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Overview

Petr Babula is affiliated with Masaryk University in Czech Republic and has a research focus primarily spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences.

Their scholarly work involves multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, biochemistry, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and pollution. This interdisciplinary approach reflects in the variety of topics Petr Babula has studied, such as plant stress responses and tolerance, sulfur compounds in biology, wound healing and treatments, epigenetics and DNA methylation, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, lichen and fungal ecology, and cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Petr Babula has frequently published in several notable scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomolecules
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution

Their recent publications cover a range of subjects related to biochemistry and molecular biology, plant science, and toxicology. Some notable papers include:

  • Iron Complexes of Flavonoids-Antioxidant Capacity and Beyond, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Signaling pathways in cutaneous wound healing, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Damage Tobacco BY-2 Cells by Oxidative Stress Followed by Processes of Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Role of Sodium/Calcium Exchangers in Tumors, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Root response in Pisum sativum under naproxen stress: Morpho-anatomical, cytological, and biochemical traits, 2020, Chemosphere

The collaboration network of Petr Babula includes frequent coauthors who have contributed recurrently to their research projects. Among the most common collaborators are:

  • Michal Masařík
  • Oľga Križanová
  • Zdeněk Kejík
  • Milan Jakubek
  • Jozef Kováčik

Their research demonstrates a multidimensional approach that combines biological, chemical, and medical sciences to address complex questions related to plant biology, cellular stress responses, and biochemical pathways. This work is situated at the intersection of fundamental science and applied research with implications for understanding biological stress mechanisms and therapeutic treatments.

Best Publications

  • Uncommon heavy metals, metalloids and their plant toxicity: a review

    Petr Babula;Vojtech Adam;Radka Opatrilova;Josef Zehnalek

  • Mammalian metallothioneins: properties and functions

    Petr Babula;Petr Babula;Michal Masarik;Vojtech Adam;Vojtech Adam;Tomas Eckschlager

  • Toxicity of aluminium oxide nanoparticles demonstrated using a BY-2 plant cell suspension culture model

    Zuzana Poborilova;Radka Opatrilova;Petr Babula

  • Content of phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity in fruits of apricot genotypes.

    Jiri Sochor;Ondrej Zitka;Helena Skutkova;Dusan Pavlik

  • Iron Complexes of Flavonoids-Antioxidant Capacity and Beyond.

    Zdeněk Kejík;Robert Kaplánek;Robert Kaplánek;Michal Masařík;Petr Babula

  • Possible ecological risk of two pharmaceuticals diclofenac and paracetamol demonstrated on a model plant Lemna minor

    Marie Kummerová;Štěpán Zezulka;Petr Babula;Jan Tříska

  • Sarcosine as a potential prostate cancer biomarker--a review.

    Natalia Cernei;Zbynek Heger;Jaromir Gumulec;Ondrej Zitka

  • Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of prenylated substances isolated from Morus alba and Morus nigra.

    Hana Zelová;Zuzana Hanáková;Zuzana Čermáková;Karel Šmejkal

  • Effect of five different stages of ripening on chemical compounds in medlar (Mespilus germanica L.).

    Otakar Rop;Jiri Sochor;Tunde Jurikova;Ondrej Zitka

  • Lemna minor exposed to fluoranthene: growth, biochemical, physiological and histochemical changes.

    Štěpán Zezulka;Marie Kummerová;Petr Babula;Lucie Váňová

  • Naphthoquinones as allelochemical triggers of programmed cell death

    Petr Babula;Vojtěch Adam;René Kizek;Zdeněk Sladký

  • Modern micro and nanoparticle-based imaging techniques.

    Marketa Ryvolova;Jana Chomoucka;Jana Drbohlavova;Pavel Kopel

  • Naphthoquinones and their pharmacological properties

    Babula P;Adam;Havel L;Kizek R

  • Multi-instrumental Analysis of Tissues of Sunflower Plants Treated with Silver(I) Ions - Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution.

    Sona Krizkova;Pavel Ryant;Olga Krystofova;Vojtech Adam

  • Hexavalent chromium damages chamomile plants by alteration of antioxidants and its uptake is prevented by calcium

    Jozef Kováčik;Petr Babula;Josef Hedbavny;Bořivoj Klejdus

  • Cisplatin-resistant prostate cancer model: Differences in antioxidant system, apoptosis and cell cycle

    Jaromir Gumulec;Jan Balvan;Marketa Sztalmachova;Martina Raudenska

  • Unexpected behavior of some nitric oxide modulators under cadmium excess in plant tissue.

    Jozef Kováčik;Petr Babula;Bořivoj Klejdus;Josef Hedbavny

  • Sunflower Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution with Lead (II) Ions.

    Olga Krystofova;Violetta Shestivska;Michaela Galiova;Karel Novotny

  • Complexes of Silver(I) Ions and Silver Phosphate Nanoparticles with Hyaluronic Acid and/or Chitosan as Promising Antimicrobial Agents for Vascular Grafts

    Dagmar Chudobova;Lukas Nejdl;Jaromir Gumulec;Olga Krystofova

  • From Na+/K+-ATPase and cardiac glycosides to cytotoxicity and cancer treatment.

    Petr Babula;Michal Masarik;Vojtech Adam;Ivo Provaznik

  • Electrochemical Sensors for Detection of Acetylsalicylic Acid.

    Veronika Supalkova;Jiri Petrek;Ladislav Havel;Sona Krizkova

  • Chromium uptake and consequences for metabolism and oxidative stress in chamomile plants.

    Jozef Kováčik;Jozef Kováčik;Petr Babula;Bořivoj Klejdus;Bořivoj Klejdus;Josef Hedbavny

Frequent Co-Authors

Rene Kizek
Rene Kizek University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vojtech Adam
Vojtech Adam Central European Institute of Technology
Jozef Kováčik
Jozef Kováčik University of Trnava
Libuše Trnková
Libuše Trnková Masaryk University
Bořivoj Klejdus
Bořivoj Klejdus Mendel University Brno
Marie Stiborová
Marie Stiborová Charles University
Stefano Dall’Acqua
Stefano Dall’Acqua University of Padua
Jan Novak
Jan Novak University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pavel Martásek
Pavel Martásek Charles University
Tunde Jurikova
Tunde Jurikova Tomas Bata University in Zlín

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