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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- Binding of an Oligomeric Ellagitannin Series to Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA): Analysis by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) (2015)
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Experimental evidence suggesting that H2O2 is produced within the thylakoid membrane in a reaction between plastoquinol and singlet oxygen (2015)
- FEBS Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Isolation, characterisation and quantification of the main oligomeric macrocyclic ellagitannins in Epilobium angustifolium by ultra-high performance chromatography with diode array detection and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (2015)
- Journal of Chromatography A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Online Measurement of Real-Time Cytotoxic Responses Induced by Multi-Component Matrices, such as Natural Products, through Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) (2015)
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Phenolic Compounds and Their Fates In Tropical Lepidopteran Larvae: Modifications In Alkaline Conditions (2015)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Protective role of polyphenols from Bauhinia hookeri against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepato- and nephrotoxicity in mice (2015)
- Renal Failure
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sylvatiins, acetylglucosylated hydrolysable tannins from the petals of Geranium sylvaticum show co-pigment effect (2015)
- Phytochemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A tandem mass spectrometric method for singlet oxygen measurement (2014)
- Photochemistry and Photobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - In Vitro Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Cedrus brevifolia Bark (2014)
- Natural Product Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Polyphenols in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) leaves induced by plant activators. (2014)
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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