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  A. Saari Csallany, Ph.D. Photo of A. Saari Csallany
 

Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Address: 148 FScN
Phone: (612) 624-3683
Fax: (612) 625-5272
ascsalla@umn.edu



  Research Expertise:
 
  • Lipid Chemistry
  • Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Free Radicals
  • Fatty acid degradation in oils and in vivo (toxic hydroxynonenal formation)
  • Vitamin E
  • Antioxidants
  Resident and Outreach Teaching:
 
  • FScN 8620 Special Topics in Nutritional Science (Coordinator and Lecturer)
  • FScN 8338 Antioxidants in Food: Practical Applications
  • FScN 8336 Lipid Chemistry and Rancidity
  • CFANS 1905 Freshman Seminar on Antioxidants
  • FScN 4613 Experimental Nutrition, Lipid Section
  Selected Scholarship:
 

Peer-reviewed Publications Since 2000:

Cho, Hyejung and A.Saari Csallany. (2008) Effect of conjucated linoleic acids, free and esterified acids and trans-vaccinic acids on rat pulmonary 15-lipoxygenase-1 activity.  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. (Submitted)

Han, InHwa and A.Saari Csallany. (2008)  Formation of toxic alpha,beta-unsaturated 4-hydroxy aldehydes in thermally oxidized fatty acid methyl esters. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc.  (In review)

Han, InHwa and A. Saari Csallany.  (2008)  Temperature dependence of HNE formation in vegetable oils and butter oil.   J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. June 3 (EPub. ahead of print)

Brock Matter, Danuta Malejka-Giganti, A. Saari Csallany, and Natalia Tretyakova.  (2006)  Quantitative analysis of the oxidative DNA lesion, 2,2-diamino-4-(2-deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)amino]-5(2H)-oxazolone (oxazolone), in vitro and in vivo by isotope dilution-capillary HPLC-ESI-MS/MS.  J. Nucleic Acid Res.  34(19):5449-5450.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany.  (2006)  The effect of intermittent and continuous heating of soybean oil at frying temperature on the formation of HNE and other alpha-, beta-unsaturated hydroxyaldehydes.  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 83 (2):121-127.

Csallany, A. Saari, C.M. Seppanen and K.L.  Fritz. (2005) Effect of high stearic acid containing fat on markers for in vivo lipid peroxidation. Intl. J. Food Sci. Nutr. 56:567-79.

Cho, Hyejung, D.  Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany.  (2005)  Conjugated linoleic acid, cis-9, trans-11, is a substrate for pulmonary 15-lipoxygenase-1 in rat.  J. Agr. Food Chem. 53:7262-7266.

Seppanen, C.M. and A.S. Csallany. (2004) Incorporation of the toxic aldehyde 4-hydroxy-2-trans-nonenal into food fried in thermally oxidized soybean oil. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 81(12):1137-1141.

Seppanen, C.M., M. Rahmani and A. Saari Csallany. (2003) Simultaneous determination of chlorophylls, pheophytins, b-carotene and tocopherols and tocotrienols in vegetable oils by high performance liquid chromatography with direct injection. J. Food Sci. 68: 1644-1647.

Fritz, K.L., C.M. Seppanen and A. Saari Csallany. (2003) The in vivo antioxidant activity of soybean isoflavones. Nutrition Research. 23: 479-487.

Cho, H., D.D. Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany. (2003) Non-radiomatric HPLC measurement of 13(S)-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (13HODE) from rat tissues. Analytical Biochemistry. 318: 47-51.

Csallany, A. Saari, Joo-Hee Lee and D.W. Shoeman. (2002) Protection of superoxide induced cholesterol oxidation by antioxidants in protic condition. Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr. 53:403-409.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany. (2002) The formation of 4-hydroxynonenal, a toxic aldehyde in soybean oil at frying temperature. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 79:1033-1038.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany. (2002) The effect of paprika carotenoids on in vivo lipid peroxidation measured by urinary excretion of secondary oxidation products. Nutr. Research 22:1055-1065.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany.  (2001) Simultaneous determination of lipophilic aldehydes by high performance liquid chromatography in vegetable oil.  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 78:1253-1260.

Kim, Song-Suk, D.D. Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany.  (2000) The Antioxidants vitamin E and probucol reduce renal enlargement and in vivo peroxidation in streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats.  Lipids 35:1225-1237.

Csallany, A. Saari, Song-Suk Kim and D.D. Gallaher. (2000) Response of urinary aldehydes and related carbonyl compounds to factors that stimulate lipid peroxidation in vivo.  Lipids 35:855-862.

