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Peter Moldéus

Peter Moldéus

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Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
17096
World Ranking
5866
National Ranking
74

Overview

Peter Moldéus is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work extensively covers subfields such as Food Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cancer Research, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The research topics that Peter Moldéus focuses on include:

  • Agricultural safety and regulations
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research

Peter Moldéus has published most frequently in the EFSA Journal, with 89 publications, along with contributions to Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology and Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Follow-up of the re-evaluation of sulfur dioxide (E 220), sodium sulfite (E 221), sodium bisulfite (E 222), sodium metabisulfite (E 223), potassium metabisulfite (E 224), calcium sulfite (E 226), calcium bisulfite (E 227) and potassium bisulfite (E 228), 2022, EFSA Journal
  • Safety of a proposed amendment of the specifications for steviol glycosides (E 960) as a food additive: to expand the list of steviol glycosides to all those identified in the leaves of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Scientific Guidance for the preparation of applications on smoke flavouring primary products, 2021, EFSA Journal
  • Re-evaluation of polyvinylpyrrolidone (E 1201) and polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (E 1202) as food additives and extension of use of polyvinylpyrrolidone (E 1201), 2020, EFSA Journal

Frequent co-authors of Peter Moldéus include:

  • Ursula Gundert-Remy
  • Gabriele Aquilina
  • Laurence Castle
  • Rainer Gürtler
  • Ine Waalkens-Berendsen

Best Publications

  • Isolation and use of liver cells.

    Peter Moldéus;Johan Högberg;Sten Orrenius

  • The toxicity of acetaminophen and N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine in isolated hepatocytes is associated with thiol depletion and increased cytosolic Ca2+.

    M Moore;H Thor;G Moore;S Nelson

  • Mechanisms of N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine cytotoxicity.

    E Albano;M Rundgren;P J Harvison;S D Nelson

  • Kinetic parameters of drug-metabolizing enzymes in Ca2+-sedimented microsomes from rat liver☆

    D.L. Cinti;P. Moldeus;J.B. Schenkman

  • Oxidation pathways for the intracellular probe 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescin

    Huan Zhu;Gerard L. Bannenberg;Peter Moldéus;Howard G. Shertzer

  • Lung protection by a thiol-containing antioxidant: N-acetylcysteine.

    Peter Moldéus;Ian A. Cotgreave;Margareta Berggren

  • Oxidation of glutathione during hydroperoxide metabolism. A study using isolated hepatocytes and the glutathione reductase inhibitor 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea.

    Lena Eklöw;Peter Moldéus;Sten Orrenius

  • Methodologies for the application of monobromobimane to the simultaneous analysis of soluble and protein thiol components of biological systems

    Ian A. Cotgreave;Peter Moldéus

  • Paracetamol metabolism and toxicity in isolated hepatocytes from rat and mouse

    Peter Moldéus

  • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive

    Flavourings (Faf);Maged Younes;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Host Biochemical Defense Mechanisms Against Prooxidants

    Cotgreave Ia;Moldéus P;Orrenius S

  • S-Thiolation of human endothelial cell glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase after hydrogen peroxide treatment

    Ina Schuppe‐Koistinen;Peter Moldéus;Tomas Bergman;Ian A. Cotgreave

  • Metabolic activation and hepatotoxicity. Effect of cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, and methionine on glutathione biosynthesis and bromobenzene toxicity in isolated rat hepatocytes.

    Hjördis Thor;Peter Moldéus;Sten Orrenius

  • Biological and toxicological consequences of quinone methide formation.

    David C. Thompson;John A. Thompson;Manickam Sugumaran;Peter Moldéus

  • The generation and subsequent fate of glutathionyl radicals in biological systems.

    D Ross;K Norbeck;P Moldéus

  • Role of redox cycling and lipid peroxidation in bipyridyl herbicide cytotoxicity. Studies with a compromised isolated hepatocyte model system.

    Martha S. Sandy;Peter Moldeus;David Ross;Martyn T. Smith

  • The multiple roles of glutathione in drug metabolism

    Sten Orrenius;Peter Moldéus

  • Interaction of menadione (2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) with glutathione

    David Ross;Hjordis Thor;Sten Orrenius;Peter Moldeus

  • The isolation of rat intestinal microsomes with stable cytochrome P-450 and their metabolism of benzo(alpha) pyrene.

    S.J. Stohs;R.C. Grafström;M.D. Burke;P.W. Moldéus

  • Studies on the anti-inflammatory activity of ebselen. Ebselen interferes with granulocyte oxidative burst by dual inhibition of NADPH oxidase and protein kinase C?

    Ian A. Cotgreave;Steven K. Duddy;George E.N. Kass;David Thompson

  • Acetaminophen: potentially toxic metabolite formed by human fetal and adult liver microsomes and isolated fetal liver cells.

    DE Rollins;C von Bahr;H Glaumann;P Moldeus

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Cotgreave
Ian A. Cotgreave Karolinska Institute
Sten Orrenius
Sten Orrenius Karolinska Institute
Magnus Nordenskjöld
Magnus Nordenskjöld Karolinska Institute
Roland C. Grafström
Roland C. Grafström Karolinska Institute
Sidney D. Nelson
Sidney D. Nelson University of Washington
Howard G. Shertzer
Howard G. Shertzer University of Cincinnati
Martyn T. Smith
Martyn T. Smith University of California, Berkeley
John B. Schenkman
John B. Schenkman University of Connecticut Health Center
Donald J. Reed
Donald J. Reed Oregon State University
Emanuele Albano
Emanuele Albano University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro

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