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Berit Smestad Paulsen

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Kari Inngjerdingen; B K Langerud; T K Olsen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; H Rasmussen; I S Aaberge; I Austarheim; Drissa Diallo; T E Grønhaug; Terje E Michaelsen
Pectic Polysaccharides Isolated from Malian Medicinal Plants Protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Mouse Pneumococcal Infection Model.
Zdenka Hromádková; Zuzana Košťálová; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Martin Polovka; Anna Ebringerová
Structural features of two heteroxylan polysaccharide fractions from wheat bran with anti-complementary and antioxidant activities.
S Jensen; Sesselja Omarsdottir; Berit Smestad Paulsen; bent petersen; J Ø Duus; Elin Olafsdottir
Structural characterisation of a complex heteroglycan from the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune.

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2013: Kari Inngjerdingen; B K Langerud; T K Olsen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; H Rasmussen; I S Aaberge; I Austarheim; Drissa Diallo; T E Grønhaug; Terje E Michaelsen
Pectic Polysaccharides Isolated from Malian Medicinal Plants Protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Mouse Pneumococcal Infection Model.
Scandinavian journal of immunology 2013;77(5):372-88.
2013: Zdenka Hromádková; Zuzana Košťálová; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Martin Polovka; Anna Ebringerová
Structural features of two heteroxylan polysaccharide fractions from wheat bran with anti-complementary and antioxidant activities.
Carbohydrate polymers 2013;93(1):22-30.
2013: S Jensen; Sesselja Omarsdottir; Berit Smestad Paulsen; bent petersen; J Ø Duus; Elin Olafsdottir
Structural characterisation of a complex heteroglycan from the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune.
Carbohydrate polymers 2013;91(1):370-6.
2013: Ingvild Austarheim; Chiaka Diakité; Kari Inngjerdingen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Adiaratou Togola; Drissa Diallo
Chromatographic immunoassays for Helicobacter pylori detection--are they reliable in Mali, West Africa?
The Pan African medical journal 2013;14():72.
2012: Ingvild Austarheim; Drissa Diallo; Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Rokia SANOGO; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Inulin-rich fractions from Vernonia kotschyana roots have anti-ulcer activity.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2012;144(1):82-5.
2012: Ingvild Austarheim; Drissa Diallo; Kari Inngjerdingen; Mehdi Khaledabadi; Haidara Mahamane; Terje E Michaelsen; Rokia SANOGO; Adiaratou Togola; Anne C Vestrheim; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Anti-ulcer polysaccharides from Cola cordifolia bark and leaves.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2012;143(1):221-7.
2012: Merlin Willcox; Chiaka Diakite; Sergio Giani; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Rokia SANOGO; Drissa Diallo
Improved traditional medicines in Mali.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2012;18(3):212-20.
2012: Nhat Hao Tran Le; Karl Egil Malterud; Cecilie Sogn Nergård; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Drissa Diallo; Helle Wangensteen
Bioactive polyphenols in Ximenia americana and the traditional use among Malian healers.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2012;139(3):858-62.
2011: Tom Erik Grønhaug; Hiroaki Kiyohara; Anne Sveaass; Haruki Yamada; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Beta-D-(1→4)-galactan-containing side chains in RG-I regions of pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch. contribute to expression of immunomodulating activity against intestinal Peyer's patch cells and macrophages.
Phytochemistry 2011;72(17):2139-47.
2011: Anh Thu Pham; Adiaratou Togola; Helle Wangensteen; Drissa Diallo; Christina Dvergsnes; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Karl Egil Malterud
Terminalia macroptera, its current medicinal use and future perspectives.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2011;137(3):1486-91.
2011: Anh Thu Pham; Drissa Diallo; Karl Egil Malterud; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Helle Wangensteen
DPPH radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity of Terminalia macroptera leaves.
Natural product communications 2011;6(8):1125-8.
2011: Hedvig Nordeng; Karen Bayne; Gro Cecilie Havnen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Use of herbal drugs during pregnancy among 600 Norwegian women in relation to concurrent use of conventional drugs and pregnancy outcome.
