Dr. Andrew O'Brien Wheatley

Research Interests

• Molecular Analyses of Indigenous Caribbean Plant Crops for Economic Development and Health Purposes - Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Molecular Biology

Citations

Book, Chapter

• Lobban, K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Biochemical changes associated with the cell wall of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) tubers during short-term storage [Abstract only]
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Toward increasing yam production in challenged environments: in vitro studies of the effect of salinity stress on some biochemical parameters of yam (Dioscorea alata) plantlets[Abstract only]
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Iyare, O.A., Glasgow, D.W. , Asemota, Helen N., Grindley, P.B., Ahmad, Mohammed H. Sectional influence of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) tubers used for minisett on some biochemical parameters of resultant tubers[ Abstract only]
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Storage characteristica of yam (Dioscorea sp.) in vitro derived and traditional tubers [Abstract only]
• McAnuff, M., Omoruyi, Felix O., Harding, Wayne W., Wheatley, Andrew O., Anderson, N.M., Jacobs, Helen M., Morrison, Errol Y. , Asemota, Helen N.. Jamaican yams: Nature's own medicine [Abstract only]
• Riley, C. K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N., Ahmad, Mohammed H. Initiation of field-grown yam (Dioscorea sp) vines into culture: Dealing with contamination [Abstract only]
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N. Postflask management of tissue culture plantlets: Biochemical and physiological considerations
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Osuji, G., Asemota, Helen N.. Differential gene expression and the development of salt tolerance in in vitro yam (Dioscorea alata) plantlets [Abstract]

Journal, Article

• Bahado-Singh, Perceval S., Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Morrison, Errol Y.St.A, Asemota, Helen N.. Food processing methods influence the glycaemic indices of some commonly eaten West Indies carbohydrate-rich foods
• Asemota, Helen N., Iyare, A.O., Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed, H.. Acclimatization of in-vitro grown yam (Dioscorea spp.) plantlets and some enzyme changes
• Powell, Melissa P., Wheatley, Andrew O., Tennant, Paula F., Omoruyi, Felix O., Gonsalves, Dennis, Asemota, Helen N., Ahmad, Mohammed H.. The effects of consumption of coat protein transgenic papaya (Carica papaya L.) on liver and kidney enzyme functions in rats [Abstract]
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. The physicochemical properties of starches from yams (Dioscorea spp.) grown in Jamaica
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, Andrew O., St. A Morrison, E.Y., Ahmad, I., Asemota, Helen N.. Investigation of the Effect of Food Processing on Glycaemic Indicies of Some Jamaican Foods: A Proactive Approach to Management Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [Abstracts]
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Adebayo, A. S., Ahmad, I., ST. A Morrison, E. Y., Asemota, Helen N.. Implications of amylose content and in virto digestibility of native Jamaican Yam (Dioscorea sp) Starches in the Formulation of Tablets and Capsules for Diabetics
• Dilworth, Lowell L, Stennett, D.K, Green, C, Bailey, D, Wheatley, Andrew O., Simon, Oswald, Oladiende, F, Asemota, Helen N.. Kidney function analyses in genetically modified hypercholesterolemic mice fed bitter yam (Dioscorea polygonoides) proprietary preparation
• Bahado-Singh, Perceval S., Wheatley, Andrew O., Osagie, A.U, Boyne, Michael, Morrison, Errol Y.St.A., Asemota, Helen N.. Low glycemic index foods: A nutritional approach for management of hyperglycemia and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetics
• Green, C. O. , Wheatley, A. O. , Osagie, A. U. , St, A. Morrison EY, Asemota, H. N. . Determination of polymethoxylated flavones in peels of selected Jamaican and Mexican citrus (Citrus spp.) cultivars by high-performance liquid chromatography
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Osarosemwen, Iyare A., Asemota, Helen N.. Effect of section of Yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) tuber used in minisett on the biochemical properties of the resultant tuber.
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N., Morrison, Errol Y. . Glycaemic index: Not all carbohydrates are created equal [Abstarct only]
• Wheatley, Andrew, O., Asemota, Helen N., Morrison, Errol Y. . Glycaemic Index: Not All Carbohydrates are Created Equal [Abstract]
• Riley, Cliff K., Adebayo, S.A, Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N.. Fundamental and derived properties of yam (Dioscorea Spp.) starch powders and implications in tablet and capsule formulation
• Riley, Cliff K., Adebayo, S.A, Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. The correlation between granular properties and the in vitro digestion of native starches extracted from yams (Dioscorea spp.)
• Riley, Cliff K. , Wheatley , Andrew O. , Hassan , Ishmael , Ahmad , Mohammed H. , Morrison , Errol Y., Asemota, Helen N. . In vitro digestibility of raw starches extracted from five yam (dioscorea spp.) species grown in Jamaica
• Riley, C. K. , Bahado-Singh, Perceval S. , Wheatley, Andrew. O. , Ahmad, Mohammed H. , Asemota, Helen. N. . Relationship between the physicochemical properties of starches and the glycemic indices of some Jamaican yams (Dioscorea spp.)
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Hassan, Ishmael, Ahmad, Mohammed H., Morrison, Errol Y. , Asemota, Helen N.. In Vitro Digestibility of Raw Starches Extracted from Five Yam (Dioscorea sp.) Grown in Jamaica
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N.. Development of salt adaptation in vitro greater yam (Dioscorea alata) plantlets
• Riley, C. K. , Adebayo, S. A. , Wheatley, Andrew. O. , Asemota, Helen. N. . The interplay between yam (Dioscorea sp.) starch botanical source, micromeritics and functionality in paracetamol granules for reconstitution
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Isolation and characterization of Starches from eight Dioscorea alata cultivars grown in Jamaica
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N., Ahmad, Mohammed H.. A comparison of the storageability of in vitro derived and traditionally produced yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) tubers
• Wheatley, Andrew O., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N., Osuji, G.. Development of salt tolerance in in vitro yam (Dioscorea) plantlets

