Maarit Karonen
PhD, Senior Lecturer, Docent, Adjunct Professor
Natural Chemistry Research Group maarit.karonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3179 +358 50 576 5007 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: K214 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-6527 |
Areas of expertise
Liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, natural compounds, phenolic compounds, polyphenols, tannins
Liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, natural compounds, 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
- Tannin-lipid 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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- 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 ) - 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) - Interactions of Galloylated Polyphenols with a Simple Gram-Negative Bacterial Membrane Lipid Model (2024)
- Membranes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Affinity of Tannins to Cellulose: A Chromatographic Tool for Revealing Structure-Activity Patterns (2023)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Alkaline oxidization can increase the in vitro antiparasitic activity of proanthocyanidin-rich plant extracts against Ascaris suum (2023)
- Experimental Parasitology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Inspired by nature: Fiber networks functionalized with tannic acid and condensed tannin-rich extracts of Norway spruce bark show antimicrobial efficacy (2023)
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - NMR Metabolomics and DNA Sequencing of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Cultures Treated with Hydrolyzable Tannins (2023)
- Metabolites
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Red Wine Inspired Chemistry: Hemisynthesis of Procyanidin Analogs and Determination of Their Protein Precipitation Capacity, Octanol-Water Partition, and Stability in Phosphate-Buffered Saline (2023)
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tannins Can Have Direct Interactions with Anthelmintics: Investigations by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2023)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Willow (Salix spp.) bark hot water extracts inhibit both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses: study on its anti-coronavirus and anti-enterovirus activities (2023)
- Frontiers in Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Chemotaxonomic Markers for the Leaf Buds of Common Finnish Trees and Shrubs: A Rapid UHPLC MS Fingerprinting Tool for Species Identification (2022)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Identification of Oxindoleacetic Acid Conjugates in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) Seeds by High-Resolution UHPLC-MS/MS (2022)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insights into Polyphenol-Lipid Interactions: Chemical Methods, Molecular Aspects and Their Effects on Membrane Structures (2022)
- Plants
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Interactions between Hydrolysable Tannins and Lipid Vesicles from Escherichia coli with Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2022)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Martini 3 Coarse-Grained Force Field for Carbohydrates (2022)
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Use of agro-industrial by-products containing tannins for the integrated control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminants (2022)
- Parasite
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Characterization of Natural and Alkaline-Oxidized Proanthocyanidins in Plant Extracts by Ultrahigh-Resolution UHPLC-MS/MS (2021)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ellagitannin-Lipid Interaction by HR-MAS NMR Spectroscopy (2021)
- Molecules
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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