Stewart Lab

Summary:

Dr. Stewart’s lab specializes in Human Nutrition research. The lab’s research scope ranges from basic benchwork to clinical trials. Dietary fiber and intestinal health are the lab’s focuses. Specific topics of interest are:

*Dietary fiber content of local foods
*Fiber as a functional food ingredient
*Physiological effects of dietary fiber with an emphasis on fiber fermentation
*Prebiotic effect of dietary fiber
*Influence of gut microbiota on fiber fermentation
*Digestive health
*Consumer education

Affiliations:

• Department of Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa

People:

• PI: Stewart, Maria, Ph.D.
  

Resources:

Instruments

• HP chromatograph gas w/autosampler ( Gas chromatography equipment )
  

• Superspeed refrigerated centrifuge ( Refrigerated centrifuge )
  

• VirTis freeze dryer ( Lyophilizer )
  

Web Links:

• http://www2.hawaii.edu/~mstew/Site/Welcome.html