maître de conférence - Ing., PhD
(+961) 1 421 000 ext 3443 hiba.rajha@usj.edu.lb
En 2016, j'ai remporté le prix LIRA (Lebanese Industrial Research Achievements Programs). En 2020, j’ai remporté le prix « IP Valorization Grants Program », ACT Smart Innovation Hub, Berytech.
Mon axe de recherche est focalisé sur la valorisation des coproduits alimentaires à travers la récupération de molécules bioactives moyennant des technologies émergentes d’extraction telles que les champs électriques pulsés, les ultrasons, les décharges électriques à haute tension, les infrarouges, etc. Les molécules bioactives sont ensuite valorisées dans diverses applications industrielles, en cosmétologie, en science des matériaux, en pharmaceutique, et comme additifs alimentaires. En résumé mes axes de recherche sont:
BREVETS D'INVENTION
1.
Rajha, H.N., Debs, E., Maroun, R.G., Louka, N. (2017). System for extracting,
separating or treating products through infrared radiation. Adequacy between
the properties of infrared radiation and those of the processed products.
Invention patent number 2017 / 11-11296L granted on 29/11/2017.
2.
Maroun, R.G., El Kantar S., Rajha, H.N., Louka, N.
(2018). New deep eutectic solvents
for the recovery of bioactive molecules. Invention patent number 2018 /
11547 granted on 23/10/2018.
3.
Debs, E., Rajha,
H.N., R. Rizk, H. Francis, R. Mrad, R. G. Maroun and N. Louka (2019).
"Apparatus for placing, installations, under high vapor pressure, with a
rise of the ultra-fast pressure "EPUR". Application to the
Intensification of Vaporization by Decompression to the Vacuum
"IVDV"." Invention patent number 11666 granted on 07/05/2019.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Rajha, H. N., El Darra, N., Vorobiev,
E., Louka, N., & Maroun, R. G.. An Environment Friendly, Low-Cost Extraction Process of Phenolic
Compounds from Grape Byproducts. Optimization by Multi-Response Surface
Methodology. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2013, 4(6), 650-659.
2.
Rajha, H. N., Louka, N., El Darra, N., Hobaika, Z.,
Boussetta, N., Vorobiev, E., & Maroun, R. G. Multiple Response Optimization
of High Temperature, Low Time Aqueous Extraction Process of Phenolic Compounds
from Grape Byproducts. Food
and Nutrition Sciences, 2014, 5(4),
351-360.
3.
Rajha, H. N., El Darra, N., Hobaika, Z., Boussetta, N.,
Vorobiev, E., Maroun, R. G., & Louka, N. Extraction of Total Phenolic
Compounds, Flavonoids, Anthocyanins and Tannins from Grape Byproducts by
Response Surface Methodology. Influence of Solid-Liquid Ratio, Particle Size,
Time, Temperature and Solvent Mixtures on the Optimization Process. Food and Nutrition Sciences,
2014, 5(4), 397-409.
4. Rajha, H. N., Boussetta, N., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G., &
Vorobiev, E.. A comparative study of
physical pretreatments for the extraction of phenolic compounds and proteins
from vine shoots. Food
Research International, 2014, 65, C, 462-468.
5.
Rajha, H. N., Ziegler, W., Louka, N., Hobaika, Z., Vorobiev,
E., Boechzelt, H. G., & Maroun, R. G. Effect of the Drying Process on the
Intensification of Phenolic Compounds Recovery from Grape Pomace Using
Accelerated Solvent Extraction. International
journal of molecular sciences, 2014,
15(10), 18640-18658.
6.
Rajha, H. N., Chacar, S., Afif, C., Vorobiev, E., Louka, N.,
& Maroun, R. G. β-cyclodextrin assisted extraction of phenolic compounds
from vine shoot cultivars. Journal of agricultural
and food chemistry, 2015, 63(13), 3387-3393.
7.
Rajha, H. N., Boussetta, N., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G., &
Vorobiev, E. Effect of alternative physical pretreatments (pulsed electric
field, high voltage electrical discharges and ultrasound) on the dead-end
ultrafiltration of vine-shoot extracts. Separation and Purification
Technology, 2015, 146, 243-251.
8.
Rajha, H. N., Boussetta, N., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G., &
Vorobiev, E. Electrical, mechanical, and chemical effects of high-voltage
electrical discharges on the polyphenols extraction from vine shoots. Innovative
Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 2015b, 31 (2015): 60-66.
