Professor Vladimir Kren
Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Research Fellow, Chemistry
Czech Republic
My co-authors include
Professor Robert Azerad
Dr David Biedermann
Professor Maria Cantarella
My Publications
In vitro response of human ovarian cancer cells to dietary bioflavonoid isoquercitrin
Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B
July 2019
Isolated Silymarin Flavonoids Increase Systemic and Hepatic Bilirubin Concentrations an...
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
February 2019
Enzymatic oxidative dimerization of silymarin flavonolignans
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
November 2014
Access to bifunctionalized biomolecular platforms using oxime ligation
Carbohydrate Research
July 2014
Dehydro-flavonolignans from silymarin are potent inhibitors of lipid peroxidation in is...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
July 2014
Isoquercitrin: Pharmacology, toxicology, and metabolism
Food and Chemical Toxicology
June 2014
cis – trans Isomerization of silybins A and B
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
May 2014
Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Silybin and 2,3-Dehydrosilybin Dimers
Molecules
April 2014
Preparation of silybin phase II metabolites: Streptomyces catalyzed glucuronidation
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
April 2014
Inhibition of GlcNAc-Processing Glycosidases by C-6-Azido-NAG-Thiazoline and Its Deriva...
Molecules
March 2014
Expression, characterization and homology modeling of a novel eukaryotic GH84 β-N-acety...
Protein Expression and Purification
March 2014
Biphasic Catalysis with Disaccharide Phosphorylases: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of α-<scp...
Organic Process Research & Development
February 2014
Re-Evaluation of Binding Properties of Recombinant Lymphocyte Receptors NKR-P1A and CD6...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
January 2014
Chemistry of silybin
Natural Product Reports
January 2014
Biotransformation of Silybin and its Congeners
Current Drug Metabolism
December 2013
LC–MS metabolic study on quercetin and taxifolin galloyl esters using human hepatocytes...
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
December 2013
Recombinant α-L-rhamnosidase ofAspergillus terreusimmobilization in polyvinylalcohol hy...
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
November 2013
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of α-l-rhamnosides using recombinant α-l-rhamnosidase from Asp...
Bioresource Technology
November 2013
Antioxidant, metal-binding and DNA-damaging properties of flavonolignans: A joint exper...
Chemico-Biological Interactions
October 2013
Preparative Purification and Isolation of Pyranoanthocyanins from Red Wine and Evaluati...
Chromatographia
August 2013
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Glycosylation of Multivalent Scaffolds
ChemInform
August 2013
Effect of 3-<i>O</i>-Galloyl Substitution on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Quercetin...
Electroanalysis
June 2013
Preparation of silybin and isosilybin sulfates by sulfotransferase from Desulfitobacter...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
May 2013
Bioavailability of silymarin flavonolignans: drug formulations and biotransformation
Phytochemistry Reviews
April 2013
Anti-Cancer Efficacy of Silybin Derivatives - A Structure-Activity Relationship
PLoS ONE
March 2013
Enzymatic preparation of silybin phase II metabolites: sulfation using aryl sulfotransf...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
March 2013
Enzymatic synthesis of new C-6-acylated derivatives of NAG-thiazoline and evaluation of...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
March 2013
A Novel Semisynthetic Flavonoid 7-<i>O</i>-Galloyltaxifolin Upregulates Heme Oxygenase-...
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
January 2013
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Glycosylation of Small Molecules: Challenging Substrates...
ChemInform
January 2013
Enzymatic glycosylation of multivalent scaffolds
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2013
β‐<i>N</i>‐Acetylhexosaminidases: group‐specific inhibitors wanted
January 2013
Preparative method for isosilybin isolation based on enzymatic kinetic resolution of si...
Process Biochemistry
January 2013
Ionic liquids as cosolvents for glycosylation by sucrose phosphorylase: balancing accep...
Green Chemistry
January 2013
Base-catalyzed oxidation of silybin and isosilybin into 2,3-dehydro derivatives
Tetrahedron Letters
January 2013
Production of Aspergillus niger β-mannosidase in Pichia pastoris
Protein Expression and Purification
October 2012
Enzymatic Glycosylation of Small Molecules: Challenging Substrates Require Tailored Cat...
Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2012
Preparatory production of quercetin-3-β-d-glucopyranoside using alkali-tolerant thermos...
Bioresource Technology
July 2012
Biotransformation of flavonols and taxifolin in hepatocyte in vitro systems as determin...
Journal of Chromatography B
June 2012
Chemo-enzymatic modification of poly- N -acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) oligomers and N,N ...
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
May 2012
Recombinant α-l-rhamnosidase from Aspergillus terreus in selective trimming of rutin
Process Biochemistry
May 2012
Facile synthesis of nitrophenyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-D-mannopyranosides from ManNAc-ox...
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
March 2012
Quercetin, Quercetin Glycosides and Taxifolin Differ in their Ability to Induce AhR Act...
Phytotherapy Research
March 2012
Heterologous Expression and Characterization of an <i>N</i>-Acetyl-β-<scp>d</scp>-hexos...
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
March 2012
Sequencing, cloning and high-yield expression of a fungal β-N-acetylhexosaminidase in P...
Protein Expression and Purification
March 2012
Facile production of Aspergillus niger α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase in yeast
Protein Expression and Purification
January 2012
Flavonoid-dependent Attenuation of Mitochondrial ROS Formation is Augmented by Their Mo...
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
November 2011
Synthesis and Antiangiogenic Activity of New Silybin Galloyl Esters
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
October 2011
Electrochemical investigation of flavonolignans and study of their interactions with DN...
Bioelectrochemistry
October 2011
Laboratory evolution of an epoxide hydrolase – Towards an enantioconvergent biocatalyst
Journal of Biotechnology
October 2011
Biodegradation of tetrabromobisphenol A by oxidases in basidiomycetous fungi and estrog...
Bioresource Technology
October 2011
ChemInform Abstract: Glycosidases in Carbohydrate Synthesis: When Organic Chemistry Fal...
ChemInform
September 2011
Purification and characterization of heterologously expressed nitrilases from filamento...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
September 2011
Combinatorial One-Pot Synthesis of Poly-N-acetyllactosamine Oligosaccharides with Leloi...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
September 2011
Regioselective alcoholysis of silybin A and B acetates with lipases
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
September 2011
Charged Hexosaminides as New Substrates for β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase-Catalyzed Synthesi...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
August 2011
Study of electrooxidation mechanisms and antioxidant properties of flavonols and flavon...
Planta Medica
August 2011
Narrow-bore core-shell particles and monolithic columns in the analysis of silybin dias...
Journal of Separation Science
June 2011
Enzymatic characterization and molecular modeling of an evolutionarily interesting fung...
FEBS Journal
June 2011
Evidence for differences in regioselective and stereoselective glucuronidation of silyb...
Xenobiotica
April 2011
Structure of the Dimeric N-Glycosylated Form of Fungal B-N-Acetylhexosaminidase Reveale...
April 2011
Dimerisation Process of Silybin-Type Flavonolignans: Insights from Theory
ChemPhysChem
April 2011
Glycosidases in Carbohydrate Synthesis: When Organic Chemistry Falls Short
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
February 2011
Dendri-RAFTs: a second generation of cyclopeptide-based glycoclusters
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2011
Dehydrosilybin attenuates the production of ROS in rat cardiomyocyte mitochondria with ...
Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
December 2010
Analysis of anthocyanin pigments in Lonicera (Caerulea) extracts using chromatographic ...
Journal of Chromatography A
December 2010
β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase: What's in a name…?
Biotechnology Advances
November 2010
Large-scale separation of silybin diastereoisomers using lipases
Process Biochemistry
October 2010
Genome mining for the discovery of new nitrilases in filamentous fungi
Biotechnology Letters
September 2010
Synthesis and biological activity of glycosyl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
July 2010
Cardioprotective activity of dehydrosilybin is linked to its uncoupler-like behavior
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
July 2010
Effect of flavonolignans derived from silybin on mitochondrial production of reactive o...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
July 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Glycosylation of Branched Symmetrical Non-Carbohydrate P...
