendter M. . Clinical Epigenetics 2024, 16(1), 131.
  • Brandt K, Alfurayhi R, Ojobor CC, Ahmad T, Lietz G. . Acta Horticulturae 2024, (1393), 139-146.
  • Koistinen VM, Haldar S, Tuomainen M, Lehtonen M, Klavus A, Draper J, Lloyd A, Beckmann M, Bal W, Ross AB, Brandt K, Fawcett L, Seal C, Hanhineva K. . npj Science of Food 2024, 8, 8.
  • Griffiths A, Grainger E, Matu J, Alhulaefi S, Whyte E, Hayes E, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M, Shannon OM. . Public Health Nutrition 2024, 27(1), e236.
  • Warner J, Stocker R, Brandt K, Crabtree DR, Ormond L, Stevenson E, Holliday A. . Appetite 2024, 200, 107509.
  • Chormova D, Kavvadias V, Okello E, Shiel R, Brandt K. . Plants 2023, 12(7), 1553.
  • Griffiths A, Alhulaefi s, Hayes EJ, Matu J, Brandt K, Watson A, Siervo A, Shannon OM. . Applied Sciences 2023, 13(12), 7319.
  • Rempelos L, Baranski M, Sufar EK, Gilroy J, Shotton P, Leifert H, Srednicka-Tober D, Hasanaliyeva G, Rosa EAS, Hajslova J, Schulzova V, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Brandt K, Seal C, Wang J, Schmidt C, Leifert C. . Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1225.
  • Qadir OK, Seal CJ, Ashor AW, Tassotti M, Mena P, Del Rio D, Siervo M, Brandt K. . European Journal of Nutrition 2022, 61(8), 4191-4203.
  • Almushayti AY, Brandt K, Carroll MA, Scotter MJ. . Journal of Chromatography A 2021, 1643, 462060.
  • Bauer JM, Mikusova L, Verlaan S, Bautmans I, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, Mets T, Wijers SLJ, Garthoff JA, Luiking Y, Sieber C, Cederholm T, on behalf of the PROVIDE Consortium. . Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2020, 32, 1501-1541.
  • Liberman K, Njemini R, Luiking Y, Forti LN, Verlaan S, Bauer JM, Memelink R, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, Mets T, Wijers SLJ, Sieber C, Cederholm T, Bautmans I. . Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2019, 31, 845–854.
  • Shannon OM, Grisotto G, Babateen A, McGrattan A, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(10), e030719.
  • Watson AW, Houghton D, Avery PJ, Stewart C, Vaughan EE, Meyer PD, de Bos Kuil MJJ, Weijs PJM, Brandt K. . Food Hydrocolloids 2019, 96, 688-698.
  • Hill TR, Verlaan S, Biesheuvel E, Eastell R, Bauer JM, Bautmans I, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, Mets T, Seal CJ, Wijers SLJ, Sieber C, Cederholm T, Aspray T. . Calcified Tissue International 2019, 105, 383-391.
  • Verlaan S, Maier AB, Bauer JM, Bautmans I, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, McMurdo MET, Mets T, Seal CJ, Wijers SLJ, Sieber C, Boirie Y, Cederholm T. . Clinical Nutrition 2018, 37(2), 551-557.
  • Manning DAC, Baptista J, Sanchez Limon M, Brandt K. . Science of the Total Environment 2017, 574, 476-481.
  • Verlaan S, Aspray T, Bauer JM, Cederholm T, Hemsworth J, Hill TR, McPhee JS, Piasecki M, Seal CJ, Sieber CC, terBorg S, Wijers SL, Brandt K. . Clinical Nutrition 2017, 36(1), 267-274.
  • Qadir O, Siervo M, Seal CJ, Brandt K. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2017, 65(46), 10003-10010.
  • Ashor AW, Chowdhury S, Oggioni C, Qadir O, Brandt K, Ishaq A, Mathers JC, Saretzki G, Siervo M. . Journal of Nutrition 2016, 146(11), 2224-2232.
  • Lake AA, Smith SA, Bryant CE, Alinia S, Brandt K, Seal CJ, Tetens I. . BMC Public Health 2016, 16, 839.
  • Øvsthus I, Breland TA, Hagen S, Brandt K, Wold A-B, Bengtsson GB, Seljåsen R. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2015, 63(50), 10757–10767.
  • Lara J, Ogbonmwan I, Oggioni C, Zheng DC, Qadir O, Ashor A, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Maturitas 2015, 82(2), 228-235.
