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IEB Department of Terrestrial Ecology
engel.rita [at] okologia.mta.hu
Brief description of the main scopes:
- Investigations on chemical diversity of Hungarian flora
- Chemotaxonomic and phytochemical researches (analyses of volatile and non-volatile compounds)
- Study the effects of biotic and abiotic ecological factors on the production of (medicinal) plants
- Ethnopharmacological studies
- Investigation of plants with neurobiological activity
- Ex-situ conservation, propagation and chemical analysis of medicinal plants from different origins and examination of their cultivation possibilities
Main profile in keywords:
medicinal plants, phytochemistry, chemical diversity
Selected publications:
2016
Engel R, Szabó K, Abrankó L, Rendes K, Anna Füzy A, Takács T (2016):
Effect of arbuscular mycorrhyzal fungi on the growth and polyphenol profile of marjoram, lemon balm, and marigold.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 64(19): 3733-3741.
Varga L, Engel R, Szabo K, Abranko L, Gosztola B, Nemeth EZ, Sarosi S (2016):
Seasonal variation in phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Glechoma hederacea L. harvested from six Hungarian populations.
Acta Alimentaria 45:(2) pp. 268-276.
2014
Könczöl Á, Engel R, Szabó K, Hornok K, Tóth S, Béni Z, Prechl A, Máthé I, Tibor Balogh G (2014):
Topical analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of Oxybaphus nyctagineus: Phytochemical characterization of active fractions
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 155:(1) pp. 776-784. (2014)
2013
Janicsák Gábor , Háznagy-Radnai Erzsébet , Engel Rita , Blunden Gerald , Máthé Imre (2013):
TLC-densitometry of rosmarinic and caffeic acids in the evaluation of lamiaceae species growing in central Europe
JPC - Journal of Planar Chromatography - Modern TLC 26:(2) pp. 132-136. (2013)
2010
Engel Rita, Stefanovits-Bányai Éva, Abrankó László (2010):
LC simultaneous determination of the free forms of B group vitamins and vitamin C in various fortified food products
Chromatographia 71:(11-12) pp. 1069-1074.