Zhang presents poster at American Society for Nutrition annual meeting in San Diego

Tianou at San Diego conferenceTianou Zhang, Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate advised by Li Li Ji, Ph.D., professor and director in the School of Kinesiology, presented his research study on “Oat Avenanthramides (AVA) Are Bioavailable in Humans after Acute Consumption of Oat Cookies”at a poster session at the 80th American Society for Nutrition Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2016 held April 2-6 in San Diego.

Avenanthramide (AVA), a bioactive compound found only in oats, has been shown to exert antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Mr. Zhang examined the metabolic fate of orally ingested oat AVA by measuring plasma AVA concentrations and their pharmacological  characteristics. His research findings showed that AVA found naturally in oats can be absorbed in humans after consuming natural oat cookies. The abstract is available here.

Mr. Zhang is a research assistant for Dr. Ji in the School’s Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science.