Irmgard Merfort

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
201 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Irmgard Merfort is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Irmgard Merfort has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Cancer Research and 52 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Irmgard Merfort's work include Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (86 papers), Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (66 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (42 papers). Irmgard Merfort is often cited by papers focused on Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (86 papers), Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (66 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (42 papers). Irmgard Merfort collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Costa Rica and Brazil. Irmgard Merfort's co-authors include Christoph M. Schempp, Heike L. Pahl, Thomas J. Schmidt, Günter Seelinger, Vı́ctor Castro, Mahmoud A.M. Nawwar, Alfonso Garcı́a-Piñeres, Sahar Hussein, Stefan Laufer and Renato Murillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Irmgard Merfort

201 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergic Activities of Luteolin

2008 458 citations Günter Seelinger, Irmgard Merfort et al. Planta Medica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irmgard Merfort Germany	49	4.6k	2.2k	2.1k	1.0k	857	201	8.9k
Wen‐Chi Hou Taiwan	53	7.6k 1.7×	3.3k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	970 1.0×	637 0.7×	219	14.1k
Siddavaram Nagini India	48	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	490 0.5×	586 0.7×	190	8.6k
Takuji Tanaka Japan	65	6.6k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	856 0.8×	605 0.7×	409	14.7k
Verena M. Dirsch Austria	45	4.0k 0.9×	671 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	849 0.8×	741 0.9×	172	8.7k
Jin Won Hyun South Korea	54	5.5k 1.2×	834 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	578 0.6×	808 0.9×	386	12.2k
Jai‐Sing Yang Taiwan	64	7.3k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	417 0.4×	857 1.0×	344	13.3k
Sanjay Gupta United States	69	7.2k 1.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	621 0.6×	730 0.9×	286	15.1k
Sang Kook Lee South Korea	56	6.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	720 0.7×	564 0.7×	434	13.0k
Taeg Kyu Kwon South Korea	62	7.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.8×	993 0.5×	431 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	398	13.4k
Yeong Shik Kim South Korea	64	6.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	299	13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irmgard Merfort

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Pardo, Julián, Maykel Arias, Irmgard Merfort, et al.. (2021). Identification of an ASC oligomerization inhibitor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Cell Death and Disease. 12(12). 1155–1155. 49 indexed citations

Kreisel, Wolfgang, Adhara Lazaro, Jonel Trebicka, et al.. (2020). Phosphodiesterases in the Liver as Potential Therapeutic Targets of Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(17). 6223–6223. 8 indexed citations

Faletti, Laura, Lukas Peintner, Simon Neumann, et al.. (2018). TNFα sensitizes hepatocytes to FasL-induced apoptosis by NFκB-mediated Fas upregulation. Cell Death and Disease. 9(9). 909–909. 45 indexed citations

Murillo, Ramón, et al.. (2016). The clerodane diterpene casearin J induces apoptosis of T-ALL cells through SERCA inhibition, oxidative stress, and interference with Notch1 signaling. Cell Death and Disease. 7(1). e2070–e2070. 34 indexed citations

Sehgal, Pankaj, Natalya U. Fedosova, Renato Murillo, et al.. (2015). Discovery of Tricyclic Clerodane Diterpenes as Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase Inhibitors and Structure-Activity Relationships.. 1 indexed citations

Sehgal, Pankaj, Natalya U. Fedosova, Renato Murillo, et al.. (2015). Discovery of Tricyclic Clerodane Diterpenes as Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase Inhibitors and Structure–Activity Relationships. Journal of Natural Products. 78(6). 1262–1270. 13 indexed citations

Lutz, Anna, Maria Thomas, Oliver Sawodny, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-1β Enhances FasL-Induced Caspase-3/-7 Activity without Increasing Apoptosis in Primary Mouse Hepatocytes. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115603–e115603. 17 indexed citations

Wöelfle, Ute, Birgit Simon-Haarhaus, Irmgard Merfort, & Christoph M. Schempp. (2009). Reseda luteola L. extract displays antiproliferative and pro‐apoptotic activities that are related to its major flavonoids. Phytotherapy Research. 24(7). 1033–1036. 13 indexed citations

Fronza, Márcio, Berta Maria Heinzmann, Matthias Hamburger, Stefan Laufer, & Irmgard Merfort. (2009). Determination of the wound healing effect of Calendula extracts using the scratch assay with 3T3 fibroblasts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 126(3). 463–467. 286 indexed citations

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Schmich, Kathrin, Robert Pick, Thomas Kaufmann, et al.. (2008). Switch from type II to I Fas/CD95 death signaling on in vitro culturing of primary hepatocytes. Hepatology. 48(6). 1942–1953. 46 indexed citations

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Seelinger, Günter, Irmgard Merfort, Ute Wölfle, & Christoph M. Schempp. (2008). Anti-carcinogenic Effects of the Flavonoid Luteolin. Molecules. 13(10). 2628–2651. 306 indexed citations

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Steinbrecher, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Plant Phenolics Inhibit Neutrophil Elastase. Planta Medica. 72(12). 1127–1131. 38 indexed citations

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Costa, Fernando B. Da, et al.. (2005). Optimisation of a human neutrophil elastase assay and investigation of the effect of sesquiterpene lactones. Biologicals. 33(3). 175–184. 6 indexed citations

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Merfort, Irmgard. (2002). Review of the analytical techniques for sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpene lactones. Journal of Chromatography A. 967(1). 115–130. 69 indexed citations

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Garcı́a-Piñeres, Alfonso, et al.. (2001). 3-Desoxyanthocyanidins from Arrabidaea chica. Phytochemistry. 56(8). 831–835. 76 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas J., et al.. (1998). The Anti-inflammatory Sesquiterpene Lactone Helenalin Inhibits the Transcription Factor NF-κB by Directly Targeting p65. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(50). 33508–33516. 419 indexed citations

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Rüngeler, Peter, et al.. (1998). Study of Three Sesquiterpene Lactones fromTithonia diversifoliaon their Anti-Inflammatory Activity Using the Transcription Factor NF-κB and Enzymes of the Arachidonic Acid Pathway as Targets. Planta Medica. 64(7). 588–593. 70 indexed citations

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Merfort, Irmgard, et al.. (1995). Flavonoid glycosides from Arnica amplexicaulis and Arnica mollis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 23(6). 681–682. 2 indexed citations

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Pietta, P. G., et al.. (1994). MEKC as an Improved Method to Detect Falsifications in the Flowers ofArnica montanaandA. chamissonis. Planta Medica. 60(4). 369–372. 5 indexed citations

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Merfort, Irmgard. (1984). Phytochemical study of Lucuma mammosa. Fitoterapia. 1 indexed citations

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