Mustapha Umar Imam

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Location: Malaysia, Selangor
Work: Diabetes, Nutrigenomics, Preventive medicine, Oxidative stress
Biographical: My research entails the use of nutrigenomic tools to study the effects of dietary components and functional foods on expression patterns of genes involved in regulation of blood sugar, cholesterol, xenobiotic metabolism and oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9888-4809
Favourite Publications: 1. Imam MU, Maznah I, Ithnin H, Tubesha Z, Omar AR. Effects of Germinated Brown Rice and its Bioactive Compounds on the Expression of the Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Gamma Gene. Nutrients 2013, 5, 468-477. 2. Imam MU, Maznah I, Omar AR, Ithnin H. The hypocholesterolemic effect of germinated brown rice involves the upregulation of the apolipoprotein A1 and low-density lipoprotein receptor genes. Experimental Diabetes Research 2013. (In Press) 3. Imam MU, Maznah I. Nutrigenomic effects of germinated brown rice and its bioactives on hepatic gluconeogenic genes in type 2 diabetic rats and HEPG2 cells. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200429 (Accepted) 4. Imam MU, Ismail M. Effects of brown rice and white rice on expression of xenobiotic metabolism genes in type 2 diabetic rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2012, 13(7), 8597-8608. 5. Imam MU, Maznah I, Omar AR. Nutrigenomic effects of germinated brown rice bioactives on antioxidant genes. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2012, 53(S1), S105-S106.. 6. Imam MU, Azmi NH, Bhanger MI, Ismail N, Ismail M. Antidiabetic properties of germinated brown rice: a systematic review. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2012, Article ID 816501, 12 pages, 2012.

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