Freda M. Farquharson

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Freda M. Farquharson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Freda M. Farquharson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Food Science and 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Freda M. Farquharson's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Freda M. Farquharson is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Freda M. Farquharson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Freda M. Farquharson's co-authors include Petra Louis, Sylvia H. Duncan, Harry J. Flint, Grietje Holtrop, James O. Lindsay, Kevin Whelan, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Anne Salonen, Katri Korpela and Jarkko Salojärvi and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Gastroenterology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Freda M. Farquharson

24 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Impact of diet and individual variation on intestinal microbiota composition and fermentation products in obese men
    2014 509 citations Anne Salonen, Leo Lahti et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers

Freda M. Farquharson
Camille Martin‐Gallausiaux France
Johanna Maukonen Finland
Mirco Vacca Italy
Mathis Wolter Luxembourg
Lotta Nylund Finland
Karen Windey Belgium
Camille Mayeur France
Takuya Takahashi Japan
Fábio Takeo Sato Brazil
Jane M. Natividad Canada
Camille Martin‐Gallausiaux France
Freda M. Farquharson
Citations per year, relative to Freda M. Farquharson Freda M. Farquharson (= 1×) peers Camille Martin‐Gallausiaux

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Freda M. Farquharson

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All Works

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Neacsu, Madalina, Nicholas J. Vaughan, Gary Duncan, et al.. (2025). Fava bean and buckwheat are sustainable food sources which support satiety and beneficially modulate several biomarkers, bacteria and metabolites associated with human health. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(5). 211–211.
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Barra, Giusi, Carmela Fusco, Giuliana d’Ippolito, et al.. (2025). Decoding a Gut Commensal Signal: Structural and Immunological Profiling of Segatella Copri Lipopolysaccharide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(48). e202512947–e202512947.
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Farquharson, Freda M., Graham Horgan, Jesper Holck, et al.. (2025). Roles of human colonic bacteria in pectin utilization and associated cross-feeding networks revealed using synthetic co-cultures. Microbiology. 171(5). 1 indexed citations
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Ranawana, Viren, Vassilios Raikos, Helen E. Hayes, et al.. (2023). Habitual consumption of high-fibre bread fortified with bean hulls increased plasma indole-3-propionic concentration and decreased putrescine and deoxycholic acid faecal concentrations in healthy volunteers. British Journal Of Nutrition. 130(9). 1521–1536. 4 indexed citations
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Warnke, Ines, Freda M. Farquharson, Graham Horgan, et al.. (2020). Vitamin Biosynthesis by Human Gut Butyrate-Producing Bacteria and Cross-Feeding in Synthetic Microbial Communities. mBio. 11(4). 161 indexed citations
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Alessi, Anna M., Victoria Gray, Freda M. Farquharson, et al.. (2020). β‐Glucan is a major growth substrate for human gut bacteria related to Coprococcus eutactus . Environmental Microbiology. 22(6). 2150–2164. 29 indexed citations
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Duncan, Gary, et al.. (2020). Prevalent Human Gut Bacteria Hydrolyse and Metabolise Important Food-Derived Mycotoxins and Masked Mycotoxins. Toxins. 12(10). 654–654. 15 indexed citations
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Drew, Janice E., Nicole Reichardt, Lynda M. Williams, et al.. (2018). Dietary fibers inhibit obesity in mice, but host responses in the cecum and liver appear unrelated to fiber-specific changes in cecal bacterial taxonomic composition. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15566–15566. 33 indexed citations
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Reichardt, Nicole, Grietje Holtrop, Freda M. Farquharson, et al.. (2017). Specific substrate-driven changes in human faecal microbiota composition contrast with functional redundancy in short-chain fatty acid production. The ISME Journal. 12(2). 610–622. 182 indexed citations
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Gratz, Silvia W., Anthony J. Richardson, Gary Duncan, et al.. (2017). Porcine Small and Large Intestinal Microbiota Rapidly Hydrolyze the Masked Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside and Release Deoxynivalenol in Spiked Batch Cultures In Vitro. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(2). 34 indexed citations
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Schröter, David, Susanne Neugart, Freda M. Farquharson, et al.. (2017). Chlorogenic acid versus amaranth's caffeoylisocitric acid – Gut microbial degradation of caffeic acid derivatives. Food Research International. 100(Pt 3). 375–384. 35 indexed citations
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Staudacher, Heidi M., Miranda Lomer, Freda M. Farquharson, et al.. (2017). A Diet Low in FODMAPs Reduces Symptoms in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and A Probiotic Restores Bifidobacterium Species: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology. 153(4). 936–947. 311 indexed citations
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Farquharson, Freda M., Susanne Neugart, Sylvia H. Duncan, et al.. (2017). Mutual Interaction of Phenolic Compounds and Microbiota: Metabolism of Complex Phenolic Apigenin-C- and Kaempferol-O-Derivatives by Human Fecal Samples. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(2). 485–497. 42 indexed citations
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Gemmell, Matthew, Susan A. Berry, Mark A. Glaire, et al.. (2016). Extending colonic mucosal microbiome analysis—assessment of colonic lavage as a proxy for endoscopic colonic biopsies. Microbiome. 4(1). 61–61. 46 indexed citations
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Hedin, Charlotte, Neil E. McCarthy, Petra Louis, et al.. (2014). Altered intestinal microbiota and blood T cell phenotype are shared by patients with Crohn's disease and their unaffected siblings. Gut. 63(10). 1578–1586. 125 indexed citations
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Salonen, Anne, Leo Lahti, Jarkko Salojärvi, et al.. (2014). Impact of diet and individual variation on intestinal microbiota composition and fermentation products in obese men. The ISME Journal. 8(11). 2218–2230. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hedin, Charlotte, Kirstin M. Taylor, Petra Louis, et al.. (2012). OC-051 Microbial, phenotypic and genetic markers of risk: aspects of crohn's disease that are shared by unaffected siblings: Abstract OC-051 Table 1. Gut. 61(Suppl 2). A22.2–A23. 1 indexed citations

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