9. El Darra N., Rajha, H. N., Ducasse M.A., Turk M.F., Grimi N., Guérin-Schneider R., Maroun R.G., Louka N., Vorobiev E. Effect of pulsed electric field treatment during cold
maceration and alcoholic fermentation on major red wine qualitative and
quantitative parameters. Food Chemistry, 2016, 213, 352-360.
10.
Rajha,
H. N., El
Darra N., El Kantar S., Hobaika, Z., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G. A Comparative Study of the
Phenolic and Technological Maturities of Red Grapes Grown in Lebanon.
Antioxidants, 2017, 6 (1), 8.
11.
El Darra N.*, Rajha, H. N.*, Saleh F., Al-Oweini R.,
Maroun, R. G., Louka, N. Food Fraud detection in commercial Pomegranate Molasses
syrups by UV-VIS spectroscopy, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and HPLC methods. Food
Control 2017, vol. 78, p. 132-137. *Both authors equally contributed.
12.
Raafat K., El Darra N., Saleh F., Rajha,
H. N., Maroun, R. G., Louka N. Infrared‐Assisted Extraction and
HPLC‐Analysis of Prunus armeniaca L. Pomace and Detoxified‐Kernel and their
Antidiabetic Effects. Phytochemical analysis, 2017, vol. 29, no 2, p. 156-167. DOI
10.1002/pca.2723.
13.
El Kantar, S., Boussetta, N.,
Lebovka, N., Foucart, F., Rajha, H. N., Maroun, R. G., Louka N.
& Vorobiev, E. Pulsed
electric field treatment of citrus fruits: Improvement of juice and polyphenols
extraction. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2018, vol.
46, p. 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2017.09.024.
14. Cheaib,
D., El Darra, N., Rajha, H. N., El-Ghazzawi, I., Maroun, R. G.,
and Louka N. Effect of
the Extraction Process on the Biological Activity of Lyophilized Apricot
Extracts Recovered from Apricot Pomace. Antioxidants. 2018, vol. 7, no 1, p.
11. doi:10.3390/antiox7010011.
15. El Kantar, S., Boussetta, N.,
Rajha, H. N., Maroun, R. G., Louka, N., & Vorobiev, E.. High voltage electrical discharges
combined with enzymatic hydrolysis for extraction of polyphenols and
fermentable sugars from orange peels. Food Research International, 2018, vol.
107, p. 755-762.
16. Cheaib,
D., El Darra, N., Rajha, H. N., Maroun, R. G., & Louka, N.
(2018b). Systematic and Empirical Study of the Dependence of
Polyphenol Recovery from Apricot Pomace on Temperature and Solvent
Concentration Levels. The Scientific World Journal, 2018, vol. 2018..
17. Rajha, H. N., El Kantar S., Afif C., Boussetta, N., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G., &
Vorobiev, E, Selective multi-stage extraction process of biomolecules from vine
shoots by a combination of biological, chemical and physical treatments.
Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2018, vol. 21, no 6, p. 581-589.
18.
Nada El Darra*, Rajha,
H. N.,*, Espérance Debs, Fatima Saleh,, Iman El-Ghazzawi and Richard G.
Maroun, Comparative
study between Ethanolic and β-Cyclodextrin Assisted Extraction of Polyphenols
from Peach Pomace.
International Journal of Food Science. (2018b), vol. 2018. *Both authors equally contributed.
19. Cheaib, D., El Darra, N., Rajha, H. N., Ghazzawi, I. E., Maroun, R. G., & Louka,
N. Biological
activity of apricot byproducts polyphenols using solid-liquid and
infrared-assisted technology. Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2018, e12552.
20.
Raafat K., El Darra N., Saleh F., Rajha,
H. N., Louka N. Optimization of Infrared‑assisted Extraction of Bioactive Lactones from Saussurea
lappa L. and their Effects against Gestational Diabetes, Pharmacognosy
Magazine, 2019, DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_380_18.
21.
Rajha, H. N., Mhanna T., El Kantar S., El Khoury A., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G. Innovative process of
polyphenols recovery from pomegranate peels by combining green deep eutectic
solvents and a new infrared technology LWT, 2019,
vol. 111, p. 138-146 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2019.05.004.
22. El Kantar S., Rajha, H. N., Boussetta, N., Vorobiev, E. Maroun, R. G.,
& Louka, N., Green extraction of polyphenols from grapefruit peels using
high voltage electrical discharges, deep eutectic solvents and aqueous
glycerol. Food Chemistry, 2019, vol.
295, p. 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.05.111.
24. Rajha, H. N., Khattar, A. M. A., El Kantar, S., Boussetta, N., Lebovka, N., Maroun, R.
G., Louka N., & Vorobiev, E. Comparison of aqueous extraction efficiency
and biological activities of polyphenols from pomegranate peels assisted by
infrared, ultrasound, pulsed electric fields and high-voltage electrical
discharges. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2019, 102212.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2019.102212.
