Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Mr Ghanendra Gartaula

PhD student
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences (QAAFI)
+61 7 3365 9750
Ghanendra Gartaula

Thesis title

Relationship between cereal dietary fibre solubility and phenolic compounds: Methods of increasing the amount of soluble dietary fibre in cereal flours to improve bioactive function

Principal QAAFI advisor

Prof. Mike Gidley

Interests

Dietary fibres and starch - their role in satiety and physiological benefits

Qualifications

  • Master of Science (Food Technology), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • Bachelor of Science (Food Technology), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Awards

  • QAAFI HDR Travel Award 2017
  • Finalist, 2017 Best Student Research Paper Competition, Cereals 17 (AACC International Meeting)
  • AGSA Student Travel Award 2017
  • Candidate Development Award 2017
  • 2017 Graduate Student Fellowship (AACC International)
  • Semi-finalist, FameLab Australia 2017 
  • Finalist, UQ 3MT Competition 2016 
  • Gold Winner, QAAFI 3MT Competition 2016
  • AGSA Student Travel Award 2015

Publications

Journal Articles (4)
Conference Papers (4)

Journal Articles

Gartaula, Ghanendra, Dhital, Sushil, Netzel, Gabriele, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Yakubov, Gleb E., Beahan, Cherie T., Collins, Helen M., Burton, Rachel A., Bacic, Antony and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Quantitative structural organisation model for wheat endosperm cell walls: Cellulose as an important constituent. Carbohydrate Polymers, 196, 199-208. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.05.041
Meldrum, Oliver W, Yakubov, Gleb E, Gartaula, Ghanendra, McGuckin, Michael A and Gidley, Michael J (2017). Mucoadhesive functionality of cell wall structures from fruits and grains: Electrostatic and polymer network interactions mediated by soluble dietary polysaccharides. Scientific reports, 7 (1) 15794, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16090-1
Gartaula, Ghanendra, Dhital, Sushil, Pleming, Denise and Gidley, Michael J. (2017). Isolation of wheat endosperm cell walls: effects of non-endosperm flour components on structural analyses. Journal of Cereal Science, 74, 165-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2017.02.004
Gartaula, Ghanendra and Bhattarai, Mahendra (2014). Replacement of sugar in the product formulation of “Bomboyson” by jaggery. Food Science & Nutrition, 2 (5), 521-525. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.124

Conference Papers

Gartaula, Ghanendra, Dhital, Sushil , Pleming, Denise, Netzel, Gabriele and Gidley, Mike (2017). Cell walls isolated from wheat flour differ from pure endosperm cell walls. 67th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-22 September 2017.
Gartaula, Ghanendra, Dhital, Sushil, Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Mike (2017). An insight into the composition and properties of wheat endosperm cell walls. 2017 AACCI Annual Meeting (Cereals 17), San Diego CA, United States, 8-11 October 2017.
Gartaula, Ghanendra, Dhital, Sushil , Netzel, Gabriele and Gidley, Mike (2017). Increasing the nutritional functionality of wheat flour. Food Structures, Digestion and Health International Conference 2017, Novotel Sydney Central, Sydney, Australia, 24-27 October 2017.
Gartaula, Ghanendra, Netzel, Gabriele, Dhital, Sushil and Gidley, Mike (2015). Breakage of cross-links of ferulic acid and the swelling capacity of arabinoxylans. 65th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Coogee Beach, Sydney, 16-18 September 2015.