Enni
Mannila
Doctoral Candidate, Food Sciences
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Life Technologies
Biochemistry
Areas of expertise
Food chemistry
Nutrition
Oats
Food microbiology
Gut microbiota
Probiotics
Milk
Medicinal plants
Sensory evaluations;
Biography
Currently, I am working as doctoral researcher at the unit of Food sciences. My research topic is The health effects of oats and rice in low-gluten diet.
Research
I am now studying comprehensive health effects of oats and rice as part of a low-gluten diet on metabolically challenged individuals with Professor Kaisa Linderborg and Professor Marjukka Kolehmainen (UEF) in our OAT-GUT-BRAIN-study, with main objectives:
- Discover how oats affect the human plasma metabolome and gut microbiota during long intervention
- Verify the health potential of oat phenolic compounds by analysis of inflammation markers and antioxidant capacity of plasma
- Investigate how the microbiota and metabolic state achieved by frequent oat consumption affects the postprandial state
I have additional experience on sensory evaluations, but my main focus is on gut microbiota and health effects of (plant) foods. My praised master's thesis (2020) focused on bioactivity of Finnish nettle and yarrow.
Publications
Comparison of Low-Gluten Diets Rich in Oats or Rice-A 6-Week Randomized Clinical Trial With Metabolically Challenged Volunteers (2025)
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
In Vitro Bioactivities of Food Grade Extracts from Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L) and Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L) Leaves (2023)
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Exogenous Polyamines Influence In Vitro Microbial Adhesion to Human Mucus according to the Age of Mucus Donor (2021)
Microorganisms
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))