Dil Thavarajah
Clemson University
89 Papers
233 Citations
Dil Thavarajah is an academic researcher from Clemson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biofortification & Biology. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 78 publications. Previous affiliations of Dil Thavarajah include University of Saskatchewan & North Dakota State University.
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Papers
Lentils (Lens culinaris L.) as a Source of Dietary Selenium
Dil Thavarajah,Pushparajah Thavarajah,Gerald F. Combs +2 more
- 01 May 2013
TL;DR: Because many selenoproteins have antioxidant functions, Se is regarded as important in metabolic protection from cellular-oxidative stress.
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Resistant Starch Content of Thirty Eight Selected Rice ( Oryza sativa L. ) Varieties of Sri Lanka
Walimuni Kanchana Subhashini Mendis Abeysekera,Sirimal Premakumara Galbada Arachchige,Sudhair James,Subramaniam Sotheeswaran,Dil Thavarajah,Pushparajah Thavarajah +5 more
- 01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: RS content varied among the tested rice varieties and especially Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties had the highest RS content, indicating that such rices may have the potential to utilize in developing value added novel functional foods and neutraceuticals for prevention and dietary management chronic diseases.
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Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus): A Whole Food Rich in Prebiotic Carbohydrates to Combat Global Obesity
Dil Thavarajah,Pushparajah Thavarajah,Casey R. Johnson,ShivKumar +3 more
- 19 Oct 2016
TL;DR: This chapter provides an overview of the current obesity-related health issues, holistic approaches to reduce obesity, worldwide lentil production, and the promise of pulses, mainly lentil, to be a whole food solution to combat global obesity.
Iron bioavailability in lentil based diets: Studies in poultry and in vitro digestion/Caco-2 model
TL;DR: Lentils (Lens culinaris) are a pulse crop that is relatively high in Fe concentration (50–100 ppm) and consumed worldwide and are an excellent candidate for Fe biofortification.
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Fatty acid composition and genome-wide associations of a chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) diversity panel for biofortification efforts
Sonia Salaria,Jon Lucas Boatwright,Nathan Johnson,Amod Madurapperumage,P. Joshi,Pushparajah Thavarajah,George J. Vandemark,Dil Thavarajah +7 more
TL;DR: A chickpea diversity panel of 256 accessions was analyzed for fatty acid composition, revealing wide concentration ranges and correlations among four primary fatty acids. Genome-wide association studies identified five significant SNPs associated with palmitic acid levels.
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