  • Ashor AW, Jajja A, Sutyarjoko A, Brandt K, Qadir O, Lara J, Siervo M. . Journal of Human Hypertension 2015, 29(8), 511-513.
  • Bauer JM, Verlaan S, Bautmans I, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, McMurdo MET, Mets T, Seal C, Wijers SL, Ceda GP, DeVito G, Donders G, Drey M, Greig C, Holmbäck U, Narici M, McPhee J, Poggiogalle E, Power D, Scafoglieri A, Schultz R, Sieber CC, Cederholm T. . Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2015, 16(9), 740-747.
  • Siervo M, Lara J, Jajja A, Sutyarjoko A, Ashor AW, Brandt K, Qadir O, Mathers JC, Benjamin N, Winyard PG, Anning C, Shore A, Gilchrist M. . Nitric Oxide 2015, 47, 97-105.
  • Brandt CJ, Brandt V, Pedersen M, Glintborg D, Toubro S, Nielsen JB, Eisenbach G, Brandt K, Søndergaard J. . International Journal of Family Medicine 2014, 2014(2014), 245347.
  • Wootton-Beard PC, Brandt K, Fell D, Warner S, Ryan L. . Journal of Nutritional Science 2014, 3, e9.
  • Mohammed SMO, Brandt K, Gray ND, White ML, Manning DAC. . European Journal of Soil Science 2014, 65(5), 653-662.
  • Jajja A, Sutyarjoko A, Lara J, Rennie K, Brandt K, Qadir OK, Siervo M. . Nutrition Research 2014, 34(10), 868-875.
  • Brandt K, Srednicka-Tober D, Baranski M, Sanderson R, Leifert C, Seal CJ. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2013, 61(30), 7173-7180.
  • Beckmann M, Lloyd AJ, Haldar S, Seal CJ, Brandt K, Draper J. . Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 2013, 57(10), 1859-1873.
  • Lloyd AJ, Beckmann M, Haldar S, Seal C, Brandt K, Draper J. . The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2013, 97(2), 377-389.
  • Zaini R, Brandt K, Clench MR, Le Maitre CL. . Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2012, 12(6), 640-652.
  • Brandt V, Brandt CJ, Glintborg D, Arendal C, Toubro S, Brandt K. . International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences 2011, 3(1 & 2), 23-28.
  • Brandt K, Leifert C, Sanderson R, Seal CJ. . Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2011, 30(1-2), 177-197.
  • Jorgensen H, Brandt K, Launidsen C. . Nutrition Research 2008, 28(12), 866-878.
  • Lauridsen C, Yong C, Halekoh U, Bügel SH, Brandt K, Christensen LP, Jørgensen H. . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2008, 88(4), 720-732.
  • Kristensen M, Østergaard LF, Halekoh U, Jørgensen H, Lauridsen C, Brandt K, Bügel S. . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2008, 88(12), 2161-2172.
  • Kidmose U, Yang R-Y, Thilsted SH, Christensen LP, Brandt K. . Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 2006, 19(6-7), 562-571.
  • Thybo AK, Bechmann IE, Brandt K. . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2005, 85(13), 2289-2296.
  • Kobaek-Larsen M, Christensen LP, Vach W, Ritskes-Hoitinga J, Brandt K. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2005, 53(5), 1823-1827.
  • Brandt K, Christensen LP, Hansen-Moller J, Hansen SL, Haraldsdottir J, Jespersen L, Purup S, Kharazmi A, Barkholt V, Frokiaer H, Kobaek-Larsen M. . Trends in Food Science and Technology 2004, 15(7-8), 384-393.
  • Nørbæk R, Aaboer DB, Bleeg IS, Christensen BT, Kondo T, Brandt K. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003, 51(3), 809-813.
  • Nørbæk R, Brandt K, Nielsen JK, Ørgaard M, Jacobsen N. . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 2002, 30(8), 763-791.
  • Brandt K, Mølgaard JP. . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture: Special Issue: Nutritional Enhancement of Plant Foods (NEODIET) 2001, 81(9), 924-931.

