Milla Leppä

Ms. Milla Leppä

University of Turku, Finland
orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
28 May 2019 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MEMarica Engström
Marica Engström
JAJoona Arvola
Joona Arvola
SNSaara Nenonen
Saara Nenonen
VVValtteri Virtanen
Valtteri Virtanen
MLMilla Leppä
Milla Leppä
Juha-Pekka SalminenJuha-Pekka Salminen
Juha-Pekka Salminen


28 October 2020 in Molecules
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PDF file
MLMilla Leppä
Milla Leppä
Juuso LaitilaJuuso Laitila
Juuso Laitila
Juha-Pekka SalminenJuha-Pekka Salminen
Juha-Pekka Salminen
Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are highly bioactive plant specialized metabolites. One of their most characteristic features is their ability to precipitate proteins. In this study, eleven plant species were used to study the structure–activity patterns between PAs and their protein precipitation capacity (PPC) with bovine serum albumin. To obtain a comprehensive selection of PAs with highly variable procyanidin to prodelphinidin ratios and mean degree of polymerizations, nearly 350 subfractions were produced from the eleven plant species by semi-preparative liquid chromatography. Their PA composition was defined by tandem mass spectrometry and high-resolution mass spectrometry, and their PPC was measured with a turbidimetry-based well-plate reader assay. The distribution of the PPC within plant species varied significantly. The mean degree of polymerization of the PAs had a strong correlation with the PPC (r = 0.79). The other structural features were significant from the PPC point of view as well, but they contributed to the PPC in different ways in different plant species. Retention time, prodelphinidin proportion, and mean degree of polymerization explained 64% of the measured variance of the PPC.

29 January 2020 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MEMarica Engström
Marica Engström
JAJ. Arvola
J. Arvola
SNS. Nenonen
S. Nenonen
VVV. T. J. Virtanen
V. T. J. Virtanen
MLMilla Leppä
Milla Leppä
Juha-Pekka SalminenJuha-Pekka Salminen
Juha-Pekka Salminen