Sara Ghorbani Gorji

Dr. Sara Ghorbani Gorji

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2016 in Trends in Food Science & Technology
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Sara Ghorbani Gorji
Heather SmythHeather Smyth
Heather Smyth
MSMary Sharma
Mary Sharma
MFMelissa Fitzgerald
Melissa Fitzgerald

28 February 2018 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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EGElham Ghorbani Gorji
Elham Ghorbani Gorji
AWAbdul Waheed
Abdul Waheed
RLRoland Ludwig
Roland Ludwig
Jose Luis Toca-HerreraJose Luis Toca-Herrera
Jose Luis Toca-Herrera
GSGerhard Schleining
Gerhard Schleining
SGSara Ghorbani Gorji
Sara Ghorbani Gorji

1 June 2014 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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Sara Ghorbani Gorji
EGElham Ghorbani Gorji
Elham Ghorbani Gorji
MMMohammad Amin Mohammadifar
Mohammad Amin Mohammadifar
AZAzizollaah Zargaraan
Azizollaah Zargaraan

1 January 2014 in Food Hydrocolloids
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Sara Ghorbani Gorji
EGElham Ghorbani Gorji
Elham Ghorbani Gorji
MMMohammad Amin Mohammadifar
Mohammad Amin Mohammadifar

19 June 2019 in Journal of Food Science and Technology
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Sara Ghorbani Gorji
MCMariafe Calingacion
Mariafe Calingacion
Heather SmythHeather Smyth
Heather Smyth
MFMelissa Fitzgerald
Melissa Fitzgerald

19 March 2020 in Metabolites
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Vuanghao Lim
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Sara Ghorbani Gorji
VDVene Dara Daygon
Vene Dara Daygon
MFMelissa Fitzgerald
Melissa Fitzgerald
Selected Australian native fruits such as Davidson’s plum, finger lime and native pepperberry have been reported to demonstrate potent antioxidant activity. However, comprehensive metabolite profiling of these fruits is limited, therefore the compounds responsible are unknown, and further, the compounds of nutritional value in these native fruits are yet to be described. In this study, untargeted and targeted metabolomics were conducted using the three fruits, together with assays to determine their antioxidant activities. The results demonstrate that targeted free and hydrolysed protein amino acids exhibited high amounts of essential amino acids. Similarly, important minerals like potassium were detected in the fruit samples. In antioxidant activity, Davidson’s plum reported the highest activity in ferric reducing power (FRAP), finger lime in antioxidant capacity (ABTS), and native pepperberry in free radical scavenging (DPPH) and phosphomolybdenum assay. The compounds responsible for the antioxidant activity were tentatively identified using untargeted GC×GC-TOFMS and UHPLC-QqQ-TOF-MS/MS metabolomics. A clear discrimination into three clusters of fruits was observed using principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) analysis. The correlation study identified a number of compounds that provide the antioxidant activities. GC×GC-TOFMS detected potent aroma compounds of limonene, furfural, and 1-R-α-pinene. Based on the untargeted and targeted metabolomics, and antioxidant assays, the nutritional potential of these Australian bush fruits is considerable and supports these indigenous fruits in the nutraceutical industry as well as functional ingredients for the food industry, with such outcomes benefiting Indigenous Australian communities.