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Pyridoxine as a Substrate for Screening Synthetic Potential of Gly...
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: One-pot Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialyl T-Epitope
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Synthesis of p-Nitrophenyl β-Chitobioside.
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Preparation of Lysergol β-D-Glucuronide.
ChemInform
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Enzymatic Glycosylation Using 6-O-Acylated Sugar Donors and Accept...
ChemInform
May 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Selective Biotransformation of Substituted Alicyclic Nitriles by R...
ChemInform
May 2010
Biotransformations with nitrilases
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
April 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Glycosidases in Synthesis
ChemInform
March 2010
Antioxidant and antiviral activities of silybin fatty acid conjugates
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
March 2010
Enzymatic Processing of Bioactive Glycosides from Natural Sources
January 2010
Condensation reactions catalyzed by α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase fromAspergillus nigeryi...
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
January 2010
Silybin Derivatives Modulate Thyroid Hormone-Mediated UcP2 Expression in Neonatal Rat C...
Biophysical Journal
January 2010
Chemoenzymatic preparative separation of silybins A and B
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
December 2009
Silybin (Silibinin) Structure and Chirality
Chromatographia
November 2009
Fungal nitrilases as biocatalysts: Recent developments
Biotechnology Advances
November 2009
Glycosidases: a key to tailored carbohydrates
Trends in Biotechnology
April 2009
Silibinin chirality
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
April 2009
Molecular mechanisms of silybin and 2,3-dehydrosilybin antiradical activity—role of ind...
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
March 2009
α-Galactosidases and their applications in biotransformations
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
January 2009
Enzymatic preparation of acylated derivatives of silybin in organic and ionic liquid me...
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
January 2009
Biodegradation potential of the genus Rhodococcus
Environment International
January 2009
Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) structures and thei...
Glycoconjugate Journal
August 2008
Maca (Lepidium meyenii) and yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) in combination with silyma...
Food and Chemical Toxicology
March 2008
Selection and screening for enzymes of nitrile metabolism
Journal of Biotechnology
February 2008
Laccase-mediated dimerization of the flavonolignan silybin
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
February 2008
Biotransformation of nitriles to amides using soluble and immobilized nitrile hydratase...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
February 2008
Mechanism of the Antioxidant Action of Silybin and 2,3-Dehydrosilybin Flavonolignans: A...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
January 2008
Glycoside vs. Aglycon: The Role of Glycosidic Residue in Biological Activity
January 2008
Studies on oxidation of ergot alkaloids: oxidation and desaturation of dihydrolysergol—...
Tetrahedron
October 2007
Structure, Function and Dynamics of fungal β-N-Hexosaminidase
September 2007
Structural modeling of alpha-galactosidase and alpha-galactosaminidase from Aspergillus...
September 2007
New aldoxime-dehydrating enzymes from filamentous fungi
Journal of Biotechnology
September 2007
Glycosyl Azides – An Alternative Way to Disaccharides
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
June 2007
Structure of the dimeric N-glycosylated form of fungal β-N-acetylhexosaminidase reveale...
BMC Structural Biology
May 2007
Biotransformation of heterocyclic dinitriles by Rhodococcus erythropolis and fungal nit...
Biotechnology Letters
May 2007
Large Propeptides of Fungal β-<i>N</i>-Acetylhexosaminidases Are Novel Enzyme Regulator...
Biochemistry
February 2007
Silybin and Silymarin - New and Emerging Applications in Medicine
Current Medicinal Chemistry
February 2007
Induction and characterization of an unusual α-d-galactosidase from Talaromyces flavus
Journal of Biotechnology
January 2007
Extension of the Nef reaction to C-glycosylnitromethanes
Carbohydrate Research
September 2006
Cyanodeoxy-Glycosyl Derivatives as Substrates for Enzymatic Reactions
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
September 2006
Preparative production and separation of 2-acetamido-2-deoxymannopyranoside-containing ...
