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LI Mingqin

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Food Science

Adolphe Merkle Institute Chemin des Verdiers 4 CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland

Office:	B212
Phone:	+41 26 300 9294
Email:	mingqin.li@unifr.ch
	0000-0001-8103-3581

Publications

Protease‐Mediated Synthesis of Zein Nanofibrils: From Structural Elucidation to Functional Application
Mingqin Li, Tonghui Jin, Simone Wüthrich, Jiangtao Zhou, Qiyao Sun, Ting Li, Zhou Dong, Eva Maria Zunzuneigui Bru, Raffaele Mezzenga
Advanced Science 12 (2025)

Cocoa bean shells: a review into the chemical profile, the bioactivity and the biotransformation to enhance their potential applications in foods
Amalie Younes, Mingqin Li, Salwa Karboune
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 63 , 9111-9135 (2023)

Modification of potato protein by enzymes for improved gelling properties

supervised-student-publication (2023)

Functional Coating from Amyloid Superwetting Films
Tonghui Jin, Mohammad Peydayesh, Mingqin Li, Yang Yao, Di Wu, Raffaele Mezzenga
Advanced Materials 34 (2022)

Feruloylation of polysaccharides from cranberry and characterization of their prebiotic properties
Eugenio Spadoni Andreani, Mingqin Li, Jennifer Ronholm, Salwa Karboune
Food Bioscience 42 , 101071 (2021)

Oxidative cross-linking of potato proteins by fungal laccases: Reaction kinetics and effects on the structural and functional properties
Mingqin Li, Salwa Karboune, Kelly Light, Selim Kermasha
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 71 , 102723 (2021)

Laccase-catalyzed conjugation of potato protein (PPT) with selected pectic polysaccharides (PPS): Conjugation efficiency and emulsification properties
Mingqin Li, Salwa Karboune
Food Chemistry 342 , 128212 (2021)

Molecular and air-water interfacial properties of potato protein upon modification via laccase-catalyzed cross-linking and conjugation with sugar beet pectin
Mingqin Li, Christophe Blecker, Salwa Karboune
Food Hydrocolloids 112 , 106236 (2021)

Laccase-catalyzed oxidative cross-linking of tyrosine and potato patatin- and lysozyme-derived peptides: Molecular and kinetic study
Mingqin Li, Lan Liu, Selim Kermasha, Salwa Karboune
Enzyme and Microbial Technology 143 , 109694 (2021)