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Walter Vetter is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with substantive work in health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their body of work covers key subfields including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Molecular Biology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Food Science
  • Biochemistry

Walter Vetter's research interests also encompass specific topics such as:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Chromatography in Natural Products
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Among recent papers authored by Walter Vetter are:

  • "Chlorinated paraffins - A historical consideration including remarks on their complexity" (2021), published in Chemosphere
  • "Erucic acid in Brassicaceae and salmon - An evaluation of the new proposed limits of erucic acid in food" (2020), published in NFS Journal

Other notable papers contemporaneous to Vetter's work, though authored by others, detail key topics in environmental pollutants and analytical challenges, indicating the context within which Vetter's research is situated:

  • "Pesticide residues in daily bee pollen samples (April-July) from an intensive agricultural region in Southern Germany" (2021), Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Chlorinated Paraffin Levels in Relation to Other Persistent Organic Pollutants Found in Pooled Human Milk Samples from Primiparous Mothers in 53 Countries" (2021), Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Determination of chlorinated paraffins (CPs): Analytical conundrums and the pressing need for reliable and relevant standards" (2021), Chemosphere

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter Vetter include:

  • Katja Lehnert
  • Sarah Schlag
  • Tim Hammerschick
  • Felix Rüttler
  • Sina Schweizer

Vetter's publications appear predominantly in journals such as:

  • Lebensmittelchemie (51 publications)
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (11 publications)
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (10 publications)
  • Chemosphere (8 publications)
  • Food Chemistry (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Nutritional value of duckweeds (Lemnaceae) as human food

    Klaus J. Appenroth;K. Sowjanya Sree;Volker Böhm;Simon Hammann

  • The lipase inhibitor tetrahydrolipstatin binds covalently to the putative active site serine of pancreatic lipase

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  • Enantioselective determination of chiral organochlorine compounds in biota by gas chromatography on modified cyclodextrins

    Walter Vetter;Volker Schurig

  • Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food.

    Klaus J. Appenroth;K. Sowjanya Sree;Manuela Bog;Josef Ecker

  • Sponge halogenated natural products found at parts-per-million levels in marine mammals.

    Walter Vetter;Elke Stoll;Mary J. Garson;Shireen J. Fahey

  • Brominated flame retardants and other organobromines in Norwegian predatory bird eggs

    D. Herzke;U. Berger;R. Kallenborn;T. Nygård

  • A GC/ECNI-MS method for the identification of lipophilic anthropogenic and natural brominated compounds in marine samples.

    Walter Vetter

  • A Gas Chromatography/Electron Ionization−Mass Spectrometry−Selected Ion Monitoring Method for Determining the Fatty Acid Pattern in Food after Formation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

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  • Halogenated natural products in five species of Antarctic sponges: compounds with POP-like properties?

    Walter Vetter;Dorte Janussen

  • Lactobacillus casei Shirota protects from fructose-induced liver steatosis: A mouse model☆☆☆

    Sabine Wagnerberger;Astrid Spruss;Giridhar Kanuri;Carolin Stahl

  • Synthesis and characterization of 2,3-dibromopropyl-2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether (DPTE) and structurally related compounds evidenced in seal blubber and brain.

    Roland von der Recke;Walter Vetter

  • Toxaphene. Theoretical aspects of the distribution of chlorinated bornanes including symmetrical aspects

    Walter Vetter

  • Microwave-Assisted Extraction and Accelerated Solvent Extraction with Ethyl Acetate-Cyclohexane before Determination of Organochlorines in Fish Tissue by Gas Chromatography with Electron-Capture Detection

    Marion Weichbrodt;Walter Vetter;Bernd Luckas

  • Various concentrations of erucic acid in mustard oil and mustard

    Christine Wendlinger;Simon S Hammann;Walter Vetter

  • Detection of hexabromocyclododecane and its metabolite pentabromocyclododecene in chicken egg and fish from the official food control.

    Josef Hiebl;Walter Vetter

  • Determination of Q1, an unknown organochlorine contaminant, in human milk, Antarctic air, and further environmental samples.

    W Vetter;L Alder;R Kallenborn;M Schlabach

  • Structure and synthesis of the natural heptachloro-1'-methyl-1,2'-bipyrrole (Q1).

    Jun Wu;Walter Vetter;Gordon W. Gribble;John S. Schneekloth

  • Persistent organohalogen contaminant burdens in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from the eastern Antarctic sector : A baseline study

    S.M. Bengtson Nash;A.H. Poulsen;S. Kawaguchi;W. Vetter

  • Anthropogenic and naturally occurring organobrominated compounds in two deep-sea fish species from the Mediterranean Sea.

    Adrian Covaci;Sara Losada;Laurence Roosens;Walter Vetter

  • Characteristic chlorinated hydrocarbon patterns in the blubber of seals from different marine regions

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  • Nicotinates as derivatives for the mass spectrometric investigation of long chain alcohols

    W. Vetter;W. Meister

  • Biomagnification of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in a marine food web from Sydney Harbour, Australia.

    Sara Losada;Anthony Roach;Laurence Roosens;Francisco Javier Santos

  • OCCURRENCE OF PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE BENZODIAZEPINES IN TRACE AMOUNTS IN WHEAT AND POTATO

    Johannes Wildmann;Walter Vetter;Urs B. Ranalder;Karl Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland
Karl Skírnisson
Karl Skírnisson University of Iceland
Dorte Herzke
Dorte Herzke Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Stephan C. Bischoff
Stephan C. Bischoff University of Hohenheim
Martin Schlabach
Martin Schlabach Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Urs Berger
Urs Berger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Roland Kallenborn
Roland Kallenborn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Keith A. Maruya
Keith A. Maruya Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Dietmar R. Kammerer
Dietmar R. Kammerer University of Hohenheim
Christoph Engel
Christoph Engel Leipzig University

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