Dr Rimjhim Agarwal
PhD Candidate
Centre for Nutrition and Food Science
FaBA Research Fellow - Data Analytics
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Journal Articles
Hong, Hung Trieu, Agarwal, Rimjhim, Takagi, Tatsuyoshi, Netzel, Michael E., Harper, Stephen M. and O'Hare, Tim J. (2025). A modified extraction and saponification method for the determination of carotenoids in the fruit of Capsicum annuum. Agriculture, 15 (6) 646, 646-6. doi: 10.3390/agriculture15060646
Nath, Onkar, Fletcher, Stephen J., Hayward, Alice, Shaw, Lindsay M., Agarwal, Rimjhim, Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Mitter, Neena (2022). A comprehensive high-quality DNA and RNA extraction protocol for a range of cultivars and tissue types of the woody crop avocado. Plants, 11 (3) 242, 242. doi: 10.3390/plants11030242
Conference Papers
Agarwal, R., Hong, H.T., Hayward, A., Harper, S. and O’Hare, T.J. (2024). Elevated zeaxanthin accumulation in fruit and leaf tissues of orange capsicum: can the leaf be used as a phenotypic marker for selection of high-zeaxanthin fruit?. XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): IX International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables - FAVHEALTH2022, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2024.1407.7
Agarwal, R., Hayward, A., Hong, H., Harper, S. and O'Hare, T. (2022). Designing high zeaxanthin capsicums. Brain and Ocular Nutrition Conference 2022, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27-29 July 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/JAD-229008
Agarwal, Rimjhim, Hong, Hung, Hayward, Alice, Harper, Steve and O'Hare, Tim (2022). Unexpected side-effects of zeaxanthin biofortification. 2nd Virtual International Conference on Carotenoids, Online, 12-14 April 2022. Miami, FL, United States: International Carotenoid Society.
Agarwal, Rimjhim, Hong, Hung, Cave, Robyn, Hayward, Alice, Harper, Steve and O'Hare, Tim (2021). Chillies as potential candidates in breeding for high zeaxanthin bell-pepper varieties. 1st Virtual International Conference on Carotenoids, Online, 22-25 June 2021. Miami, FL, United States: International Carotenoid Society.
Hong, Hung, Agarwal, Rimjhim, Netzel, Michael and O'Hare, Tim (2021). Free- and esterified-carotenoids in oily and non-oily fruit matrices: an optimised procedure of saponification for carotenoid quantification. 1st Virtual International Conference on Carotenoids (VICC 2021), International Carotenoid Society, virtual, 22-25 June 2021.
Agarwal, Rimjhim, Hong, Hung T., Hayward, Alice, Harper, Stephen, Mitter, Neena and O’Hare, Tim J. (2020). Carotenoid profiling of orange-coloured capsicums: In search of high-zeaxanthin varieties for eye health. 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods, Online, 10–25 November, 2020. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/foods_2020-07717
Agarwal, Rimjhim, Trieu, Hung Hong, Cave, Robyn, Harper, Stephen and O’Hare, Tim (2020). Orange capsicums and chillies as a potential source of dietary zeaxanthin, an important macular carotenoid for eye health. Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TROPAG 2019), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036161
Hong, Hung, Agarwal, Rimjhim, Netzel, Michael and O'Hare, Tim (2019). Optimisation of extraction and saponification for the determination of free- and bound-carotenoids in orange capsicum and avocado. 4th Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium QACS 2019, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 November 2019.
Thesis
Agarwal, Rimjhim (2023). Understanding the mechanism responsible for zeaxanthin accumulation in orange-coloured Capsicum. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/0c37fbd