25. El Kantar, S., Rajha, H. N.,
Maroun, R. G., & Louka, N.. Intensification of polyphenols extraction from
orange peels using infrared as a novel and energy saving pretreatment. Journal
of Food Science, (2020) 85(2), 414-420.
26. Rajha, H. N., Koubaa, M., Boussetta, N., Maroun, R. G.,
Louka, N., Lebovka, N., & Vorobiev, E. Selective ultrasound‐assisted
aqueous extraction of polyphenols from pomegranate peels and seeds. Journal of
Food Processing and Preservation, (2020) e14545.
27. Rajha, H. N., Azouy, J., Debs, E., El Azzi, E., Louka, N.
Optimization of peanuts' defatting using Ired-Irrad®, a newly-patented green
and low-cost technology. IEEEXplore (2020).
28. Khattar, A. M. A., Rajha, H. N.,
Maroun, R. G., Abdel-Massih R., Louka N., Debs E. Green Extraction of
Polyphenols from Olive Leaves using Ired-Irrad® as a Pretreatment. IEEEXplore (2020).
29. Rajha, H. N., Khabbaz, S., Abi Rached, R., Debs E., Maroun,
R. G., Louka, N. Optimization of polyphenols extraction from purple corn cobs
using ß-cyclodextrin as a green solvent. IEEEXplore (2020).
30. Rajha, H. N., Khattar, A. M. A., Boussetta, N., Vorobiev,
E., Maroun, R. G., Louka, N. Effect of PEF and HVED on polyphenol extraction
from pomegranate peels. IEEEXplore (2020).
31. Rajha, H. N., El Khoury, G., El Darra, N., Raafat, K., Debs
E., Maroun, R. G., Louka, N. Biological Activities of Saussurea lappa
Antioxidants Recovered by Solid–liquid, Ultrasound and Ired-Irrad®, 2020, Current
Bioactive Compounds.
32. Allaw, M., Manconi, M., Aroffu, M., Marongiu, F., Porceddu, M., Bacchetta,
G., Iris Usach, A.R. Rita, Rajha,
H. N., RG. Maroun, J L
Pedraz ,Tania B. Lopez-Mendez, A.M. Fadda & Manca, M. L. Extraction,
Characterization and Incorporation of Hypericum scruglii Extract in Ad
Hoc Formulated Phospholipid Vesicles Designed for the Treatment of Skin
Diseases Connected with Oxidative Stress. Pharmaceutics, 2020, 12(11), 1010.
33. Abi-Khattar, A. M., Rajha, H. N.,
Abdel-Massih, R. M., Habchi, R., Maroun, R. G., Debs, E., & Louka, N.
“Intensification of vaporization by decompression to the Vacuum”(IVDV), a novel
technology applied as a pretreatment to improve polyphenols extraction from
olive leaves. Food Chemistry, 2021, 128236.
34. Rajha, H. N., Debs, E., A.R. Rita, E.K. Karl,A.K. Mona, M.
Rachelle, Louka N., Innovation in cannon puffing technology for the
homogenization of bulk treatment: half-popped purple corn, a new healthy snack.
Journal of Food Process Engineering. Accepted for publication 23/03/2021.
1. Maroun, R. G., Rajha, H. N., Vorobiev, E., Louka, N.
(2017). Emerging
technologies for the recovery of valuable compounds from grape processing
by-products. Handbook of Grape Processing By-Products: Sustainable Solutions.
Edited by Charis Michel Galanakis. Academic press in a imprint of ELSEVIER.
2.
Rajha,
H. N., Boussetta, N., Louka, N.,
Maroun, R. G., & Vorobiev, E.
(2017). Pulsed
Electric Fields and High Voltage Electrical Discharges assisted extraction of
bio-compounds from vine shoots. D. Miklavcic, Handbook of Electroporation.
Springer International Publishing AG 2016. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26779-1_118-1.
3.
Maroun, R. G., Rajha,
H. N., El Darra, N., El Kantar, S., Chacar, S., Debs, E., Vorobiev, E. & Louka,
N. (2018) Emerging technologies for the extraction of
polyphenols from natural sources. Polyphenols: properties, recovery, and
applications 1st edition. Editor: Charis Galanakis. Woodhead
publishing.
4.
Al Daccache M., Koubaa, M., Louka, N., Maroun, R. G.,
Vorobiev, E., Rajha, H. N., Separation,
purification, characterization, and preservation of polyphenols (2021)
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