• Book Chapters

  • Brandt K. . In: Köpke,U, ed. Improving organic crop cultivation. Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2018, pp.25.
  • Brandt K. . In: Malavolta, M; Mocchegiano, E, ed. Molecular Basis of Nutrition and Aging: A Volume in the Molecular Nutrition Series. London, UK: Elsevier Inc, 2016, pp.707-722.
  • Ghorbani R, Koocheki A, Brandt K, Wilcockson S, Leifert C. . In: Lichtfouse, E, ed. Sociology, Organic farming, Climate Change and Soil Science. London, New York: Springer Dordtrecht Heidelberg, 2009, pp.77-107.
  • Brandt K, Mølgaard J-P. . In: Kristiansen, P., Taji, A., Reganold, J, ed. Organic Agriculture A Global Perspective. Wallingford, Connecticut, USA: CABI Publishing, 2006, pp.305-327.
  • Christensen LP, Brandt K. . In: Crozier, A; Clifford, M; Ashihara, H, ed. Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, pp.137-173.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Warner S, Seal C, Haldar S, Stewart G, Brandt K. . In: International Symposium on Carrot and Other Apiaceae. 2017, Angers, France: International Society for Horticultural Science.
  • Dew R, Seal CJ, Brandt K. . In: XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposia on Postharvest Knowledge for the Future and Consumer and Sensory Driven Improvements to Fruits and Nuts. 2016, Brisbane, Australia: International Society for Horticultural Science.
  • Dew R, Brandt K, Seal CJ. . In: VI International Conference on Managing Quality in Chains (MQUIC2013). 2015, Cranfield University, UK: International Society for Horticultural Science.
  • Dew R, Brandt K, Seal CJ. . In: 6th International Conference on Managing Quality in Chains. 2015, Cranfield, UK: International Society for Horticultural Science.
  • Jajja A, Sutyarjoko A, Lara J, Clio O, Rennie K, Brandt K, Qadir O, Siervo M. . In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society: Summer Meeting 2014. 2015, Cambridge University Press.
  • Saleh H, Garti H, Carroll M, Brandt K. . In: Nutrition Society Annual Summer Meeting. 2013, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Beckmann M, Lloyd AJ, Haldar S, Fave G, Seal CJ, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Draper J. . In: Nutrition Society Irish Section Meeting. 2013, Belfast, Ireland: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rocha GS, Roughan J, Leach M, Flecknell P, Ingram CD, Brandt K. . In: II International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants. 2013, New Delhi, India: International Society for Horticultural Science.
  • Zaini R, Haywood S, Brandt K, Clench MR, Cross N, Le Maitre C. . In: 202nd Summer Scientific Meeting of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2012, Sheffield, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  • Ahmad T, Binger S, Brandt K. Changes in contents of polyacetylenes and carotenoids in carrots kept at different temperatures after harvest. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. 2011, EDINBURGH BLDG, SHAFTESBURY RD, CB2 8RU CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.
  • Rocha G, Roughan JV, Leach MC, Flecknell PA, Ingram CD, Brandt K. . In: Planta Medica: 57th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research. 2009, Geneva, Switzerland: Georg Thieme Verlag.
  • Brandt K. . In: Organic Agriculture in Asia. 2008, Dankook University, Korea: International Society of Organic Agriculture Research.
  • Brandt K, Lietz G, Christensen LP, Kobaek-Larsen M. . In: Acta Horticulturae: 1st International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables. 2007, Québec City, Canada: ISHS.

• Letter

  • Brandt K. . Annals of Internal Medicine 2013, 158(4), 295-295.

• Note

  • Brandt K. . Frontiers in Nutrition 2021, 8, 810716.

• Online Publication

  • Brandt K, Kidmose U. . Oxford, UK: Eolss Publishers, 2002. Available at: .

• Patent

  • Larsen E, Kharazmi A, Christensen SB, Christensen LP, Brandt K. . USA, US 7,084,122 B2, 2006, 21.11.2002.

• Report

  • Brandt K. . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2007. Synthesis papers on Organic Agriculture and Food Security 4.

• Reviews

  • Ojobor CC, O'Brien GM, Siervo M, Ogbonnaya C, Brandt K. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2025, 65(5), 1009-1021.
  • Alhulaefi SS, Watson AW, Ramsay SE, Jakubovics NS, Matu J, Griffiths A, Kimble R, Siervo M, Brandt K, Shannon OM. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2024, 65(14), 2813-2828.
  • Alfurayhi R, Huang L, Brandt K. . Foods 2023, 12(6), 1192.
  • Brandt K. . Outlooks on Pest Management 2008, 19(1), 34-38.
  • Christensen LP, Brandt K. . Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 2006, 41(3), 683-693.