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Olov Sterner

Olov Sterner

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
14092
World Ranking
9200
National Ranking
129

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14286
World Ranking
10220
National Ranking
143

Overview

Olov Sterner is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work includes a focus on several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Plant Science, and Molecular Medicine.

Their research topics encompass a range of biomedical and biochemical interests, including:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities
  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress

Sterner's recent publication record displays a focus on natural products and their biomedical applications, with notable papers such as:

  • "Curcuma as an adjuvant in colorectal cancer treatment," 2021, Life Sciences
  • "Cytotoxic and other bioactivities of a novel and known sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Vernonia leopoldi (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) Vatke in breast cancer cell lines," 2022, Toxicology Reports
  • "Trichilianones A-D, Novel Cyclopropane-Type Limonoids from Trichilia adolfi," 2021, Molecules
  • "SAR:s for the Antiparasitic Plant Metabolite Pulchrol. 1. The Benzyl Alcohol Functionality," 2020, Molecules
  • "Trichilones A-E: New Limonoids from Trichilia adolfi," 2021, Molecules

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Molecules
  • Life Sciences
  • Toxicology Reports
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Phytochemistry Letters

Sterner collaborates regularly with several colleagues, including Sophie Manner, Efraín Salamanca, Alberto Giménez, Paola Terrazas, and Marcelo Dávila.

Best Publications

  • Pungent products from garlic activate the sensory ion channel TRPA1

    Diana M. Bautista;Pouya Movahed;Andrew Hinman;Helena E. Axelsson

  • TRPA1 mediates spinal antinociception induced by acetaminophen and the cannabinoid Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabiorcol

    David A Andersson;Clive Gentry;Lisa Alenmyr;Dan Killander

  • Endogenous unsaturated C18 N-acylethanolamines are vanilloid receptor (TRPV1) agonists.

    Pouya Movahed;Bo A.G. Jönsson;Bryndis Birnir;Johan A. Wingstrand

  • Arzanol, an anti-inflammatory and anti-HIV-1 phloroglucinol alpha-Pyrone from Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum.

    Giovanni Appendino;Michela Ottino;Nieves Marquez;Federica Bianchi

  • Secondary metabolites with nematicidal and antimicrobial activity from nematophagous fungi and Ascomycetes

    H. Anke;M. Stadler;A. Mayer;O. Sterner

  • Structure-activity relationships and molecular modeling analysis of flavonoids binding to the benzodiazepine site of the rat brain GABA(A) receptor complex.

    Kim Dekermendjian;Pia Kahnberg;Michael-Robin Witt;Olov Sterner

  • Fatty acids and other compounds with nematicidal activity from cultures of Basidiomycetes.

    Marc Stadler;Anke Mayer;Heidrun Anke;Olov Sterner

  • Refinement and evaluation of a pharmacophore model for flavone derivatives binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABA(A) receptor

    Pia Kahnberg;Erik Lager;Celia Rosenberg;Jette Schougaard

  • Novel natural vanilloid receptor agonists: new therapeutic targets for drug development

    Olov Sterner;Arpad Szallasi

  • The sesquiterpenes of Lactarius vellereus and their role in a proposed chemical defense system.

    Olov Sterner;Rolf Bergman;Jan Kihlberg;Börje Wickberg

  • Assays of the biological activities of guaiane sesquiterpenoids isolated from the fruit bodies of edible lactarius species

    H Anke;Ola Bergendorff;Olov Sterner

  • 3-Hydroxypropionic acid as a nematicidal principle in endophytic fungi

    Michael Schwarz;Bärbel Köpcke;Roland W.S. Weber;Olov Sterner

  • Furanocoumarins with affinity to brain benzodiazepine receptors in vitro

    Ola Bergendorff;Kim Dekermendjian;Mogens Nielsen;Rudong Shan

  • Inhibition of NF-kappa B activation by panepoxydone.

    Gerhard Erkel;Timm Anke;Olov Sterner

  • Phomol, a new antiinflammatory metabolite from an endophyte of the medicinal plant Erythrina crista-galli.

    Daniela Weber;Olov Sterner;Timm Anke;Susanna Gorzalczancy

  • Oligomeric acylphloroglucinols from myrtle (Myrtus communis)

    Giovanni Appendino;Federica Bianchi;Alberto Minassi;Olov Sterner

  • Furanosesquiterpenes from Commiphora sphaerocarpa and related adulterants of true myrrh

    Aman Dekebo;Ermias Dagne;Olov Sterner

  • Comparison of the antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of twenty unsaturated sesquiterpene dialdehydes from plants and mushrooms.

    Heidrun Anke;Olov Sterner

  • Galiellalactone Inhibits Stem Cell-Like ALDH-Positive Prostate Cancer Cells.

    Rebecka Hellsten;Martin Johansson;Anna K Dahlman;Olov Sterner

  • Characterisation of the differential interference effects of two boreal dwarf shrub species.

    M. C. Nilsson;O. Zackrisson;O. Sterner;A. Wallstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Appendino
Giovanni Appendino University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Marc Stadler
Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Eduardo Muñoz
Eduardo Muñoz University of Córdoba
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Anders Bjartell
Anders Bjartell Lund University
Wolfgang Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ezio Bombardelli
Ezio Bombardelli Magna Graecia University
Simon Gibbons
Simon Gibbons University of East Anglia
Björn Åkesson
Björn Åkesson Lund University
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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