Position:
- Senior Scientist, Head of the Laboratory
- Email:
- kata.valentova@email.cz
- katerina.valentova@biomed.cas.cz
- Phone:
- (+420) 296 442 509
- Address:
- Laboratory of Biotransformation
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Vídeňská 1083
- Prague 4 – Krč
- 142 20
- Czech Republic
Positions
- 2021 (07) Head of the Laboratory of Biotransformation
- 2018 (07) Senior Researcher
- 2017-2021 Deputy Head of Laboratory of Biotransformation
- 2013 (09)- Researcher, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2013 (01-08) Associate Professor
- 2004-2012 Assistant Professor
- 2003-2004 Research Assistant, Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Education
- 2011-2013 Associate Professor in Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ
- 2000-2004 PhD in Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ
- 1995-2000 in Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, CZ
- 1990-1995 Bilingual high school (French – Czech) in Olomouc, CZ
Research Orientation
- Metabolism and biotransformation of polyphenols
- Biological activity of natural substances and plant extracts
- Free radicals and their scavenging
- Antioxidant and cytoprotective activity
- Lipid peroxidation
- Glucose metabolism
- Hepatocytes, HUVEC
- Angiogenesis
Experience
- 1999 (1 month) Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Olomouc Teaching Hospital.
- 1999 (3 months) Laboratory of Heterocycles and Glucides Chemistry, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 2001 (1 week) Ivax-Pharmaceuticals Co., Opava
- 2002 (2 months) Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Physiology of the Vein, INSERM U541, Paris, France
- 2003 (2 weeks) Laboratory of Food Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
- 2004 (2 weeks) Laboratory of Food Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
- 2005 (3 weeks) Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, INSERM U490, Paris, France
- 2006 (2 weeks) INSERM U775, Paris, France
- 2012 (1 week) Université de Lille 2, France
- 2013 (1 week) University of Colorado, USA
- 2017 (1 week) ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal
- 2018 (2 weeks) CNR, Milano, Italy
Courses
- 1998–2000 Teaching of chemistry for high schools, Institute of Chemical Technology, in Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2001 ACS Workshop, How to develop, Validate and Troubleshoot GS & HPLC Methods.
- 2002 Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural Compounds, Czech Academy of Science.
- 2003 Good Research Practice in Biomedicine, Biological and Veterinary Sciences, international I-workshop for Ph.D. students.
Membership
- 2000 Czech Chemical Society
- 2006 Phytochemical Society of Europe
- 2006 Czech Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics
Awards
- 2003 Pharmacy Price, Aventis and French Embassy in Prague
- 2003, 2005, 2008 Dean of Medical Faculty in Olomouc Price for Meaningful scientific publication
Languages
- French
- English
Projects
- NU21-02-00135: Cardiovascular effects of flavonoid metabolites and the influence of metabolic risk factors
- GA21-00551S: Metabolites and other derivatives of polyphenols – chemoenzymatic preparation and biological activity
- LTC20070: Natural polyphenolic compounds for adjunct tumor treatment combined with MDR
inhibition - GA18-00132S: Inter-individual variability in the metabolism of silymarin flavonolignans in humans (2018-2021)
- GA18-00121S: The role of optically pure flavonolignans in cardiovascular effects of silymarin (2018-2021)
- COST CA17104 – New diagnostic and therapeutic tools against multidrug resistant tumors (STRATAGEM, 2018-2022)
- LTC19039: Gastrointestinal transformations of polyphenolic drugs (2019-2021)
- COST Action CA16205 – European network on understanding gastrointestinal absorption-related processes (UNGAP, 2017-21)
- GA15–03037S – Dehydro-derivatives of the silymarin flavonolignans: metabolism and biological activity (2015–2017)
- LTC18003: Metabolism of silymarin flavonolignans in aging population (2018-2021)
- COST Action CA16112: Personalized Nutrition in aging society: redox control of major age-related diseases (NutRedOx, 2017–2021)
- LD15082 – Chemoenzymatic preparation of the metabolites of food bioactive quercetin for bioavailability studies (2015–2017)
- COST Action FA1403 – Interindividual variation in response to consumption of plant food bioactives and determinants involved (POSITIVe, 2014–2018)
Publications
- 79 original papers and reviews
- 85 conference presentations
- 5 textbooks
- 1 patent
ResearcherID: H-2515-2014, ORCID: 0000-0002-7714-5350, Scopus Author ID: 6602269085, vedidk: 3973654
Citation index (SCI, without autocitations): 2341
h-index: 26 (WOS All databases 20/09/21)
Selected recent publications
- Lomozová Z, Tvrdý V, Hrubša M, Catapano MC, Macáková K, Biedermann D, Kučera R, Křen V, Mladěnka P and Valentová K (2021) Dehydroflavonolignans from silymarin potentiate transition metal toxicity in vitro but are protective for isolated erythrocytes ex vivo. Antioxidants, 10, 679.
- Káňová K, Petrásková L, Pelantová H, Rybková Z, Malachová K, Cvačka J, Křen V and Valentová K (2020) Sulfated metabolites of luteolin, myricetin, and ampelopsin: Chemoenzymatic preparation and biophysical properties. J Agr Food Chem, 68, 11197-11206. IF2019192
- Valentová, K., Havlík, J., Kosina, P., Papoušková, B., Jaimes, J. D., Káňová, K., Petrásková, L., Ulrichová, J. & Křen, V. (2020) Biotransformation of silymarin flavonolignans by human fecal microbiota. Metabolites, 10, 29. IF2018 3.303, 4 cit.
- Valentová, K.*, Purchartová, K., Rydlová, L., Roubalová, L., Biedermann, D., Petrásková, L., Křenková, A.; Pelantová, H.; Holečková-Moravcová, V.; Tesařová, E.; Cvačka, J.; Vrba, J.; Ulrichová, J.; Křen, V. (2018) Sulfated metabolites of flavonolignans and 2,3-dehydroflavonolignans: Preparation and properties. J. Mol. Sci., 19, 2349. IF 4.183, 9 cit.
- Almeida, A. F.; Borge, G. I. A.; Piskula, M.; Tudose, A.; Tudoreanu, L.; Valentová, K.; Williamson, G.; Santos, C. N.*(2018) Review on the bioavailability of quercetin in humans with a focus on inter-individual variation Rev. Food Sci. Food Saf., 17, 714-731. IF 8.738, 49 cit.
Last update: September 24, 2021