Taru Mäkelä

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Taru Mäkelä is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Taru Mäkelä has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Taru Mäkelä's work include Phytoestrogen effects and research (20 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (4 papers). Taru Mäkelä is often cited by papers focused on Phytoestrogen effects and research (20 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (4 papers). Taru Mäkelä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Czechia. Taru Mäkelä's co-authors include Herman Adlercreutz, Tapio Hase, Kristiina Wähälä, Gösta Brunow, Salme Koskimies, Jari Yli‐Kauhaluoma, Sami Alakurtti, T. Fotsis, C. Bannwart and Esa Hämäläinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Nutrition and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Taru Mäkelä

22 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Pharmacological properties of the ubiquitous natural prod... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Pharmacological properties of the ubiquitous natural product betulin
    2006 551 citations Sami Alakurtti, Taru Mäkelä et al. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences profile →

Peers

Taru Mäkelä
T. Fotsis Finland
Lori Coward United States
Linda Zimmer-Nechemias United States
Brian Wolfe United States
Barbara Simi United States
Michael Danilenko Israel
Rikako Suzuki Japan
Masafumi Okawa Japan
Shigehiro Kataoka Japan
Jen-Kun Lin Taiwan
T. Fotsis Finland
Taru Mäkelä
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taru Mäkelä

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Taru Mäkelä. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Taru Mäkelä based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Taru Mäkelä. Taru Mäkelä is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alakurtti, Sami, Taru Mäkelä, Salme Koskimies, & Jari Yli‐Kauhaluoma. (2006). Pharmacological properties of the ubiquitous natural product betulin. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 29(1). 1–13. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lapčı́k, Oldřich, Richard Hampl, Nawaf Al‐Maharik, et al.. (2000). Rapid analysis of phytoestrogens in human urine by time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 72(5). 273–282. 59 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Taru, Jorma Matikainen, Kristiina Wähälä, & Tapio Hase. (2000). Development of a Novel Hapten for Radioimmunoassay of the Lignan, Enterolactone in Plasma (Serum). Total Synthesis of (±)-trans-5-Carboxymethoxyenterolactone and Several Analogues. Tetrahedron. 56(13). 1873–1882. 12 indexed citations
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Glitsø, L.V., Witold Mazur, Herman Adlercreutz, et al.. (2000). Intestinal metabolism of rye lignans in pigs. British Journal Of Nutrition. 84(4). 429–437. 46 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, Oldřich Lapčı́k, Richard Hampl, et al.. (1998). Time-Resolved Fluoroimmunoassay for Plasma Enterolactone. Analytical Biochemistry. 265(2). 208–215. 138 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, et al.. (1995). Lignan and isoflavonoid conjugates in human urine. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 52(1). 97–103. 183 indexed citations
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Musey, Paul I., Herman Adlercreutz, Kenneth G. Gould, et al.. (1995). Effect of diet on lignans and isoflavonoid phytoestrogens in chimpanzees. Life Sciences. 57(7). 655–664. 20 indexed citations
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Herman, Čila, Barry R. Goldin, Sherwood L. Gorbach, et al.. (1995). Soybean Phytoestrogen Intake and Cancer Risk. Journal of Nutrition. 125(3 Suppl). 757S–770S. 470 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Taru, et al.. (1994). Lignans and flavonoids inhibit aromatase enzyme in human preadipocytes. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 50(3-4). 205–212. 256 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, C. Bannwart, Kristiina Wähälä, et al.. (1993). Inhibition of human aromatase by mammalian lignans and isoflavonoid phytoestrogens. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 44(2). 147–153. 445 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, Yaghoob Mousavi, Aarno Palotie, et al.. (1993). Lignans and isoflavonoids of dietary origin and hormone-dependent cancer. 348–352. 4 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, T. Fotsis, Johanna W. Lampe, et al.. (1993). Quantitative Determination of Lignans and Isoflavonoids in Plasma of Omnivorous and Vegetarian Women by Isotope Dilution Gas Chromatographγ-Mass Spectrometry. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 53(sup215). 5–18. 210 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, Yaghoob Mousavi, Krister Höckerstedt, et al.. (1992). Dietary phytoestrogens and cancer: in vitro and in vivo studies. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41(3-8). 331–337. 353 indexed citations
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Garreau, B, G. Vallette, Herman Adlercreutz, et al.. (1991). Phytoestrogens: new ligands for rat and human α-fetoprotein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1094(3). 339–345. 39 indexed citations
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Brunow, Gösta, Jussi Sipilä, & Taru Mäkelä. (1989). On the Mechanism of Formation of Non-cyclic Benzyl Ethers During Lignin Biosynthesis. Part 1. The Reactivity of β—O—4 Quinone Methides with Phenols and Alcohols. Holzforschung. 43(1). 55–59. 48 indexed citations
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Adlercreutz, Herman, T. Fotsis, C. Bannwart, et al.. (1986). Determination of urinary lignans and phytoestrogen metabolites, potential antiestrogens and anticarcinogens, in urine of women on various habitual diets. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 25(5). 791–797. 311 indexed citations
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Wähälä, Kristiina, et al.. (1986). Synthesis of the [2H]-labelled urinary lignans, enterolactone and enterodiol, and the phytoestrogen daidzein and its metabolites equol and O-demethyl-angolensin. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 95–98. 32 indexed citations

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