Prof Dharini Sivakumar
DSI-NRF Professor Sivakumar is attached to the Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria Technikon) as a South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Phytochemical Food Network to Improve the Nutritional Quality for Consumers. The Phytochemical Food Network programme focus on interdisciplinary research programmes to create small and medium based agro processing industries targeting newly innovative functional food from indigenous plant based resources. This research programme also aims to improve the bio economy via the grass root innovations by creating. employment and preserving culture & heritage to empower the rural communities.
Publications contributed to by Prof Dharini Sivakumar:
Cooking African pumpkin leaves (Momordica balsamina L.) by stir-frying improved bioactivity and bioaccessibility of metabolites—metabolomic and chemometric approaches
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Petunia Mashiane, Vimbainashe e. Manhivi, Tinotenda Shoko, Retha M. Slabbert
Visit website(2021) Cooking African pumpkin leaves (Momordica balsamina L.) by stir-frying improved bioactivity and bioaccessibility of metabolites—metabolomic and chemometric approaches
Extraction optimisation, hydrolysis, antioxidant properties and bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds in Natal plum fruit (Carissa Macrocarpa)
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Faith Seke, Vimbainashe E. Manhivi, Tinotenda Shoko, Retha M. Slabbert
Visit website(2021) Extraction optimisation, hydrolysis, antioxidant properties and bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds in Natal plum fruit (Carissa Macrocarpa)
Proceedings Indigenous Plant Foods for Nutrition and Health
Download (227.80 KB)(2021) A joint virtual Workshop between: The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods (ARC ITTC UAF), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and The SARChI Research Programme in Phytochemical Food Network to Improve the Nutritional Quality for Consumers, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
A practical chemometric approach using UPLC–QTOF/MS tool to investigate three varieties of pumpkin species and in vitro bioactivities
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Florence M. Mashitoa, Tinotenda Shoko, Retha M Slabbert, Jerry L. Shai.
Visit website(2021) A practical chemometric approach using UPLC–QTOF/MS tool to investigate three varieties of pumpkin species and in vitro bioactivities
Effect of freeze drying and simulated gastrointestinal digestion on phenolic metabolites and antioxidant property of the Natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa)
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Faith Seke, Vimbainashe E. Manhivi, Tinotenda Shoko, Retha M. Slabbert
Visit website(2021) Effect of freeze drying and simulated gastrointestinal digestion on phenolic metabolites and antioxidant property of the Natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa)
Comparison of Phenolic Compounds, Carotenoids, Amino Acid Composition, In Vitro Antioxidant and Anti-Diabetic Activities in the Leaves of Seven Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Cultivars
- Dr Anh Phan
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Mapula R. Moloto, Jerry L. Shai
Visit website(2020) Comparison of Phenolic Compounds, Carotenoids, Amino Acid Composition, In Vitro Antioxidant and Anti-Diabetic Activities in the leaves of Seven Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Cultivars. Foods, 9(9), 1285.
Enhancement of the phytonutrient content of a gluten-free soup using a composite of vegetables
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Vimbainashe E. Manhivi
Visit website(2020) Enhancement of the Phytonutrient content of a gluten-free soup using a composite of vegetables. International journal of Food Properties, 23 (1).
Effects of Different Drying Methods on Untargeted Phenolic Metabolites, and Antioxidant Activity in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis) and Nightshade (Solanum retroflexum Dun.)
- Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Prof Dharini Sivakumar
- Millicent G. Managa
Visit website(2020) Effects of Different Drying Methods on Untargeted Phenolic Metabolites, and Antioxidant Activity in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis) and Nightshade (Solanum retroflexum Dun.). Molecules 25(6)1326