2026 Leopold Flohé: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	82	3627	3340	71	67	234	34185

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Biology and Biochemistry

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34185

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3627

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Overview

Leopold Flohé is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Nursing. Within these domains, they have concentrated significantly on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Toxicology, Biochemistry, and Immunology.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics, including:

Redox biology and oxidative stress
Selenium in Biological Systems
Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry
Sulfur Compounds in Biology
Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

Among the most frequent publication venues for Leopold Flohé are ChemPlusChem, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Antioxidants, Chemistry - A European Journal, and Redox Biology.

Coauthor collaborations have been documented with:

Laura Orian
Marco Dalla Tiezza
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt
Matilde Maiorino
Fulvio Ursini

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Leopold Flohé include:

"The glutathione peroxidase family: Discoveries and mechanism," 2022, published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
"Looking Back at the Early Stages of Redox Biology," 2020, published in Antioxidants

Other significant related works connected to their research network but authored by colleagues include:

"Selenium-Catalyzed Reduction of Hydroperoxides in Chemistry and Biology," 2021, in Antioxidants
"A dual attack on the peroxide bond. The common principle of peroxidatic cysteine or selenocysteine residues," 2020, in Redox Biology
"50 Years of Organoselenium Chemistry, Biochemistry and Reactivity: Mechanistic Understanding, Successful and Controversial Stories," 2024, in Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

ASSAYS OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE

Leopold Flohé;Wolfgang A. Günzler

5951
Citations
Glutathione peroxidase: A selenoenzyme

L. Flohe;W.A. Günzler;H.H. Schock

1924
Citations
Dual Function of the Selenoprotein PHGPx During Sperm Maturation

Fulvio Ursini;Sabina Heim;Michael Kiess;Matilde Maiorino

1134
Citations
Diversity of glutathione peroxidases.

F Ursini;M Maiorino;R Brigelius-Flohé;K D Aumann

1130
Citations
REDOX REGULATION OF NF-KAPPA B ACTIVATION

Leopold Flohé;Regina Brigelius-Flohé;Claude Saliou;Maret G Traber

1118
Citations
Superoxide radicals as precursors of mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide

Gerriet Loschen;Angelo Azzi;Christoph Richter;Leopold Flohé

827
Citations
Respiratory chain linked H2O2 production in pigeon heart mitochondria

G. Loschen;G. Loschen;L. Flohé;L. Flohé

718
Citations
Basic Principles and Emerging Concepts in the Redox Control of Transcription Factors

Regina Brigelius-Flohé;Leopold Flohé

647
Citations
Trends in selenium biochemistry

Marc Birringer;Sandra Pilawa;Leopold Flohé

586
Citations
Selenium in biology: facts and medical perspectives.

J Köhrl;R Brigelius-Flohé;A Böck;R Gärtner

514
Citations
Gene disruption discloses role of selenoprotein P in selenium delivery to target tissues

Lutz Schomburg;Ulrich Schweizer;Bettina Holtmann;Leopold Flohé

508
Citations
An improved coupled test procedure for glutathione peroxidase (EC 1-11-1-9-) in blood.

W. A. Günzler;H. Kremers;L. Flohé

493
Citations
Lipoic acid increases de novo synthesis of cellular glutathione by improving cystine utilization

Derick Han;Garry Handelman;Lucia Marcocci;Lucia Marcocci;Chandan K. Sen;Chandan K. Sen

475
Citations
Glutathione peroxidase, V. The kinetic mechanism.

Leopold Flohé;Gerriet Loschen;Wolfgang A. Günzler;Erich Eichele

451
Citations
Catalytic mechanisms and specificities of glutathione peroxidases: Variations of a basic scheme

Stefano Toppo;Leopold Flohé;Fulvio Ursini;Stefano Vanin

448
Citations
The primary structure of high molecular mass urokinase from human urine. The complete amino acid sequence of the A chain.

Wolfgang A. Günzler;Gerd J. Steffens;Fritz Ötting;Sung-Man A. Kim

420
Citations
A Unique Cascade of Oxidoreductases Catalyses Trypanothione-Mediated Peroxide Metabolism in Crithidia fasciculata

Nogoceke E;Gommel Du;Kiess M;Kalisz Hm

378
Citations
Male Fertility Is Linked to the Selenoprotein Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase

Carlo Foresta;Leopold Flohé;Andrea Garolla;Antonella Roveri

357
Citations
The fate of extracellular glutathione in the rat.

Rolf Hahn;Albrecht Wendel;Leopold Flohé

352
Citations
Oxidation in the NADP system and release of GSSG from hemoglobin-free perfused rat liver during peroxidatic oxidation of glutathione by hydroperoxides.

Helmut Sies;Christine Gerstenecker;Helmut Menzel;Leopold Flohé

349
Citations