Niels Agerbirk

Niels Agerbirk

Associate Professor

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    1. 2004
    2. Published

      Successful herbivore attack due to metabolic diversion of a plant chemical defense

      Wittstock, U., Agerbirk, Niels, Stauber, E. J., Olsen, C. E., Hippler, M., Mitchell-Olds, T., Gershenzon, J. & Vogel, H., 2004, In: Proceeding of the National Academy of Science. 101, 14, p. 4859-4864 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      The chemistry of life: laboratory exercises : DSH-Danish-Swedish Horticulture Science Degree Programme

      Bukh, C., Tulinius, G. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2004, 3. ed. København: Samfundslitteratur. 95 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    4. 2005
    5. Published

      Compendium for the chemistry of life

      Agerbirk, Niels, 2005, 1. ed. ed. Copenhagen: Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning/Københavns Universitet. 10 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    6. 2006
    7. Published

      A common pathway for metabolism of 4-hydroxybenzylglucosinolate in Pieris and Anthocaris (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

      Agerbirk, Niels, Müller, C., Olsen, C. E. & Chew, F. S., 2006, In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 34, 3, p. 189-198 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      En biokemisk arv fra en fælles stamfar til hvidsværmerslægterne Pieris og Anthocaris

      Agerbirk, Niels, 2006, In: Lepidoptera. 9, 1, p. 11-15 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

    9. Published

      Flowers of Brassica nigra have high glucosinolate levels and are the preferred food of Pieris brassicae caterpillars

      van Loon, J. J. A., Smallegange, R. C., Blatt, S. E., Harvey, J. A., Agerbirk, Niels & Dicke, M., 2006, Glucosinolate biology, chemistry and biochemistry and its application to human health and agriculture. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 1 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    10. Published

      Metabolism of phenolic glucosinolates in Pieris rapae caterpillars: substrate specificity and interaction with a nitrile-metabolising plant enzyme

      Agerbirk, Niels & Olsen, C. E., 2006. 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

    11. 2007
    12. Published

      Biokemiske laboratorieprojekter til studieretningsprojekter for gymnasieelever

      Olsen, S. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2007, Frederiksberg: Institut for Grundvidenskab, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet. 38 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    13. Published

      Flower vs. leaf feeding by Pieris brassicae: glucosinolate-rich flower tissues are preferred and sustain higher growth rate

      Smallegange, R. C., Loon, J. J. A. V., Blatt, S. E., Harvey, J. A., Agerbirk, Niels & Dicke, M., 2007, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33, 10, p. 1831-1844 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Host plant-dependent metabolism of 4-hydroxybenzylglucosinolate in Pieris rapae: substrate specificity and effects of genetic modification and plant nitrile hydratase

      Agerbirk, Niels, Olsen, C. E., Topbjerg, H. B. & Sørensen, J. C., 2007, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37, 11, p. 1119-1130 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      The involvement of multiple enzymes from both plant and animal in the detoxification of the glucosinolate myrosinase system in a specialist insect

      Agerbirk, Niels & Olsen, C. E., 2007, Ikke angivet. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, p. 43 1 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    16. Published

      Øvelsesvejledning: Biokemi 1

      Bjergegaard, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2007, 3. ed. København: Institut for Grundvidenskab. 142 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    17. 2008
    18. Published

      Sinapis phylogeny and evolution of glucosinolates and specific nitrile degrading enzymes

      Agerbirk, Niels, Warwick, S. I., Hansen, Paul Robert & Olsen, C. E., 2008, In: Phytochemistry. 69, 17, p. 2937-2949 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      Aurora-larvens korte liv fulgt i en vindueskarm: nogle iagttagelser af larvens adfærd og udvikling

      Agerbirk, Niels & Jørgensen, Kirsten, 2008, In: Lepidoptera. 9, 6, p. 176-180 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    20. Published

      Evolution of glucosinolates in Sinapis & Brassica

      Agerbirk, Niels, Warwick, S. I. & Olsen, C. E., 2008.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

    21. Published

      Exercises in enzymology and experimental biochemistry: accuracy and precision in enzymology, activity coefficients in enzymology, macromolecule-ligand dissociation constants

      Agerbirk, Niels, 2008, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Copenhagen. 34 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    22. Published

      Øvelsesvejledning: Biokemi 1

      Bjergegaard, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2008, 4 ed. Institut for Grundvidenskab og Miljø, Københavns Universitet.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    23. 2009
    24. Published

      Indole glucosinolate breakdown and its biological effects

      Agerbirk, Niels, De Vos, M., Kim, J. H. & Jander, G., 2009, In: Phytochemistry Reviews. 8, 1, p. 101-120 20 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      Øvelsesvejledning: Biokemi 1

      Bjergegaard, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2009, 5. ed. Institut for Grundvidenskab og Miljø, Københavns Universitet.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    26. 2010
    27. Published

      Complex metabolism of aromatic glucosinolates in Pieris rapae caterpillars involving nitrile formation, hydroxylation, demethylation, sulfation, and host plant dependent carboxylic acid formation

      Agerbirk, Niels, Olsen, C. E., Poulsen, E., Jacobsen, Niels & Hansen, Paul Robert, 2010, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40, 2, p. 126-137 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      Leaf and floral parts feeding by orange tip butterfly larvae depends on larval position but not on glucosinolate profile or nitrogen level

      Agerbirk, Niels, Chew, F. S., Olsen, C. E. & Jørgensen, Kirsten, 2010, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36, 12, p. 1335-1345 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. Published

      Variable glucosinolate profiles of Cardamine pratensis (Brassicaceae) with equal chromosome numbers

      Agerbirk, Niels, Olsen, C. E., Chew, F. S. & Ørgaard, Marian, 2010, In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58, 8, p. 4693-4700 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. Published

      Øvelsesvejledning: Biokemi 1

      Bjergegaard, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2010, 6. ed. Institut for Grundvidenskab og Miljø, Københavns Universitet. 125 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    31. 2011
    32. Published

      Isoferuloyl derivatives of five seed glucosinolates in the crucifer genus Barbarea

      Agerbirk, Niels & Olsen, C. E., 2011, In: Phytochemistry. 72, p. 610-623 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    33. Published

      Polymorphism for novel tetraglycosylated flavonols in an eco-model crucifer, Barbarea vulgaris

      Dalby-Brown, L., Olsen, C. E., Nielsen, J. K. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2011, In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59, 13, p. 6947-6956 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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