Complementary therapies in clinical practice 2011;17(3):147-51.
2011: Bente Børud; Wolfgang Egge-Jacobsen; Meredith D Hartley; Barbara Imperiali; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Raimonda Viburiene; Michael Koomey
Genetic and molecular analyses reveal an evolutionary trajectory for glycan synthesis in a bacterial protein glycosylation system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011;108(23):9643-8.
2010: Tom Erik Grønhaug; Parakhastha Ghildyal; Hilde Barsett; Terje E Michaelsen; Gordon Morris; Drissa Diallo; Marit Inngjerdingen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Bioactive arabinogalactans from the leaves of Opilia celtidifolia Endl. ex Walp. (Opiliaceae).
Glycobiology 2010;20(12):1654-64.
2010: M Sutovská; S Franová; V Sadlonová; T E Grønhaug; D Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen; P Capek
The relationship between dose-dependent antitussive and bronchodilatory effects of Opilia celtidifolia polysaccharide and nitric oxide in guinea pigs.
International journal of biological macromolecules 2010;47(4):508-13.
2008: Marit Inngjerdingen; Kari Inngjerdingen; Trushar R Patel; Stephanie Allen; Xinyong Chen; Bent Rolstad; Gordon A Morris; Stephen E Harding; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells.
Glycobiology 2008;18(12):1074-84.
2008: Adiaratou Togola; Marit Inngjerdingen; Drissa Diallo; Hilde Barsett; Bent Rolstad; Terje E Michaelsen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Polysaccharides with complement fixing and macrophage stimulation activity from Opilia celtidifolia, isolation and partial characterisation.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2008;115(3):423-31.
2008: Andreas Koschella; Kari Inngjerdingen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Gordon A Morris; Stephen E Harding; Thomas Heinze
Unconventional methyl galactan synthesized via the thexyldimethylsilyl intermediate: preparation, characterization, and properties.
Macromolecular bioscience 2008;8(1):96-105.
2008: Tom Erik Grønhaug; Silje Glaeserud; Mona Skogsrud; Ngolo Ballo; Sekou Bah; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Ethnopharmacological survey of six medicinal plants from Mali, West-Africa.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2008;4():26.
2008: Adiaratou Togola; Ingvild Austarheim; Annette Theïs; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Ethnopharmacological uses of Erythrina senegalensis: a comparison of three areas in Mali, and a link between traditional knowledge and modern biological science.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2008;4():6.
2007: Kari Inngjerdingen; Trushar R Patel; Xinyong Chen; Lennart Kenne; Stephanie Allen; Gordon A Morris; Stephen E Harding; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Drissa Diallo; Haruki Yamada; Terje E Michaelsen; Marit Inngjerdingen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Immunological and structural properties of a pectic polymer from Glinus oppositifolius.
Glycobiology 2007;17(12):1299-310.
2007: Trushar R Patel; Stephen E Harding; Anna Ebringerova; Marcin Deszczynski; Zdenka Hromadkova; Adiaratou Togola; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Gordon A Morris; Arthur J Rowe
Weak self-association in a carbohydrate system.
Biophysical journal 2007;93(3):741-9.
2007: Sekou Bah; Anna K Jäger; Anne Adsersen; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Antiplasmodial and GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor binding activities of five plants used in traditional medicine in Mali, West Africa.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2007;110(3):451-7.
2007: Kari Inngjerdingen; Hiroaki Kiyohara; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Dirk Petersen; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Marit Inngjerdingen; Haruki Yamada; Berit Smestad Paulsen
An immunomodulating pectic polymer from Glinus oppositifolius.
Phytochemistry 2007;68(7):1046-58.
2006: Sesselja Omarsdottir; bent petersen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Adiaratou Togola; Jens O Duus; Elin Olafsdottir
Structural characterisation of novel lichen heteroglycans by NMR spectroscopy and methylation analysis.
Carbohydrate research 2006;341(14):2449-55.