Conference Proceedings

• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Hassan, Ishmael, Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N.. Morphological characterization of starches extracted from six Jamaican yam (Diascorea spp.) species [Abstract]
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Adebayo, A.S, Ahmad, Mohammed H., Morrison, Errol Y.St.A, Asemota, Helen N.. Formulation of drug delivery systems for diabetics using yam (Dioscorea sp.) starches; effect of starch physicochemical properties
• Bahado-Singh, Perceval S., Wheatley, Andrew O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, Michael, Morrison, Errol Y.St.A., Ahmad, Mohammed H., Asemota, Helen N.. Lifestyle dietary intervention using low glycemic index foods for the management of type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean
• Riley, Cliff K., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. The effect of the physicochemical properties on the in vitro digestability of starches extracted from yams(Dioscorea spp.) grown in Jamaica
• Dilworth, Lowell L., Omoruyi, Felix O., Morrison, Errol Y., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N. . Blood glucose and some faecal minerals in rats fed phytic acid extract from sweet potato (ipomea batatas)
• Riley, C.K., Morrison, E.Y.St.A, Wheatley, A.O., Ahmad, A.M., Asemota, H.N., Hassan, I.. In vitro digestibility of starches from yams (dioscorea spp) grown in Jamaica: A condition for glucose availability
• Wheatley, A.O., Ahmad, M.H., Morrison, E.Y.St.A, Asemota, H.N.. Biotechnological improvement of tuber crops for wealth and wellness amongst Caribbean people
• Riley, Cliff K., Adebayo, A.S, Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Exploitation of yam (Dioscorea spp.) glycosidic biomaterials in paracetamol formulations
• Powell, Melissa P., Wheatley, Andrew O., Tennant, Paula F., Omoruyi, Felix O., Asemota, Helen N., Gonsalves, Dennis, Ahmad, Mohammed H. . Rat Intestinal Transport Enzymes: Effects of Consumption of Transgenic Papaya (Carica papaya L.)
• Powell, Melissa P., Wheatley, Andrew O., Tennant, Paula F., Omoruyi, Felix O., Asemota, Helen N., Gonsalves, Dennis, Morrison, Errol Y., Ahmad, Mohammed H.. Effects of consumption of transgenic papaya (Carica papaya L.) on rat intestinal disaccharidases [Abstract]
• Earl-Barrett, Simone T., Lobban, Kathleen S., Wheatley, Andrew O., Asemota, Helen N.. Genetic variation and cultivar identification of Diascorea alata using random amplified polymorphic DNA and amplified fragment length polymorphism [Abstract]
• Lobban, Kathleen S., Wheatley, Andrew O., Osuji, G., Asemota, Helen N.. Application of RFDD in the determination of genes triggered during the sprouting of yam tubers (Diascorea sp.) [Abstract]
• Green, C.O., Wheatley, A.O., Dilworth, L.L., McGrowder, D., Mills, J., Morrison, E., Asemota, H.N.. Effect of Jamaican ortanique peel plymethoxylated flavones on liver and kidney function in diet-induced hpercholesterolaemic rats