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 
5 of 6
- Chemical ecology of tannins and other phenolics: we need a change in approach (2011)
- Functional Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Chemical Ecology of Tannins: Recent Developments in Tannin Chemistry Reveal New Structures and Structure-Activity PatternsIsolation and structure elucidation of procyanidin oligomers from saskatoon berries (Amelanchier alnifolia) (2011)
- Chemistry - A European JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pure forms of the singlet oxygen sensors TEMP and TEMPD do not inhibit Photosystem IIReversed-phase HPLC-ESI/MS analysis of birch leaf proanthocyanidins after their acidic degradation in the presence of nucleophiles (2011)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First evidence of hexameric and heptameric ellagitannins in plants detected by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (2010)
- Rapid Communications in Mass SpectrometryPhytochemical Analysis
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Phenolic profile of silver birch inner barkEffects of elevated carbon dioxide and ozone on foliar proanthocyanidins in Betula platyphylla, Betula ermanii, and Fagus crenata seedlings (2010) Proceedings of the XXVth International Conference on Polyphenols Liimatainen J, Karonen M, Sinkkonen J, Salminen J-P
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Extractives in bark of different conifer species growing in Pakistan (2009)
- Holzforschung
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fractionation and determination of the antitumor activity of Pinus sylvestris L. bark extracts (2009)
- Planta Medica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pinobatol - a novel spirodienone sesquineolignan (2009)
- Planta Medica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Two new phenylbutanoids from inner bark of Betula pendula (2008)
- Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A sesquineolignan with a spirodienone structure from Pinus sylvestris L. (2007)
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Bitter problems in ecological feeding experiments: Commercial tannin preparations and common methods for tannin quantifications (2007)
- Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2007)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 2007
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2006)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ellagitannins have greater oxidative activities than condensed tannins and galloyl glucoses at high pH: Potential impact on caterpillars (2006)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lignans from the bark extract of Pinus sylvestris L. (2006)
- Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Quantitative analysis of polymeric proanthocyanidins in birch leaves with normal-phase HPLC (2006)
- Phytochemical Analysis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seeing the trees for the leaves - oaks as mosaics for a host-specific moth (2006)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tannin composition affects the oxidative activities of tree leaves (2006)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new dihydroflavonol from Pinus sylvestris L (2005)
- Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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