Maarit Karonen
PhD, Senior Lecturer, Docent, Adjunct Professor
Natural Chemistry Research Group maarit.karonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3179 +358 50 576 5007 Office: D507 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-6527 |
Areas of expertise
Interactions, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, natural compounds, NMR spectroscopy, phenolic compounds, polyphenols, tannins
Interactions, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, natural compounds, NMR spectroscopy, phenolic compounds, polyphenols, tannins
Research
- Chemistry of tannins and polyphenols
- Qualitative and quantitative analyses of tannins and polyphenols
- Role and significance of tannins on ruminant health and greenhouse gas emissions
- Role of tannins in forest ecosystems and their potential for sustainable utilization in the future
- Tannin-macromolecules interactions
Teaching
- Book Exams of Natural Compound Chemistry
- Identification of Bioactives by UV, MS and MS/MS Spectra
- LC-MS and its Applications
- Scientific Communication of Chemistry
- Structure, Activity and Quantitation Methods
Publications 
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- Application of Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics and Machine Learning in the Diagnostics of Lyme Neuroborreliosis (2026)
- ACS Omega
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fungistatic effects of purified conifer tannins against five wood-decaying fungi (2026)
- Fungal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Metabolomic insights into Lyme neuroborreliosis: Exploring cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic clues (2026)
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mass Spectrometry‐Based Applications in Tannin Analytics: From Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses to Biological Activity (2025)
- Mass Spectrometry Reviews
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Molecular Aspects of Tannin-Anthelmintic Interactions as Revealed by NMR Spectroscopy (2025)
- ACS Omega
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pilot scale hydrodynamic cavitation and hot-water extraction of Norway spruce bark yield antimicrobial and polyphenol-rich fractions (2025)
- Separation and Purification Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Polyphenol–Macromolecule Interactions by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2025)
- Macromol
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Selected strains of the Ganoderma lucidum complex from Finnish forests have excellent broadly acting antiviral properties (2025)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - UHPLC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolite profiling of Lyme neuroborreliosis (2025)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring the Interactions between Plant Proanthocyanidins and Thiabendazole : Insights from Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2024)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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