Kyung-Jin Yeum, Ph.D.

Featured HNRCA Research Publications
	Scientist II Carotenoids and Health Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University 711 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111-1524 Phone: (617) 556-3128 Fax: (617) 556-3344 E-mail: kyungjin.yeum@tufts.edu
Education	Ph.D., Nutrition Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Research Focus	Phytonutrient antioxidants
Academic Appointments	Assistant Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Selected Professional Affiliations	Member, American Society for Nutritional Sciences
Li L, Chen C-YO, Chun H-K, Cho S-M, Park K-M, Lee-Kim YC, Blumberg JB, Russell RM, Yeum K-Y.A fluorometric assay to determine antioxidant activity of both hydrophilic and lipophilic components in plant foods. J Nutr Biochem. 2008 (in press). Cho Y, Yeum K-J, Chen C, Beretta G, Tang G, Krinsky NI, Yoon S, Lee-Kim YC, Blumberg J, Russell RM. Phytonutrients Affecting Hydrophilic & Lipophilic Antioxidant Activities in Fruits, Vegetables and Legumes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2007;87(6):1096-1107. Ferreira AL, Yeum K-J, Matsubara LS, Matsubara BB, Correa CR, Pereira EJ, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Tang G. Doxorubicin as an antioxidant: maintenance of myocardial levels of lycopene under doxorubicin treatment. Free Rad Biol Med. 2007;43:740-751. Beretta G, Aldini G, Facino RM, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Yeum K-J. Total antioxidant performance (tap): a validated fluorescence assay for the measurement of plasma oxidizability. Analytical Chemistry. 2006;354(2):290-8. Zhao X, Aldini G, Johnson EJ, Rasmussen H, Kraemer K, Woolf H, Musaeus N, Krinsky NI, Russell RM, Yeum K-J. Modification of lymphocyte DNA damage by carotenoid supplementation in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2006;83(1):163-169.
Other Recent Publications Kim Y, Lian F, Yeum KJ, Chongviriyaphan N, Choi SW, Russell RM, Wang XD. The effects of combined antioxidant (beta-carotene, alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid) supplementation on antioxidant capacity, DNA single-strand breaks and levels of insulin-like growth factor-1/IGF-binding protein 3 in the ferret model of lung cancer. Int J Cancer. 2007;120(9):1847-54. Vega-Lopez S, Yeum KJ, Lecker JL, Ausman LM, Johnson EJ, Devaraj S, Jialal I, Lichtenstein AH. Plasma antioxidant capacity in response to diets high in soy or animal protein with or without isoflavones. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81(1):43-9. Yeum K-J, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Aldini G. Biomarkers of Antioxidant Capacity in the Hydrophilic and Lipophilic Compartments of Human Plasma. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2004;430:97-103. Ferreira AL, Yeum K-J, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Tang G. Enzymatic and oxidative metabolites of lycopene. J Nutr Biochem. 2003;14(9):531-40. Corrected and republished in: J Nutr Biochem. 2004;15(8):493-502. Yeum K-J, Aldini G, Chung HY, Krinsky NI, Russell RM. The activities of antioxidant nutrients in human plasma depend on the localization of attacking radical species. J Nutr. 2003;133(8):2688-91. Krinsky NI, Yeum K-J. Carotenoid-radical interactions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003;305(3):754-60. Aldini G, Yeum K-J, Carini M, Krinsky NI, Russell RM. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate prevents oxidative damage in both the aqueous and lipid compartments of human plasma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003;302(2):409-14. Yeum K-J, Russell RM. Carotenoid bioavailability and bioconversion. Annu Rev Nutr. 2002;22:483-504. Aldini G, Yeum K-J, Russell RM, Krinsky NI. A method to measure the oxidizability of both the aqueous and lipid compartments of plasma. Free Radic Biol Med. 2001;31(9):1043-50. Yeum K-J, dos Anjos Ferreira AL, Smith D, Krinsky NI, Russell RM. The effect of alpha-tocopherol on the oxidative cleavage of beta-carotene. Free Radic Biol Med. 2000;29(2):105-14. To see more of Dr. Kyung-Jin Yeum's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Yeum KJ."