Liu, Qiang, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

93 Stone Road West
Guelph, Ontario N1G 5C9
Telephone: 226-217-8078
Fax: 519-829-2600
Email: qiang.liu@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• chemistry, molecular structure and functional properties of starch from various plant sources
• resistant starch: formation, characterization and functionality
• alteration made to starch due to physical, chemical or biochemical means
• potato quality with emphasis on glycermic index, acrylamide, and digestibility in vitro
• thermal analysis including glass transition and heat capacity of biopolymers.

Current Projects:

• Understanding starch chemistry, structure/function, interaction, modification, and utilization as well as the role of starch and starch derivatives in the process and quality of food and non-food products
• Low glycemic index (GI) starch from Canadian grown pulse
• To develop novel starches from various Canadian grown plant crops (e.g. potatoes, corn and pulses) as a functional food ingredient and for biodegradable materials application to add value to agricultural crops

Affiliations:

• Adjunct professor, University of Guelph
• Adjunct associate professor, McMaster University
• Pulse fractions expert advisory committee, Pulse Canada
• Technical committee member for dietary fiber and starch division, AACC International

Research Publications:

2013:

• He, G.J., Liu, Q., and Thompson, M.R. (2013). "Characterization of structure and properties of thermoplastic potato starch film surface cross-linked by UV irradiation.", Starch / Stärke, 65(3-4), pp. 304-311. doi : 10.1002/star.201200097
• Kalinga, D.N., Waduge, R., Liu, Q., Yada, R.Y., Bertoft, E., and Seetharaman, K. (2013). "On the differences in the granular architecture and starch structure between pericarp and endosperm wheat starches.", Starch / Stärke. doi : 10.1002/star.201200240
• Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., Hrymak, A.N., and Han, J.H. (2013). "Characterization of Extruded Thermoplastic Starch Reinforced by Montmorillonite Nanoclay.", Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 21(1), pp. 122-131. doi : 10.1007/s10924-012-0528-0

2012:

• Chen, D., Lawton, D., Thompson, M.R., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Biocomposites reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals derived from potato peel waste.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 90(1), pp. 709-716. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.06.002
• Chung, H.-J. and Liu, Q. (2012). "Physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of flour and starch from pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars.", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 50(1), pp. 131-137. doi : 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.10.004
• Duan, D.X., Donner, E.A., Liu, Q., Smith, D.C., and Ravenelle, F. (2012). "Potentiometric titration for determination of amylose content of starch – A comparison with colorimetric method.", Food Chemistry, 130(4), pp. 1142-1145. doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.138
• Fan, M.Z., Archbold, T., Lackeyram, D., Liu, Q., Mine, Y., and Paliyath, G. (2012). "Consumption of guar gum and retrograded high-amylose corn resistant starch increases IL-10 abundance without affecting pro-inflammatory cytokines in the colon of pigs fed a high-fat diet.", Journal of Animal Science, 90(Suppl. 4), pp. 278-280. doi : 10.2527/jas.54006
• Liu, F., Ahmed, Z., Lee, E.A., Donner, E.A., Liu, Q., Ahmed, R., Morell, M.K., Emes, M.J., and Tetlow, I.J. (2012). "Allelic variants of the amylose extender mutation of maize demonstrate phenotypic variation in starch structure resulting from modified protein–protein interactions.", Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(3), pp. 1167-1183. doi : 10.1093/jxb/err341
• Lu, Z.-H., Donner, E.A., Yada, R.Y., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Impact of γ-irradiation, CIPC treatment, and storage conditions on physicochemical and nutritional properties of potato starches.", Food Chemistry, 133(4), pp. 1188-1195. doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.028
• Lu, Z.-H., Donner, E.A., Yada, R.Y., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Rheological and structural properties of starches from γ-irradiated and stored potatoes.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 87(1), pp. 69-75. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.07.010
• Lu, Z.-H., Donner, E.A., Yada, R.Y., and Liu, Q. (2012). "The synergistic effects of amylose and phosphorus on rheological, thermal and nutritional properties of potato starch and gel.", Food Chemistry, 133(4), pp. 1214-1221. doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.029
• Oza, H., Thompson, M.R., Hrymak, A.N., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Influence of di-functional versus multi-functional chain extenders on the foamability of a potato starch-based biopolymer.", Starch / Stärke, 64(12), pp. 944-954. doi : 10.5740/jaoacint.CS2012-04
• Pinhero, R.G., Pazhekattu, R., Whitfield, K., Marangoni, A.G., Liu, Q., and Yada, R.Y. (2012). "Effect of genetic modification and storage on the physico-chemical properties of potato dry matter and acrylamide content of potato chips.", Food Research International, 49(1), pp. 7-14. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.07.013
• Shalviri, A., Raval, G., PrasadPrasad, P., Chan, C., Liu, Q., Heerklotz, H., and Rauth, A.M. (2012). "pH-Dependent doxorubicin release from terpolymer of starch, polymethacrylic acid and polysorbate 80 nanoparticles for overcoming multi-drug resistance in human breast cancer cells.", European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 82(3), pp. 587-597. doi : 10.1016/j.ejpb.2012.09.001
• Wang, G.P., Thompson, M.R., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Controlling the moisture absorption capacity in a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic starch using sodium trimetaphosphate.", Industrial Crops and Products, 36(1), pp. 299-303. doi : 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.10.015
• Wang, G.P., Thompson, M.R., and Liu, Q. (2012). "In situ kinetic study of solid-state crosslinking of potato starch.", Starch / Stärke, 64(1), pp. 55-63. doi : 10.1002/star.201100097
• Zhang, Y., Yuan, X., Liu, Q., and Hrymak, A.N. (2012). "The Effect of Polymeric Chain Extenders on Physical Properties of Thermoplastic Starch and Polylactic Acid Blends.", Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 20(2), pp. 315-325. doi : 10.1007/s10924-011-0368-3
• Zhang, Y., Yuan, X., Thompson, M.R., and Liu, Q. (2012). "Characterization of Extruded Film Based on Thermoplastic Potato Flour.", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 125(4), pp. 3250-3258. doi : 10.1002/app.36505

2011:

• Ambigaipalan, P., Hoover, R., Donner, E.A., Liu, Q., Jaiswal, S., Chibbar, R.N., Nantanga, K.K.M., and Seetharaman, K. (2011). "Structure of faba bean, black bean and pinto bean starches at different levels of granule organization and their physicochemical properties.", Food Research International, 49(9), pp. 2962-2974. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.07.006
• Chung, H.-J., Liu, Q., Lee, L., and Wei, D. (2011). "Relationship between the structure, physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of rice starches with different amylose contents.", Food Hydrocolloids, 25(5), pp. 968-975. doi : 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2010.09.011
• Kinnear, T., Wolever, T.M.S., Murphy, A.M., Sullivan, J.A., Liu, Q., and Bizimungu, B. (2011). "Effect of preparation method on the glycaemic index of novel potato clones.", Food & Function, 2(8), pp. 438-444. doi : 10.1039/C1FO10042D
• Lu, Z.-H., Yada, R.Y., Liu, Q., Bizimungu, B., Murphy, A.M., De Koeyer, D.L., and Li, X.-Q., Pinhero, R.G. (2011). "Correlation of physicochemical and nutritional properties of dry matter and starch in potatoes grown in different locations food chemistry.", Food Chemistry, 126(3), pp. 1246-1253. doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.12.037
• Pinhero, R.G., Pazhekattu, R., Marangoni, A.G., Liu, Q., and Yada, R.Y. (2011). "Alleviation of low temperature sweetening in potato by expressing Arabidopsis pyruvate decarboxylase gene and stress-inducible rd29A: A preliminary study.", Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 17(2), pp. 105-114. doi : 10.1007/s12298-011-0056-8
• Varatharajan, V., Hoover, R., Jihong, L., Vasanthan, T., Nantanga, K.K.M., Seetharaman, K., Liu, Q., Donner, E.A., Jaiswal, S., and Chibbar, R.N. (2011). "Impact of structural changes due to heat-moisture treatment at different temperatures on the susceptibility of normal and waxy potato starches towards hydrolysis by porcine pancreatic alpha amylase.", Food Research International, 44(9), pp. 2594-2606. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.04.050
• Zhang, J., Murphy, A.M., Liu, G.S., Bizimungu, B., Liu, Q., Leclerc, Y., Xing, T., and Li, X.-Q. (2011). "Starch granule size variation and relationship with tuber dry matter content in heritage potato varieties.", Scientia Horticulturae, 130(3), pp. 503-509. doi : 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.08.006
• Zhang, J., Xing, T., Liu, G.S., Liu, Q., Bizimungu, B., Leclerc, Y., and Li, X.-Q. (2011). "Starch granule sizes of surface and inside tissues of potato strips after deep-freezing storage.", The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology, 5(Spec. Issue 2), pp. 129-131.
• Zhang, Y.Thompson, M.R., Liu, Q., Hrymak, A.N. (2011). "The effect of pea fiber and potato pulp on thermal property, surface tension, and hydrophilicity of extruded starch thermoplastics.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 86(2), pp. 700-707. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.05.009