Journal of Chromatography A
September 2006
New derivatives of silybin and 2,3-dehydrosilybin and their cytotoxic and P-glycoprotei...
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
June 2006
Unique transglycosylation potential of extracellular α-d-galactosidase from Talaromyces...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
May 2006
β-1,4-Galactosyltransferase-catalyzed glycosylation of sugar derivatives: Modulation of...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
May 2006
Cyanodeoxy-Glycosyl Derivatives as Substrates for Enzymatic Reactions
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
April 2006
Immobilization of fungal nitrilase and bacterial amidase – two enzymes working in accord
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
January 2006
Glycosyl azide—a novel substrate for enzymatic transglycosylations
Tetrahedron Letters
December 2005
Effects of silymarin flavonolignans and synthetic silybin derivatives on estrogen and a...
Toxicology
November 2005
Silybin and silymarin - new effects and applications
Biomedical Papers
July 2005
The efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in the treatment of osteoarthritis:...
Biomedical Papers
July 2005
Biocatalyzed Generation of Molecular Diversity: Selective Modification of the Saponin A...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
June 2005
Combined Application of Galactose Oxidase and β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase in the Synthesis...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
June 2005
A chemoenzymatic route to mannosamine derivatives bearing different N-acyl groups
Journal of Biotechnology
January 2005
Screening and characterization of β-N-acetylhexosaminidases for the synthesis of nucleo...
Enzyme and Microbial Technology
April 2004
Synthesis of 4-Nitrophenyl 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-mannopyranoside and 4-Nitrophenyl 2-...
ChemInform
August 2003
Enzymatic Discrimination of 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-D-mannopyranose-Containing Disaccharide...
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
June 2003
Chemical Biology and Biomedicine of Glycosylated Natural Compounds
ChemInform
March 2003
Synthesis of 4-Nitrophenyl 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-mannopyranoside and 4-Nitrophenyl 2-...
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 2003
Selective biotransformation of substituted alicyclic nitriles by <i>Rhodococcus equi</i...
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
June 2002
p-NITROPHENYL 2-AZIDO-2-DEOXY-D-HEXOPYRANOSIDES AS DONORS FOR ENZYMIC GLYCOSYLATION
April 2002
Nitrile- and Amide-converting Microbial Enzymes: Stereo-, Regio- and Chemoselectivity
Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
January 2002
Exploitation of a library of ?-galactosidases for the synthesis of building blocks for ...
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
December 2001
Glycosides in Medicine: &#x201C;The Role of Glycosidic Residue in Biological Activi...
Current Medicinal Chemistry
September 2001
Chemical Biology and Biomedicine of Glycosylated Natural Compounds
January 2001
Semisynthetic Dimers of Antiparkinsonic Ergot Alkaloids
Heterocycles
January 2001
Enzymatic Glycosylation of Lincomycin
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
January 2001
Silymarin: What is in the name…? An appeal for a change of editorial policy
Hepatology
August 2000
Formation ofmyo-inositol phosphates byAspergillus niger 3-phytase
Folia Microbiologica
April 2000
Enzymatic Preparation of Lysergol β-D-Glucuronide
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 2000
Enzymatic synthesis of iso-globotriose from partially protected lactose
Tetrahedron Letters
December 1999
Agroclavine Glycosylation
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 1999
One-Pot Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialyl T-Epitope
January 1999
Pyridoxine as a Substrate for Screening Synthetic Potential of Glycosidases
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 1999
Enzymatic Synthesis ofP-Nitrophenyl β-Chitobioside
Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry
January 1999
Unusual nonreducing sugar GlcNAcβ(1↔1)Manβ formation by β-N-acetylhexosaminidase from A...
Tetrahedron Letters
December 1998
Enzymatic Glycosylation of Branched Symmetrical Non-Carbohydrate Polyols
Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry
November 1998
Glycosidase-Catalysed Synthesis of Ergot Alkaloid α-Glycosides
Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry
August 1998
Effect ofp-Substitution of Aryl α-D-Mannosides on Inhibiting Mannose-Sensitive Adhesion...