2006: Sekou Bah; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Drissa Diallo; Harald T Johansen
Characterization of cysteine proteases in Malian medicinal plants.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2006;107(2):189-98.
2006: Sekou Bah; Drissa Diallo; Seydou Dembélé; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for the treatment of schistosomiasis in Niono District, Mali.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2006;105(3):387-99.
2006: Ababacar Maiga; Karl Egil Malterud; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Antioxidant and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities of the Malian medicinal plants Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White (Ebenaceae), Lannea velutina A. Rich (Anacardiaceae) and Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel) Benth. (Rubiaceae).
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2006;104(1-2):132-7.
2006: Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Hiroaki Kiyohara; James C Reynolds; Jane Thomas-Oates; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Haruki Yamada; Trushar Patel; Dirk Petersen; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Structures and structure-activity relationships of three mitogenic and complement fixing pectic arabinogalactans from the malian antiulcer plants Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich and Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
Biomacromolecules 2006;7(1):71-9.
2006: Kari Inngjerdingen; Assietou Coulibaly; Drissa Diallo; Terje E Michaelsen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
A complement fixing polysaccharide from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, a medicinal plant from Mali, West Africa.
Biomacromolecules 2006;7(1):48-53.
2005: Kari Inngjerdingen; Sylvi C Debes; Marit Inngjerdingen; Sanya Hokputsa; Stephen E Harding; Bent Rolstad; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Bioactive pectic polysaccharides from Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug. DC., a Malian medicinal plant, isolation and partial characterization.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2005;101(1-3):204-14.
2005: Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Hiroaki Kiyohara; James C Reynolds; Jane Thomas-Oates; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Haruki Yamada; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Structure-immunomodulating activity relationships of a pectic arabinogalactan from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
Carbohydrate research 2005;340(11):1789-801.
2005: Sesselja Omarsdottir; Jona Freysdottir; Hilde Barsett; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Elin Olafsdottir
Effects of lichen heteroglycans on proliferation and IL-10 secretion by rat spleen cells and IL-10 and TNF-alpha secretion by rat peritoneal macrophages in vitro.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology 2005;12(6-7):461-7.
2005: Ababacar Maiga; Drissa Diallo; Ragnar Bye; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Determination of some toxic and essential metal ions in medicinal and edible plants from Mali.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2005;53(6):2316-21.
2005: Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Marit Inngjerdingen; Kari Inngjerdingen; Sanya Hokputsa; Stephen E Harding; Terje E Michaelsen; Drissa Diallo; Hiroaki Kiyohara; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Haruki Yamada
Structural and immunological studies of a pectin and a pectic arabinogalactan from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp. (Asteraceae).
Carbohydrate research 2005;340(1):115-30.
2005: Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Drissa Diallo; Kari Inngjerdingen; Terje E Michaelsen; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Hiroaki Kiyohara; Haruki Yamada; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Medicinal use of Cochlospermum tinctorium in Mali Anti-ulcer-, radical scavenging- and immunomodulating activities of polymers in the aqueous extract of the roots.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2005;96(1-2):255-69.
2005: Ababacar Maiga; Drissa Diallo; Seydou Fane; Rokia SANOGO; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Boubacar Cisse
A survey of toxic plants on the market in the district of Bamako, Mali: traditional knowledge compared with a literature search of modern pharmacology and toxicology.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2005;96(1-2):183-93.
2005: Adiaratou Togola; Drissa Diallo; Seydou Dembélé; Hilde Barsett; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Ethnopharmacological survey of different uses of seven medicinal plants from Mali, (West Africa) in the regions Doila, Kolokani and Siby.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 2005;1():7.
2004: Kari Inngjerdingen; Cecilie Sogn Nergård; Drissa Diallo; Pakuy Pierre Mounkoro; Berit Smestad Paulsen
An ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for wound healing in Dogonland, Mali, West Africa.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2004;92(2-3):233-44.
2004: Sanya Hokputsa; Stephen E Harding; Kari Inngjerdingen; Kornelia Jumel; Terje E Michaelsen; Thomas Heinze; Andreas Koschella; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Bioactive polysaccharides from the stems of the Thai medicinal plant Acanthus ebracteatus: their chemical and physical features.
