Iowa State University
College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture College of Human Sciences College of Agriculture


Wendy S. White

  Wendy S. White
Associate Professor

     

    Education: Ph.D., Human Nutrition, Cornell University, 1990

    Interests: Bioavailability and metabolism of carotenoids, including beta-carotene and lutein; health protective effects of carotenoids; use of stable isotopic tracers to measure the bioefficacy of beta-carotene in humans; molecular biology and nutritional modulation of beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase activity; nutritional genomics; biofortification to combat vitamin A malnutrition. (http://www.harvestplus.org)

    Office: 1111 Human Nutritional Sciences Building
    Phone: (515) 294-3447
    Lab: (515) 294-8085
    Fax: (515) 294-5390
    Email: wswhite@iastate.edu

Publications:

  • Aluru, M., Xu, Y., Guo, R., Wang, Z., Li, S., White, W., Wang, K., Rodermel, S. Generation of transgenic maize with enhanced provitamin A content. J. Exp. Botany 2008;59:3551-62.
  • Taber, H., Perkins-Veazie, P., Li, S., White, W.S., Rodermel, S., Xu, Y. Enhancement of Tomato Fruit Lycopene by Potassium is Cultivar Dependent. Hort. Sci. 2008;43:159-65.
  • Menkir, A., Liu, W., White, W.S., Maziya-Dixon, B., Rocheford, T. Carotenoid Diversity in Tropical-adapted Yellow Maize Inbred Lines. Food Chem. 2008;109:521-29.
  • Li, S., Tayie, F.A.K., Young, M.F., Rocheford, T., White, W.S. Retention of Provitamin A Carotenoids in High ß-Carotene Maize (Zea mays) During Traditional African Household Processing. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2007;55:10744-50.
  • Pixley, K., Beck, D., Palacios, N., Gunaratna, N., Guimaraes, P.E., Menkir, A., White, W.S., Nestel, P., Rocheford, T. (2006) Opportunities and strategies for biofortified maize. Proceedings of the 9th Asian Regional Maize Workshop.
  • Chen, L., Collins, X.H., Tabatabai, L.B., and W.S. White. 2005. Use of a 13C tracer to investigate lutein as a ligand for plasma transthyretin in humans. Lipids; 40:1013-22.
  • Brown, M.J., Ferruzzi, M.G., Nguyen, M.L., Cooper, D.A., Eldridge, A.L., Schwartz, S.J., and W.S. White. 2004. Carotenoid bioavailability is higher from salads ingested with full-fat than with fat-reduced salad dressings as measured with electrochemical detection. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; 80:396-403.
  • Barr, J., White, W.S., Chen, L., and S.R. Rodermel. 2004. The GHOST terminal oxidase regulates developmental programming in tomato fruit. Plant, Cell & Environment; 27:840-52.
  • Lin, S., Quaroni, L., White, W.S., Cotton, T., and G.Chumanov. 2000. Localization of carotenoids in plasma low-density lipoproteins studied by surface-enhanced resonance raman spectroscopy. Biopolymers 57:249-56.
  • Yao, L., Liang, Y., Trahanovsky, W.S., Serfass, R.E. and W.S. White. 2000. Use of a 13C tracer to quantify the plasma appearance of a physiological dose of lutein in humans. Lipids 35:339-48.
  • Hu, X., Jandacek, R.J. and W.S. White. 2000. Intestinal absorption of beta-carotene ingested with a meal rich in sunflower oil or beef tallow: postprandial appearance in triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins in women. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 71:1170-80.
Food Science and Human Nutrition