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
August 1998
Glucosylation of silybin by plant cell cultures of Papaver somniferum var. setigerum
Phytochemistry
January 1998
Transglycosylation of Thiamin by Fungal β-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
January 1998
β-Glucosylation of chitooligomers by galactosyltransferase
Carbohydrate Research
December 1997
Biotransformation of Ergot Alkaloids by Haloperoxidase fromStreptomyces aureofaciens: S...
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
November 1997
N -Deoxyribosides of ergot alkaloids: Synthesis and biological activity
Tetrahedron
March 1997
Enzymatic and chemical glycosylations of ergot alkaloids and biological aspects of new ...
January 1997
Synthesis and Antiviral Evaluation of N-β-D-Ribosides of Ergot Alkaloids
Nucleosides and Nucleotides
January 1997
Glycosylation of silybin
Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
January 1997
Sterols and fatty acids in <i>Peziza muralis</i>
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
November 1996
Ergot alkaloid glycosides with immunomodulatory activities
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
June 1996
Biotransformations of γ-methyl-β-ketosulfones: stereoselectivity of 3-methyl-1-(phenyls...
Tetrahedron Asymmetry
May 1996
N-1-Trimethylsilyl Derivatives of Ergot Alkaloids
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 1996
Biotransformation of Chanoclavine by <i>Euphorbia calyptrata</i> Cell Culture
Journal of Natural Products
January 1996
Dimerization of Lysergene by <i>Euphorbia calyptrata</i> Cell Cultures
Journal of Natural Products
January 1996
Biotransformations of aromatic diniitriles using Rhodococcus equi cells
Biotechnology Letters
November 1995
A Multienzyme System for a One-Pot Synthesis of Sialyl T-Antigen
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
May 1995
Ein Multienzymsystem zur Eintopfsynthese des Sialyl-T-Antigens
Angewandte Chemie
April 1995
Assignment of Nitrogen Stereochemistry of Agroclavine and Elymoclavine 6-N-Oxides
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
January 1995
Synthesis of α-mannosylated ergot alkaloids employing α-mannosidase
Biotechnology Letters
July 1994
Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of elymoclavine glycosides
Biological Mass Spectrometry
February 1994
Claviceps purpurea (Ergot): Culture and Bioproduction of Ergot Alkaloids
January 1994
Determination of Lovastatin (mevinolin) and mevinolinic acid in fermentation liquids
Journal of Chromatography A
February 1993
Fructosylation of ergot alkaloids by yeast invertase
Biotechnology Letters
September 1992
Galactose oxidase production by immobilized cells ofDactylium dendroides
Biotechnology Techniques
July 1992
Bioconversions of ergot alkaloids
January 1991
Glycosylation of ergot alkaloids by free and immobilized cells of Claviceps purpurea
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
March 1990
Effect of triadimefon on lipids, sterols, and membrane fluidity in submerged cultures o...
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
July 1989
Physiological control and process kinetics of clavine alkaloid production byClaviceps p...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
September 1988
Physiological control and process kinetics of clavine alkaloid production byClaviceps p...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
September 1988
Effect of clomiphene on fatty acids, sterols and membrane fluidity in clavine producing...
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
April 1988
Physiological activity of immobilized cells of Claviceps fusiformis during long-term se...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
June 1987
Effect of cultivation temperature, clomiphene, and nystatin on the oxidation and cycliz...
Current Microbiology
March 1987
High-production mutant Claviceps purpurea 59 accumulating secoclavines
FEMS Microbiology Letters
October 1986
Identification of fatty acids in submerged cultures of Claviceps species
FEMS Microbiology Letters
December 1985
Occurrence of ricinoleic acid in submerged cultures of variousClaviceps sp.
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
November 1985
Continuous cultivation ofCandida utilis yeasts growing on calcium bisulphite waste liquors
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
September 1985
Azido leaving group in enzymatic synthesis-small and efficient
Glycosidases in synthesis