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Margareta Törnqvist

Margareta Törnqvist

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
16575
World Ranking
12446
National Ranking
186

Overview

Margareta Törnqvist is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research spans several interconnected fields within life sciences, with a particular focus on food science, toxicology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent publications explore the biochemical and toxicological impacts of acrylamide and related compounds in humans. Notable papers include:

  • A Review of Dietary Intake of Acrylamide in Humans, 2021, Toxics
  • Hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide in human blood - What has been done and what is next?, 2022, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Characterizing Adduct Formation of Electrophilic Skin Allergens with Human Serum Albumin and Hemoglobin, 2020, Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • Novel 4-Hydroxybenzyl Adducts in Human Hemoglobin: Structures and Mechanisms of Formation, 2021, Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • Estimation of intake and quantification of hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide in adolescents in Sweden, 2024, Frontiers in Nutrition

The topics underlying these studies address biochemical mechanisms of carcinogens and genotoxicity, emphasizing how exposure to electrophilic substances forms hemoglobin adducts and other biomarkers relevant to human health risk assessment.

Margareta's work is frequently published in a few core scientific venues, predominantly:

  • Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • Toxics
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Value in Health

The range of subfields reflects a multidisciplinary approach, including:

  • Food Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry

Key topics also cover aspects of plant biology and human health, with research interests in:

  • Potato Plant Research
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies

The scientist collaborates frequently with several other researchers. Regular coauthors include Marie Pedersen, Efstathios Vryonidis, Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, Sjúrður F. Olsen, and Isabella Karlsson. These collaborations indicate a strong network within toxicological and biochemical research communities.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of Acrylamide, a Carcinogen Formed in Heated Foodstuffs

    Eden Tareke;Per Rydberg;Patrik Karlsson;Sune Eriksson

  • Cancer risk assessment, indicators, and guidelines for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient air.

    Carl-Elis Boström;Per Gerde;Annika Hanberg;Bengt Jernström

  • Acrylamide: A Cooking Carcinogen?

    Tareke E;Rydberg P;Karlsson P;Eriksson S

  • Investigations of factors that influence the acrylamide content of heated foodstuffs.

    P. E. R. Rydberg;Sune Eriksson;Eden Tareke;Patrik Karlsson

  • Human exposure and internal dose assessments of acrylamide in food

    E. Dybing;P.B. Farmer;M. Andersen;T.R. Fennell

  • Protein adducts: quantitative and qualitative aspects of their formation, analysis and applications.

    M. Törnqvist;C. Fred;J. Haglund;H. Helleberg

  • Monitoring of environmental cancer initiators through hemoglobin adducts by a modified Edman degradation method

    M. Törnqvist;J. Mowrer;S. Jensen;L. Ehrenberg

  • Health effects of occupational exposure to acrylamide using hemoglobin adducts as biomarkers of internal dose

    Lars Hagmar;Margareta Törnqvist;Catarina Nordander;Ingmar Rosén

  • Modified Edman degradation applied to hemoglobin for monitoring occupational exposure to alkylating agents

    Jacques Mowrer;Margareta Törnqvist;Sören Jensen;Lars Ehrenberg

  • Tissue doses of ethylene oxide in cigarette smokers determined from adduct levels in hemoglobin.

    M. Törnqvist;S. Osterman-Golkar;A. Kautiainen;S. Jensen

  • Acrylamide in food: mechanisms of formation and influencing factors during heating of foods

    Hans Lingnert;Spiros Grivas;Margaretha Jägerstad;Kerstin Skog

  • Biological and chemical monitoring of occupational exposure to ethylene oxide.

    A.D. Tates;T. Grummt;M. Törnqvist;P.B. Farmer

  • Pharmacokinetics of ethylene in man; body burden with ethylene oxide and hydroxyethylation of hemoglobin due to endogenous and environmental ethylene.

    J. G. Filser;B. Denk;M. Törnqvist;W. Kessler

  • Comparison of exhaust emissions from Swedish environmental classified diesel fuel (MK1) and European Program on Emissions, Fuels and Engine Technologies (EPEFE) reference fuel : a chemical and biological characterization, with viewpoints on cancer risk

    Roger Westerholm;Anders Christensen;Margareta Törnqvist;Lars Ehrenberg

  • Induction of micronuclei in mouse and rat by glycidamide, genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide.

    Birgit Paulsson;Natalia Kotova;Natalia Kotova;Jan Grawé;Alistair Henderson

  • Differences in hemoglobin adduct levels of acrylamide in the general population with respect to dietary intake, smoking habits and gender.

    Lars Hagmar;Elisabet Wirfält;Birgit Paulsson;Margareta Törnqvist

  • Chronic intake of potato chips in humans increases the production of reactive oxygen radicals by leukocytes and increases plasma C-reactive protein: a pilot study

    Marek Naruszewicz;Danuta Zapolska-Downar;Anita Kośmider;Grażyna Nowicka

  • Monitoring human exposure to ethylene oxide by the determination of haemoglobin adducts using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    P.B. Farmer;E. Bailey;S.M. Gorf;M. Törnqvist

  • Unsaturated lipids and intestinal bacteria as sources of endogenous production of ethene and ethylene oxide

    Margareta Törnqvist;B. Gustafsson;A. Kautiainen;M. Harms-Ringdahl

  • Birth weight, head circumference, and prenatal exposure to acrylamide from maternal diet: The European prospective mother-child study (NewGeneris)

    Marie Pedersen;Hans von Stedingk;Maria Botsivali;Silvia Agramunt

  • Degree of alkylation of macromolecules in vivo from variable exposure.

    F. Granath;L. Ehrenberg;M. Törnqvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Ehrenberg
Lars Ehrenberg Stockholm University
Fredrik Granath
Fredrik Granath Karolinska Institute
Bernard T. Golding
Bernard T. Golding Newcastle University
Jos C. S. Kleinjans
Jos C. S. Kleinjans Maastricht University
Harri Lönnberg
Harri Lönnberg University of Turku
Kari Hemminki
Kari Hemminki Charles University
Micheline Kirsch-Volders
Micheline Kirsch-Volders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peter B. Farmer
Peter B. Farmer University of Leicester
Gunnar Brunborg
Gunnar Brunborg Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute

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