Carbohydrate research 2004;339(4):753-62.
2004: Cecilie Sogn Nergard; Drissa Diallo; Terje E Michaelsen; Karl Egil Malterud; Hiroaki Kiyohara; Tsukasa Matsumoto; Haruki Yamada; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Isolation, partial characterisation and immunomodulating activities of polysaccharides from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2004;91(1):141-52.
2004: Cristiana Campa; Astrid Oust; Gudmund Skjåk-Braek; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Sergio Paoletti; Bjørn E Christensen; Simon Ballance
Determination of average degree of polymerisation and distribution of oligosaccharides in a partially acid-hydrolysed homopolysaccharide: a comparison of four experimental methods applied to mannuronan.
Journal of chromatography. A 2004;1026(1-2):271-81.
2003: Marit Sletmoen; Gjertrud Maurstad; Pawel Sikorski; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Bjørn T Stokke
Characterisation of bacterial polysaccharides: steps towards single-molecular studies.
Carbohydrate research 2003;338(23):2459-75.
2003: Elin Olafsdottir; Sesselja Omarsdottir; Berit Smestad Paulsen; H Wagner
Immunologically active O6-branched (1-->3)-beta-glucan from the lichen Thamnolia vermicularis var. subuliformis.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology 2003;10(4):318-24.
2003: Drissa Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Torun H A Liljebäck; Terje E Michaelsen
The malian medicinal plant Trichilia emetica; studies on polysaccharides with complement fixing ability.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2003;84(2-3):279-87.
2002: Berit Smestad Paulsen; Elín S Olafsdóttir; Kristín Ingólfsdóttir
Chromatography and electrophoresis in separation and characterization of polysaccharides from lichens.
Journal of chromatography. A 2002;967(1):163-71.
2001: Diadier A Diallo; Andrew Marston; Christian Terreaux; Yeya T Touré; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Kurt Hostettmann
Screening of Malian medicinal plants for antifungal, larvicidal, molluscicidal, antioxidant and radical scavenging activities.
Phytotherapy research : PTR 2001;15(5):401-6.
2001: D Diallo; Berit Smestad Paulsen; T H Liljebäck; Terje E Michaelsen
Polysaccharides from the roots of Entada africana Guill. et Perr., Mimosaceae, with complement fixing activity.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2001;74(2):159-71.
2000: Terje E Michaelsen; A Gilje; Anne Berit Samuelsen; K Høgåsen; Berit Smestad Paulsen
Interaction between human complement and a pectin type polysaccharide fraction, PMII, from the leaves of Plantago major L.
Scandinavian journal of immunology 2000;52(5):483-90.
2000: Geir Hetland; Anne Berit Samuelsen; Martinus Løvik; Berit Smestad Paulsen; Ingeborg S Aaberge; Else-Carin Groeng; Terje E Michaelsen
Protective effect of Plantago major L. Pectin polysaccharide against systemic Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in mice.
Scandinavian journal of immunology 2000;52(4):348-55.
1999: Elin Olafsdottir; Sesselja Omarsdottir; Berit Smestad Paulsen; K Jurcic; H Wagner
Rhamnopyranosylgalactofuranan, a new immunologically active polysaccharide from Thamnolia subuliformis.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology 1999;6(4):273-9.
1999: Elin Olafsdottir; K Ingolfsdottir; Hilde Barsett; Berit Smestad Paulsen; K Jurcic; H Wagner
Immunologically active (1-->3)-(1-->4)-alpha-D-glucan from Cetraria islandica.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology 1999;6(1):33-9.
1999: Anne Berit Samuelsen; E H Cohen; Berit Smestad Paulsen; LP Brüll; Jane Thomas-Oates
Structural studies of a heteroxylan from Plantago major L. seeds by partial hydrolysis, HPAEC-PAD, methylation and GC-MS, ESMS and ESMS/MS.
Carbohydrate research 1999;315(3-4):312-8.