Abstracts Since 2000:

Csallany, A. Saari, C. M. Seppanen, Hyejung Cho and Inhwa Han (2007).  Effect of high stearic acid containing fat on markers for lipid peroxidation in vivo.  AOCS Press, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p.116.

Seppanen, C. M. and A Saari Csallany (2007).  The effect of heat on the formation of 2,4-decadienal and other nonpolar lipophilic aldehydes in vegetable and fish oils.  AOCS, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p.116.

Cho, Hyejung and A. Saari Csallany. (2006)  Effects of esterified linoleic acid and conjugated linoleic acid on pulmonary 15-lipoxygenase-1 activity. FASEB J. 20. LB495

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany.  (2005)  The effect of intermittent and continuous heating of soybean oil at frying temperature on the formation of 4-hydroxynomenal and other polar lipophilic aldehydes.  AOCS Press, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p.77.

Cho, Hyejung, D.D. Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany.  (2005)  Trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid isomer exhibits stronger inhibition of 15-lipoxygenase-1 than cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid isomer in rat.  FASEB J. 19(4).

Cho, H., C.M. Gallaher, D.D. Gallaher and A.S. Csallany.  (2004)  Dietary synthetic and natural linoleic acid inhibits 15-lipoxygenase and reduces cancer risk in rats.  FASEB J. 18(4):LB264.

Seppanen, C.M. and A.S. Csallany. (2004)  The effect of intermittent heating of soybean oil on formation of 4-hydroxynonenal and other polar lipophilic aldehydes at frying temperature.  AOCS Press, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 93.

Csallany, A.S. and C.M. Seppanen. (2004) Formation of nonpolar lipophilic aldehydes and related carbonyl compounds in saturated and unsaturated oils at frying temperature.  AOCS Press.  Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 94.

Cho, H., C. M. Seppanen and A. Saari Csallany.  (2003)  Effect of low and high stearic acid diets on diabetes-induced in vivo lipid oxidation in rats.  FASEB J. 17(4):749.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany.  (2003) 4-Hydroxynonenal in foods fried in thermally oxidized oil.  AOCS Press, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p.41.

Cho, H., D.D. Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany.  (2003) 13(S)-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid production from 15-lipoxygenase in the presence and absence of CLA using radioisotope.  AOCS Press, Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 49.

Seppanen, C.M., M. Rahmani and A. Saari Csallany.  (2002)  Simultaneous determination of chlorophylls, pheophytins, B-carotene, tocopherols, and tocotrienols in vegetable oils and fats by HPLC.  AOCS Press; Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. S18.

Cho, H., D.D. Gallaher and A. Saari Csallany. (2002) A new HPLC method for the determination of 13(S)-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid in rat liver and lung tissues.  FASEB J. 16(5):A633.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany. (2001) Formation of the toxic lipophilic aldehydes 4-hydroxynonenal and 4-hydroxyhexenal in heated vegetable oil.  Inform 12: 584.

Seppanen, C.M., K.L. Fritz and A. Saari Csallany. (2001) Comparison of the effects of dietary saturated fat and polyunsaturated fat on the in vivo lipid peroxidation.  FASEB J. 15:A 609.

Gallaher, C.M., H.-J. Cho, R.J. Baer, A. Saari Csallany and D.D. Gallaher. (2000)  Development of colonic pre-cancerous lesions in rats fed synthetic and natural sourcecs of conjugated linoleic acid and nordihydroguaiaretic acid.  The FASEB Journal 14:A472.

Seppanen, C.M. and A. Saari Csallany. (2000) Hydroxyalkenal identification in heated vegetable oil by HPLC and GC-MS.  Inform 11:S9.

  Leadership and Service:
 
  • Department of Food Science and Nutrition Safety Officer
  • Food Science Graduate Admission Committee
  • Nutrition Graduate Admissions Committee
  • CFANS, Scholastic Affair Committee
  • CFANS, Health and Safety Committee
  • U of M Senate Fecaulty Affairs Committee (2002-2007)
  • U of M Alternate Senator for CFANS

Professional Societies

  • American Oil Chemists Society
  • American Society for Nutritional Science
  • Society for Free Radical Research
  • Hungarian Scientific Society for Food Research and Industry
  Awards:
  Elected as an Honorary Member (2007), Hungarian National Academy of Engineering

Elected as an Honorary Member (2004), Hungarian Scientific Society for Food Science and Industry

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