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Robert DiSilvestro
Campbell Hall 345
(614) 292-6848
rdisilvestro@ehe.osu.edu
Professor, Department of Human Nutrition
Co-appointment: Professor, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center
Purdue University, B.S., Biochemistry, 1975
Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1982
Nutritional biochemistry and clinical nutrition of minerals and antioxidant nutrients and phytochemicals, especially in regard to inflammatory aspects of disease and exercise recovery; diet + exercise effects on body composition and bone health.
Examples of journal publications (total N= 85)
Wagner G, DiSilvestro RA. Effects of various forms of calcium on body weight and bone turnover markers in women participating in a weight loss program. J Am Coll Nutr, in press.
DiSilvestro RA, Goodman J, Dy E, Joseph E (2005) Soy extract increases erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activities in breast cancer survivors. Br Cancer Treat Res 89:251-255.
Selsby J, DiSilvestro RA, Devor ST (2004) Mg2+-creatine chelate and a low-dose creatine supplementation regimen improve exercise performance. J Strength Condit Res 18:311-315.
DiSilvestro RA, Carlson GP (1994) Effects of mild zinc deficiency, plus or minus acute phase response, on CCl4 hepatotoxicity. Free Radic Biol Med 16:57-61.
DiSilvestro RA, Liu J, Klaassen CD (1996) Transgenic mice overexpressing metallothionein are not resistant to adriamycin cardiotoxicity. Res Comm Molec Pathol Pharmacol 93:163-170.
Yang FL, David EA, DiSilvestro RA (1993) Neonatal rat liver contains low concentrations of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase protein and mRNA. Biochim Biophys Acta 1156:232-234.
DiSilvestro RA, Yang FL, David EA (1992) Species specific heterogeneity for molecular weight estimates of serum extracellular superoxide dismutase activities. Comp Biochem Physiol 101B:531-534.
DiSilvestro RA, Marten JT, Skehan M (1992) Effects of copper supplementation on ceruloplasmin and copper-zinc superoxide dismutase activities in free-living rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Amer Coll Nutr 11:177-180.