Niels Agerbirk

Niels Agerbirk

Associate Professor

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    1. 2007
    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. Published

      Øvelsesvejledning: Biokemi 1

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

      Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

    7. 2006
    8. 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

    9. 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

    10. 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

    11. 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

    12. 2005
    13. 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

    14. 2004
    15. Published

      Hvorfor kålorme kan lide kål

      Agerbirk, Niels, 2004, In: Det Levende Universitet. 13, p. 6-7 2 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

    16. Published

      Korsblomstrede planters kemiske forsvar: og planteæderes tilpasninger

      Agerbirk, Niels, Müller, C. & Wittstock, U., 2004, In: URT. 28, 2, p. 46-51 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

    17. 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

    18. 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

    19. 2003
    20. Published

      Erratum: Glucosinolates, flea beetle resistance, and leaf pubescence as taxonomic characters in the genus Barbarea (Brassicaceae) (Phytochemistry (2003) 63 (69-80))

      Agerbirk, Niels, Ørgaard, Marian & Nielsen, J. K., Nov 2003, In: Phytochemistry. 64, 6, p. 1177 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      A ¤saponin correlated with variable resistance of Barbarea vulgaris to the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella

      Agerbirk, Niels, Olsen, C. E., Bibby, B. M., Frandsen, H. O., Brown, L. D., Nielsen, J. K. & Renwick, J. A. A., 2003, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 29, 6, p. 1417-1433 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Biochemical strategies for control of cabbage whites (Pieris spp.) and the diamondback moth

      Agerbirk, Niels & Olsen, C. E., 2003. 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

    23. Published

      Glucosinolates,flea beetle resistance, and leaf pubescence as taxonomic characters in the Barbarea (Brassicaceae)

      Agerbirk, Niels, Ørgaard, Marian & Nielsen, J. K., 2003, In: Phytochemistry. 63, p. 69-80 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      Jordlopper som botanikere

      Agerbirk, Niels, Nielsen, J. K. & Ørgaard, Marian, 2003, In: URT. 27, 3, p. 78-82 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    25. Published

      Kemiske øvelser: for veterinærstuderende

      Bach, E., Larsen, B. D., Jensen, Knud Jørgen, Nielsen, J. K. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2003, 6. ed. København: Samfundslitteratur. 65 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    26. Published

      Lack of sequestration of host plant glucosinolates in Pieris rapae and P. brassicae

      Müller, C., Agerbirk, Niels & Olsen, C. E., 2003, In: Chemoecology. 13, p. 47-54 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

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

      Bukh, C., Aggernæs, G. T. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2003, 2. ed. København: Chemistry Department, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. 95 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    28. Published

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

      Aggernæs, G. T., Bukh, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2003, 2. ed. København: Chemistry Department, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. 50 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    29. 2002
    30. Published

      The chemistry of life: laboratory exercises : DSH - Danish-Swedish horticulture science degree programme

      Bukh, C., Tulinius, G. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2002, København: Jordbrugsforlaget. 84 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    31. Published

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

      Tulinius, G., Bukh, C. & Agerbirk, Niels, 2002, København: Jordbrugsforlaget. 34 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

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