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Juha-Pekka Salminen

Juha-Pekka Salminen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10899
World Ranking
12700
National Ranking
91

Overview

Juha-Pekka Salminen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and specializes in agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans several subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, biochemistry, and ecology. Their work contributes to understanding various aspects of plant biochemistry, ecology, and interactions between plants and animals.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, phytochemistry and biological activities, as well as fermentation and sensory analysis.

  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Salminen on multiple occasions, including:

  • Marica T. Engström (18 collaborations)
  • Martin Volf (16 collaborations)
  • Maarit Karonen (11 collaborations)
  • Simon T. Segar (10 collaborations)
  • Tereza Volfová (10 collaborations)

Salminen's research is disseminated in various scientific journals, with recurring publication venues including:

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (9 publications)
  • Molecules (7 publications)
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • Ecology and Evolution (3 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Salminen include:

  • "Aminomethylation of spruce tannins and their application as coagulants for water clarification," 2020, Separation and Purification Technology
  • "The Effect of Growth Medium Strength on Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Tannins and Tannin Extracts against E. coli," 2020, Molecules
  • "Poplar MYB117 promotes anthocyanin synthesis and enhances flavonoid B-ring hydroxylation by up-regulating the flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase gene," 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Structure-function analysis of purified proanthocyanidins reveals a role for polymer size in suppressing inflammatory responses," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Ellagitannins Inhibit the Exsheathment of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis Larvae: The Efficiency Increases Together with the Molecular Size," 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Insect Herbivores Drive Real-Time Ecological and Evolutionary Change in Plant Populations

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Amy P. Hastings;Marc T. J. Johnson;John L. Maron

  • Chemical ecology of tannins and other phenolics: we need a change in approach

    Juha‐Pekka Salminen;Maarit Karonen

  • Seasonal variation in the content of hydrolyzable tannins, flavonoid glycosides, and proanthocyanidins in oak leaves.

    Juha-Pekka Salminen;Tomas Roslin;Maarit Karonen;Jari Sinkkonen

  • Benefits of Condensed Tannins in Forage Legumes Fed to Ruminants: Importance of Structure, Concentration, and Diet Composition

    Irene Mueller-Harvey;Giuseppe Bee;Frigga Dohme-Meier;Hervé Hoste

  • Characterisation of hydrolysable tannins from leaves of Betula pubescens by high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

    J.-P Salminen;V Ossipov;J Loponen;E Haukioja

  • Preclinical evaluation of rapeseed, raspberry, and pine bark phenolics for health related effects.

    Satu Vuorela;Kari Kreander;Maarit Karonen;Riina Nieminen

  • Seasonal variation in the content of hydrolysable tannins in leaves of Betula pubescens.

    Juha-Pekka Salminen;Vladimir Ossipov;Erkki Haukioja;Kalevi Pihlaja

  • Gallic acid and hydrolysable tannins are formed in birch leaves from an intermediate compound of the shikimate pathway

    Vladimir Ossipov;Juha-Pekka Salminen;Svetlana Ossipova;Erkki Haukioja

  • Ellagitannins have Greater Oxidative Activities than Condensed Tannins and Galloyl Glucoses at High pH: Potential Impact on Caterpillars

    Raymond V. Barbehenn;Christopher P. Jones;Ann E. Hagerman;Maarit Karonen

  • Phylogenetic ecology of leaf surface traits in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp.): chemistry, ecophysiology, and insect behavior.

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Mark Fishbein;Reinhard Jetter;Juha‐Pekka Salminen

  • Comparative Analysis of Leaf Trichome Structure and Composition of Epicuticular Flavonoids in Finnish Birch Species

    Elena Valkama;Juha‐Pekka Salminen;Julia Koricheva;Kalevi Pihlaja

  • Rapid Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Proanthocyanidin Oligomers and Polymers by UPLC-MS/MS

    Marica T. Engström;Maija Pälijärvi;Christos Fryganas;John H. Grabber

  • Heritability, covariation and natural selection on 24 traits of common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) from a field experiment.

    M. T. J. Johnson;A. A. Agrawal;J. L. Maron;J.-P. Salminen

  • Analysis of Hydrolyzable Tannins and Other Phenolic Compounds in Emblic Leafflower ( Phyllanthus emblica L.) Fruits by High Performance Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

    Baoru Yang;Maaria Kortesniemi;Pengzhan Liu;Maarit Karonen

  • Glyphosate decreases mycorrhizal colonization and affects plant-soil feedback.

    Marjo Helander;Irma Saloniemi;Marina Omacini;Magdalena Druille

  • Phylogenetic trends in phenolic metabolism of milkweeds (Asclepias): evidence for escalation.

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Juha-Pekka Salminen;Mark Fishbein

  • Changes in leaf trichomes and epicuticular flavonoids during leaf development in three birch taxa.

    Elena Valkama;Juha-Pekka Salminen;Julia Koricheva;Kalevi Pihlaja

  • Antioxidant Activity of Isolated Ellagitannins from Red Raspberries and Cloudberries

    Marja Kähkönen;Petri Kylli;Velimatti Ollilainen;Juha-Pekka Salminen

  • Specialization pays off: contrasting effects of two types of tannins on oak specialist and generalist moth species

    Tomas Roslin;Juha-Pekka Salminen

  • Rapid Fingerprint Analysis of Plant Extracts for Ellagitannins, Gallic Acid, and Quinic Acid Derivatives and Quercetin-, Kaempferol- and Myricetin-Based Flavonol Glycosides by UPLC-QqQ-MS/MS.

    Marica T. Engström;Maija Pälijärvi;Juha-Pekka Salminen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kalevi Pihlaja
Kalevi Pihlaja University of Turku
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Irene Mueller-Harvey
Irene Mueller-Harvey University of Reading
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Hervé Hoste
Hervé Hoste Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
Erkki Haukioja
Erkki Haukioja University of Turku
Yves Basset
Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Marc T. J. Johnson
Marc T. J. Johnson University of Toronto

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