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Peter Schreier is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany and conducts research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work includes a focus on diverse subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Pharmacology, and Building and Construction.

The scientific topics covered by Schreier's research encompass Botanical Research and Chemistry, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, Plant and Fungal Interactions, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, and Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration.

Among Schreier's recent papers are the following:

  • Formation and exudation of biphenyl and dibenzofuran phytoalexins by roots of the apple rootstock M26 grown in apple replant disease soil (2021, Phytochemistry)
  • Enhanced Accumulation of Biologically Active Coumarin and Furanocoumarins in Callus Culture and Field-grown Plants of Ruta chalepensis Through LED Light-treatment (2022, Photochemistry and Photobiology)
  • A promiscuous coenzyme A ligase provides benzoyl-coenzyme A for xanthone biosynthesis in Hypericum (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in the Food Chain: Is Horizontal Transfer of Natural Products of Relevance? (2021, Foods)
  • Variation of the Main Alkaloid Content in Equisetum palustre L. in the Light of Its Ontogeny (2020, Toxins)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Schreier include:

  • Ludger Beerhues
  • Jürgen Müller
  • Benye Liu
  • Denny Wiedow
  • Dennis Melchert

Common venues for Schreier's publications are:

  • Plants
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Phytochemistry
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology

Best Publications

  • Pharmacological profile of apigenin, a flavonoid isolated from Matricaria chamomilla

    Rossella Avallone;Paola Zanoli;Giulia Puia;Matthias Kleinschnitz

  • Surface hydrocarbons of queen eggs regulate worker reproduction in a social insect

    Annett Endler;Jürgen Liebig;Thomas Schmitt;Jane E. Parker

  • Analysis of proanthocyanidins

    Wolfgang Hümmer;Peter Schreier

  • The flavone hispidulin, a benzodiazepine receptor ligand with positive allosteric properties, traverses the blood-brain barrier and exhibits anticonvulsive effects.

    Dominique Kavvadias;Philipp Sand;Philipp Sand;Kuresh A Youdim;M Zeeshan Qaiser

  • Biotransformations with Peroxidases

    Waldemar Adam;Michael Lazarus;Chantu R. Saha-Möller;Oliver Weichold

  • Identification of volatile constituents from grapes

    Peter Schreier;Friedrich Drawert;Albrecht Junker

  • Structure-activity relationships of flavonoid-induced cytotoxicity on human leukemia cells.

    Kathrin Plochmann;Gabriele Korte;Eleni Koutsilieri;Elke Richling

  • Two diastereomeric 3-oxo-α-ionol β-d-glucosides from raspberry fruit

    Anni Pabst;Denis Barron;Denis Barron;Etienne Sémon;Etienne Sémon;Peter Schreier

  • Glycosidically bound aroma compounds in the fruits of Prunus species: apricot (P. armeniaca, L.), peach (P. persica, L.), yellow plum (P. domestica, L. ssp. syriaca)

    Gerhard Krammer;Peter Winterhalter;Melanie Schwab;Peter Schreier

  • A fast and simple method for sequencing DNA cloned in the single-stranded bacteriophage M13.

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  • Intestinal transit and systemic metabolism of apple polyphenols

    Kathrin Kahle;Michael Kempf;Peter Schreier;Wolfgang Scheppach

  • Synthesis of a grapevine phytoalexin in transgenic tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentumMill.) conditions resistance againstPhytophthora infestans

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  • Occurrence of emodin, chrysophanol and physcion in vegetables, herbs and liquors. Genotoxicity and anti-genotoxicity of the anthraquinones and of the whole plants.

    S.O Mueller;M Schmitt;W Dekant;H Stopper

  • Aroma profiles of pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus [L.] Merr.) and pineapple products

    S. Elss;C. Preston;C. Hertzig;F. Heckel

  • Multiple differences between the nucleic acid sequences of the IgG2aa and IgG2ab alleles of the mouse.

    Peter H. Schreier;Alfred L. M. Bothwell;Benno Mueller-Hill;David Baltimore

  • rbcS genes in Solanum tuberosum: conservation of transit peptide and exon shuffling during evolution

    Frank P. Wolter;Christian C. Fritz;Lothar Willmitzer;Jeff Schell

  • Chemical Composition and Analyses of Enantiomers of Essential Oils from Madagascar

    S. Möllenbeck;T. König;P. Schreier;W. Schwab

  • Volatile constituents from guava (Psidium guajava, L.) fruit.

    Heinz Idstein;Peter Schreier

  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey: risk analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Michael Kempf;Till Beuerle;Manuela Bühringer;Martina Denner

  • Constituents of sage (Salvia officinalis) with in vitro affinity to human brain benzodiazepine receptor.

    Dominique Kavvadias;Vanessa Monschein;Philipp Sand;Peter Riederer

  • β-Glucosidases from Five Black Aspergillus Species: Study of Their Physico-Chemical and Biocatalytic Properties

    Claudia H. Decker;Jaap Visser;Peter Schreier

  • Growth, virulence, and immunogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes aro mutants.

    Jochen Stritzker;Jozef Janda;Christoph Schoen;Marcus Taupp

Frequent Co-Authors

Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
Hans-Ulrich Humpf
Hans-Ulrich Humpf University of Münster
Elke Richling
Elke Richling Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Markus Herderich
Markus Herderich Australian Wine Research Institute
Wilfried Schwab
Wilfried Schwab Technical University of Munich
Peter Winterhalter
Peter Winterhalter Technische Universität Braunschweig
Chantu R. Saha-Möller
Chantu R. Saha-Möller University of Würzburg
Michael Lazarus
Michael Lazarus University of Tsukuba
Jeff Schell
Jeff Schell Max Planck Society
Erhard Strohm
Erhard Strohm University of Regensburg

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