L. Brian Perkins

Associate Research Professor Emeritus of Food Analytical Chemistry

Degree:聽Ph. D. 2002, University of 海角社区
Phone:听207.581.1367
贰尘补颈濒:听bperkins@maine.edu
Location:聽103 & 200 Hitchner Hall

Professional Interests:聽Analytical method development (LC & GC) for bioactive compounds and naturally-occurring toxins in food and environmental matrices. Fermentation chemistry.

罢别补肠丑颈苍驳:听Introduction to Food and Nutrition (FSN 101), Brewing With Food Science (FSN 121), Food Analysis (FSN 587), Advanced Graduate Seminar (FSN 671).

Research:: Analytical (chromatographic) method development: LC/PDA/FLD/RI, UPLC/DAD/FLD/ELSD, GC/MS/FID/ECD). Novel bioactive compounds in foods (capsinoids, capsaicinoids, anthocyanins, carotenoids, flavonoids).Naturally-occurring toxins in foods (mycotoxins, glycoalkaloids). Brewing and food fermentation chemistry (organic acids, carbohydrates, fusel alcohols, aldehydes, biogenic amines and compounds derived from hops)

Recent Publications:

M.Moyet, A. Alyokhin, A. Buzza, and聽L.B. Perkins. Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Recycling Agent for Cull Potatoes.聽Am. J. Potato Res.(2023).

C. Williamson, K. Kennedy, S. Bhattacharya, S. Patel, J. Perry, J. Bolton,聽L.B. Perkins, L. Li-Ying Chan, A novel image-based method for simultaneous counting of聽Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces聽in mixed culture fermentation,聽Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, Volume 50, Issue 1, 2023.

M. Leach, A.C. Dibble, L.B. Stack,聽L.B. Perkins, and F.A. Drummond, The Effect of Plant Nutrition on Bee Flower Visitation,鈥澛Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society聽94(4), 277-300, February 2023.

A.Y.Leon-Tinoco, B.C.Guimar茫es, S.T.RAlmeida, D.C.Reyes, S.Rivera, M.Killerby, C.Wu,聽B.Perkins, C.Knight, J.J.Romero. Effect of lignosulfonates on the dry matter loss, nutritional value, and microbial counts of high moisture alfalfa silage.聽聽Animal Feed Science and Technology,聽Volume 290, August, 2022.

Alhallaf, W. and聽Perkins, L.B.聽The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Chaga Extracts Obtained by Different Extraction Methods against LPS-Induced RAW 264.7.聽听惭辞濒别肠耻濒别蝉聽2022, 27, 4207.

Alhallaf, W., Bishop, K. &聽Perkins, L.B.. . Optimization of Accelerated Solvent Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Chaga Using Response Surface Methodology.聽Food Anal. Methods听(2022).

Killerby, M. A., Almeida, S.T.R., Hollandsworth, R., Guimaraes, B.C., Leon-Tinoco, A.,聽Perkins, L.B., Henry, D., Schwartz, T.J., Romero, J.J. Effect of chemical and biological preservatives and ensiling stage on the dry matter loss, nutritional value, microbial counts, and ruminal in vitro gas production kinetics of wet brewer鈥檚 grain silage,聽Journal of Animal Science,聽Volume 100, Issue 5, May 2022, skac095,

Koller, H.; Perkins, L.B. Brewing and the Chemical Composition of Amine-Containing Compounds in Beer: A Review.聽Foods聽2022, 11, 257.

A. Dankwa, J. Perry and聽L. Perkins. Assessment of microbial variation and chemical composition in water kefir over repeated brewing cycles and refrigerated storage.聽Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 5, Issue Supplement 2, June 2021, 580.

Delaney Greiner, Denise Skonberg,聽Lewis Perkins, Jennifer Perry. Use of invasive Green Crab Carcinus maenas for production of a fermented condiment.聽Foods聽2021, 10, 659.

D.I. Skonberg S. Fader聽L.B. Perkins聽J.J. Perry. Lactic acid fermentation in the development of a seaweed sauerkraut-style product: microbiological, physicochemical and sensory evaluation.聽Journal of Food Science. January 22, 2021.

Sami Humaid, Dhriti Nayar, Jason Bolton,聽Brian Perkins聽& Denise Skonberg. Refrigerated shelf-life evaluation of high pressure processed, raw and sous vide cooked lobster.聽High Pressure Research. June 16, 2020.

D. Reyes, S. Annis, S. Rivera, A. Leon-Tinoco, C. Wu,聽L. Perkins, J. Perry, Z. Ma, C. Knight, M. Catillo and J. Romero Gomez. Increased high-moisture alfalfa hay preservation in-vitro ruminal digestibility, fermentability and decreased proteolysis with the novel use of technical lignins.聽Journal of Dairy Science. May 14, 2020. 103 (7) 614-6134.

Patrick Erbland, Andrei Alyokhin,聽L.Brian Perkins聽and Michael Peterson. Dose-dependent retention of omega-3 fatty acids by black soldier fly larvae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).聽Journal of Economic Entomology. March 24, 2020;113(3):1221-1226.

H. Jiang, H.W. Hwang, T. Ge, B. Cole,聽B. Perkins聽and J. Hao. 2019. Leucine regulates zoosporic germination and infection by Phytophthora erythroseptica.聽Frontiers in Microbiology. 05 February 2019聽

Kimberly R. Miner, Seth Campbell, Christopher Gerbi, Anna Liljedahl, Therese Anderson,聽L. Brian Perkins, Steven Bernsen, Tiffany Gatesman and Karl J. Kreutz. 2018. Organochlorine pollutants within a polythermal glacier in the interior Alaska range.聽Water聽10(9): 1157; doi:10.3390/w10091157

Daniel M. Weaver, S.M. Coghlan, H.S. Greig,, A.J. Klemmer,聽L.B. Perkins聽and J. Zydlewski. 2018. Subsidies from anadromous sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) carcasses function as a reciprocal nutrient exchange between marine and freshwaters.聽River Research and Applications. 30 May 2018聽