2010:

• Chung, H.-J. and Liu, Q. (2010). "Molecular structure and physicochemical properties of potato and bean starches as affected by gamma-irradiation.", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 47(2), pp. 214-222. doi : 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.04.019
• Liu, Q., Abdekhodaie, M.J., and Wu, X.Y. (2010). "Novel modified starch-xanthan gum hydrogels for controlled drug delivery: Synthesis and characterization.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 79(4), pp. 898-907. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.10.016
• Marsolais, F., Pajak, A., Yin, F., Taylor, M., Gabriel, M., Merino, D.M., Ma, V., Kameka, A., Vijayan, P., Pham, H., Huang, S.Z., Rivoal, J., Bett, K.E., Hernández-Sebastià, C., Liu, Q., Bertrand, A., and Chapman, R.A. (2010). "Proteomic analysis of common bean seed with storage protein deficiency reveals up-regulation of sulfur-rich proteins and starch and raffinose metabolic enzymes, and down-regulation of the secretory pathway.", Journal of Proteomics, 73(8), pp. 1587-1600. doi : 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.03.013
• Naguleswaran, S., Vasanthan, T., Hoover, R., and Liu, Q. (2010). "Structure and physicochemical properties of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) seed-shoot starch grown in Sri Lanka.", Food Chemistry, 118(3), pp. 634-640. doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.05.046
• Varatharajan, V., Hoover, R., Liu, Q., and Seetharaman, K. (2010). "The impact of heat-moisture treatment on the molecular structure and physicochemical properties of normal and waxy potato starches.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 81(2), pp. 466-475. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.03.002

2009:

