Niels Agerbirk

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Niels Agerbirk is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels Agerbirk has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Niels Agerbirk's work include Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (45 papers), Moringa oleifera research and applications (23 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (11 papers). Niels Agerbirk is often cited by papers focused on Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (45 papers), Moringa oleifera research and applications (23 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (11 papers). Niels Agerbirk collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and United States. Niels Agerbirk's co-authors include Carl Erik Olsen, Jens Nielsen, Patrick Rollin, Sabine Montaut, Meike Burow, Ivica Blažević, Franko Burčul, Georg Jander, Jae Hak Kim and Martin de Vos and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Niels Agerbirk

58 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Glucosinolate structural diversity, identification, chemical synthesis and metabolism in plants

2019 368 citations Ivica Blažević, Sabine Montaut et al. Phytochemistry profile →

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Niels Agerbirk

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Ute Wittstock Germany

Meike Burow Denmark

James G. Tokuhisa United States

Cornelia Göbel Germany

Brady A. Vick United States

Erich Glawischnig Germany

Paweł Bednarek Poland

Alfons Gierl Germany

John C. D’Auria Germany

Heidrun Gundlach Germany

Ute Wittstock Germany

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Agerbirk, Niels & Мarcus A. Koch. (2025). Inconclusive evidence for chain-elongated methionine-derived glucosinolates beyond the family Brassicaceae. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 122. 105033–105033. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Jianzhong, Мarcus A. Koch, David I. Pattison, et al.. (2025). Unusual methionine-derived glucosinolates in Turritis glabra (Brassicaceae) include previously missing side chain lengths as well as 3-oxo and 3-hydroxy derivatives, characterized by NMR and tandem mass spectrometry. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 124. 105150–105150.

Nicola, Gina Rosalinda De, Jianzhong Zhu, David I. Pattison, et al.. (2024). 3-Hydroxy-2-methylpropylglucosinolate and other glucosinolates from Reseda luteola (Resedaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 117. 104902–104902. 5 indexed citations

Cárdenas, Pablo D., Signe Hillerup Larsen, David I. Pattison, et al.. (2023). Phytoalexins of the crucifer Barbarea vulgaris: Structural profile and correlation with glucosinolate turnover. Phytochemistry. 213. 113742–113742. 5 indexed citations

Agerbirk, Niels, David I. Pattison, Terezie Mandáková, et al.. (2022). Ancient Biosyntheses in an Oil Crop: Glucosinolate Profiles in Limnanthes alba and Its Relatives (Limnanthaceae, Brassicales). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 70(4). 1134–1147. 9 indexed citations

Crocoll, Christoph, et al.. (2021). Engineering and optimization of the 2‐phenylethylglucosinolate production in Nicotiana benthamiana by combining biosynthetic genes from Barbarea vulgaris and Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 106(4). 978–992. 16 indexed citations

Mancinotti, Davide, et al.. (2021). Development and application of a virus-induced gene silencing protocol for the study of gene function in narrow-leafed lupin. Plant Methods. 17(1). 131–131. 8 indexed citations

Blažević, Ivica, Sabine Montaut, Franko Burčul, et al.. (2019). Glucosinolate structural diversity, identification, chemical synthesis and metabolism in plants. Phytochemistry. 169. 112100–112100. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

Agerbirk, Niels, Annemarie Matthes, Luisa Ugolini, et al.. (2018). Glucosinolate turnover in Brassicales species to an oxazolidin-2-one, formed via the 2-thione and without formation of thioamide. Phytochemistry. 153. 79–93. 19 indexed citations

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Pfalz, Marina, François Perreau, Cecilie Cetti Hansen, et al.. (2016). Methyl Transfer in Glucosinolate Biosynthesis Mediated by Indole Glucosinolate O-Methyltransferase 5. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 172(4). 2190–2203. 51 indexed citations

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Olsen, Carl Erik, Xiao‐Chen Huang, Cecilie Cetti Hansen, et al.. (2016). Glucosinolate diversity within a phylogenetic framework of the tribe Cardamineae (Brassicaceae) unraveled with HPLC-MS/MS and NMR-based analytical distinction of 70 desulfoglucosinolates. Phytochemistry. 132. 33–56. 59 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels, Gina Rosalinda De Nicola, Carl Erik Olsen, Caroline Müller, & Renato Iori. (2015). Derivatization of isothiocyanates and their reactive adducts for chromatographic analysis. Phytochemistry. 118. 109–115. 17 indexed citations

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Bianco, Giuliana, Niels Agerbirk, Ilario Losito, & Tommaso R. I. Cataldi. (2014). Acylated glucosinolates with diverse acyl groups investigated by high resolution mass spectrometry and infrared multiphoton dissociation. Phytochemistry. 100. 92–102. 33 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels, et al.. (2014). Different Geographical Distributions of Two Chemotypes of Barbarea vulgaris that Differ in Resistance to Insects and a Pathogen. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 40(5). 491–501. 30 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels & Carl Erik Olsen. (2012). Glucosinolate structures in evolution. Phytochemistry. 77. 16–45. 387 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels & Carl Erik Olsen. (2011). Isoferuloyl derivatives of five seed glucosinolates in the crucifer genus Barbarea. Phytochemistry. 72(7). 610–623. 31 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels, Frances S. Chew, Carl Erik Olsen, & Kirsten Jørgensen. (2010). Leaf and Floral Parts Feeding by Orange Tip Butterfly Larvae Depends on Larval Position but Not on Glucosinolate Profile or Nitrogen Level. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36(12). 1335–1345. 21 indexed citations

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Smallegange, Renate C., Joop J. A. van Loon, Suzanne Blatt, et al.. (2007). Flower vs. Leaf Feeding by Pieris brassicae: Glucosinolate-Rich Flower Tissues are Preferred and Sustain Higher Growth Rate. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33(10). 1831–1844. 132 indexed citations

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Müller, Caroline, Niels Agerbirk, Carl Erik Olsen, et al.. (2001). Sequestration of Host Plant Glucosinolates in the Defensive Hemolymph of the Sawfly Athalia rosae. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 27(12). 2505–2516. 118 indexed citations

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Agerbirk, Niels, Carl Erik Olsen, & Jens Nielsen. (2001). Seasonal variation in leaf glucosinolates and insect resistance in two types of Barbarea vulgaris . arcuata. Phytochemistry. 58(1). 91–100. 114 indexed citations

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