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Biofunctionality of Secondary Plant Compounds

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Die Arbeitsgruppe (2024; Photo: Pauline Albrecht)

Die Arbeitsgruppe (2024; Photo: Pauline Albrecht)

Die Arbeitsgruppe (2024; Photo: Pauline Albrecht)

Head of group: Prof. Dr. Wim Wätjen
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Our group is primarily working with secondary plant compounds and whether or how those are capable of modulating processes involved in ageing. Our research mainly focuses on flavonoids which play an important role in human nutrition, but also natural compounds which are components of certain traditionally used medicinal plants.

To examine these natural compounds and to elucidate molecular mechanisms of their modes of action we are using the nematode and model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. At the centre of attention are the modulation of redox-active signalling pathways, the impact on oxidative stress, Aβ-toxicity, and the analysis of ageing parameters (lipofuscin accumulation, life span) in the animals.

Secondary plant compounds of the baikal skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis)
Artikel 1.pdf (872.2 KB)  vom 02.04.2020

Chinese medicinal plant: Root extract is extending worm's life span
Artikel 2.pdf (460.9 KB)  vom 02.04.2020

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Professur Biofunktionalität sekundärer Pflanzenstoffe
Prof. Dr. Wim Wätjen

room D.1.04
Weinbergweg 22 (Biozentrum)
06120 Halle (Saale)
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phone: +49 (0)345 5522380

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Telefon: +49 (0)345 5522380
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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften
Biofunktionalität sekundärer Pflanzenstoffe
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