• Chung, H.-J. and Liu, Q. (2009). "Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Corn Starch.", Journal of Food Science, 74(5), pp. C353-C361. doi : 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01159.x
• Chung, H.-J. and Liu, Q. (2009). "Impact of molecular structure of amylopectin and amylose on amylose chain association during cooling.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 77(4), pp. 807-815. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.03.004
• Chung, H.-J., Hoover, R., and Liu, Q. (2009). "The impact of single and dual hydrothermal modifications on the molecular structure and physicochemical properties of normal corn starch.", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 44(2), pp. 203-210. doi : 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2008.12.007
• Chung, H.-J., Liu, Q., and Hoover, R. (2009). "Effect of single and dual hydrothermal treatments on the crystalline structure, thermal properties, and nutritional fractions of pea, lentil, and navy bean starches.", Food Research International, 43(2), pp. 501-508. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.07.030
• Chung, H.-J., Liu, Q., and Hoover, R. (2009). "Impact of annealing and heat-moisture treatment on rapidly digestible, slowly digestible and resistant starch levels in native and gelatinized corn, pea and lentil starches.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 75(3), pp. 436-447. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.08.006
• Donner, E.A., Liu, Q., Arsenault, W.J., Ivany, J.A., and Wood, P.J. (2009). "Physicochemical and Nutritional Properties of Starch and Dry Matter from Organically and Conventionally Grown Potatoes.", Food, 3(Spec. Issue 1), pp. 31-38.
• Gidley, M.J., Hanashiro, I., Hani, N.M., Hill, S.E., Huber, A., Jane, J.-L., Liu, Q., Morris, G.A., Rolland-Sabaté, A., Striegel, A.M., and Gilbert, R.G. (2009). "Reliable measurements of the size distributions of starch molecules in solution: Current dilemmas and recommendations.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 79(2), pp. 255-261. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.07.056
• Hoover, R., Hughes, T., Chung, H.-J., and Liu, Q. (2009). "Composition, molecular structure, properties, and modification of pulse starches: A review.", Food Research International, 43(2), pp. 399-413. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.09.001
• Hughes, T., Hoover, R., Liu, Q., Donner, E.A., Chibbar, R.N., and Jaiswal, S. (2009). "Composition, morphology, molecular structure, and physicochemical properties of starches from newly released chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars grown in Canada.", Food Research International, 42(5-6), pp. 627-635. doi : 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.01.008
• Jayakody, L., Hoover, R., Liu, Q., and Donner, E.A. (2009). "Studies on tuber starches III. Impact of annealing on the molecular structure, composition and physicochemical properties of yam (Dioscorea sp.) starches grown in Sri Lanka.", Carbohydrate Polymers, 76(1), pp. 145-153. doi : 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.10.003
• Liu, Q., Donner, E.A., Tarn, T.R., Singh, J., and Chung, H.-J. (2009). "Advanced Analytical Techniques to Evaluate the Quality of Potato and Potato Starch.", in Singh, J. and Kaur, L. (eds.) - Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology, Elsevier Inc. Academic Press, Chapter 8, pp. pp. 221-248.
• Yuan, J.Z., Haroon, M., Lightfoot, D.A., Pelletier, Y., Liu, Q., and Li, X.-Q. (2009). "A high-resolution melting approach for analyzing allelic expression dynamics.", Current Issues in Molecular Biology (CIMB), 11(Suppl. 1), pp. i1-9.

Other Science Related Publications:

2010:

• Bing, D.-J. and Liu, Q. (2010). "Investigation of relationships of yield, seed size, seed protein and starch content and development of varieties with improved protein content of field pea (Pisum sativum L.).", 8th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Calgary, AB, Canada, November 3-5, 2010, Published in: Can. J. Plant Sci., 91, pp. 381.
• Lawton, D., Wang, G.P., Liu, Q., and Thompson, M.R. (2010). "Twin screw extrusion of thermoplastic potato starch.", 68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010, Orlando, FL, USA, May 16-20, 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 1136-1140.

2009:

• Li, X.-Q., Yuan, J.Z., Haroon, M., Lightfoot, D.A., Meksem, K., Pelletier, Y., Murphy, A.M., Liu, Q., and Bizimungu, B. (2009). "High-resolution DNA melting analysis of allelic expression.", Plant & Animal Genome XVII Conference, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA, January 10-14, 2009, W26, Workshop #216.
• Yuan, J.Z., Haroon, M., Lightfoot, D.A., Meksem, K., Pelletier, Y., Murphy, A.M., Liu, Q., Bizimungu, B., and Li, X.-Q. (2009). "Analysis of allelic expression dynamics using a high-resolution DNA melting approach.", Plant & Animal Genome XVII Conference, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA, January 10-14, 2009, P07b, Poster #700. (Poster)