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Dr. Maurice Bennink
Professor


Food Science

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Degrees:  
Dairy Science:  B.S. 1966 Michigan State Univ.
Animal Science:  M.S.  1968 Colorado State Univ.
Nutritional Science:  Ph.D. 1973 Univ. of Illinois



Research Interests: 
Nutritional biochemistry; microbiology and the gastrointestinal tract; lipid metabolism; dietary fiber; diet and cancer

Teaching Interests:  
Metabolism and energetics of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; nutrition research techniques.  

Publications: 

Courses: 

Undergraduate Advising: Nutritional Sciences 

Graduate Advising:  Human Nutrition 

Publications:

Awad AC, Bennink MR and DM Smith.  1997.  Composition and functional properties of cholesterol reduced egg yolk. Poultry Science.  76: 649-53.

Gossain VV, Gunaga KP, Carella MJ, Bennink MR, Edminster RR, and DR Rover. 1997.  Apolipoproteins in obesity:  Effect of weight loss. J. Med. 28: 251-263.

Occena LG, Bennink MR, Uebersax MA,  and YS Chung.  1997.  Evaluation of drum-dried meals prepared from split beans (Phaseolus vulgaris 1.): Protein quality and selected antinutritional factors.  J. Fd. Proc. Preserv. 21: 335-344.

Thiagarajan DG, Bennink MR, Bourquin LD, and FA Kavas.  1998.  Prevention of precancerous colonic lesions in rats by soy flakes, soy flour, genistein and calcium.  Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 68(suppl):1394S-1399S.

Email: mbennink@msu.edu
Office: 106 G.M. Trout 
Phone: (517) 355-8474 Ext103
Office Hours: By appointment