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Erik Løvaas

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Telefon (+47)
77 64 66 31

E-mail
erikl@farmasi.uit.no

Biografiske data
Born i Bergen (Norway) in 1944. Educated as a biochemist (Cand.real.) from the University of Bergen in 1973. Post.doc. at the Enzyme Institute, University of Wisconsin (Madison) from 1974 to 1976. NATO visiting professor and EMBO long time fellow at Instituto Chimica Biologia in Bari (Italy) from 1976 to 1978. Consultant in Wellcome Foundation from 1978 to 1980. Researcher at the Institute of Fisheries, University of Tromsø, from 1981 to 1985. Director of Bio-Sea AS from 1985 to 1987. Consultant (aquaculture) from 1987 to 1994. Researcher at the University of Tromsø (Insitute of Medical Biology, Institute of Biology, and Norwegian College of Fishery) from 1986 to 1998. Associate Professor at the Institute of Pharmacy (University of Tromsø) from 1998.

Forskningsinteresser
Marine phospholipids as a potential tool in site specific drug delivery

Liposomes as a test system for antioxidants

Carotenoids (and other antioxidants) from the marine environment

The biological functions of polyamines


Her kan du se et innslag som var på NRKs Schrødingers katt i 2002, og høre en reportasje fra Norgesglasset høsten 2004
Et 20 min foredrag ved Erik Løvaas om Antioksidanter i hudpleieprodukter

Publikasjoner
E. Løvaas. Marine phospholipids. INFORM 11[5], S33-S34. 2000.


E. Løvaas, J. K. Midtbø and T. Strøm. Oxidative stability of liposomes prepared from marine phospholipids. Trends in Biomedicine in Finland Supplement 1, 35-35. 1998.


E. Løvaas and J. E. Olsen, No induction of polyamines and radical scavenging antioxidants in Nicotiana tabaccum by iron excess. J Plant Physiol 153, 401-408 (1998).


R. E. Olsen, E. Løvaas and Ø. Lie, The influence of temperature, dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids, -tocopherol and spermine on fatty acid composition and indices of oxidative stress in juvenile Arctic char, Salvenius alpinus (L.). Fish Physiol Biochem (1998).


E. Løvaas, Antioxidative and metal-chelating effects of polyamines. In Advances in Pharmacology Vol. 38: Antioxidants in Disease Mechanisms and Therapy. (Ed. H. Sies) pp. 119-149, Academic Press, San Diego 1997.


E. Løvaas, M. Van Ghelue, E. Ringø, C. Weber, E. Robertsen and B. Solheim. Early interactions between Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. and Frankia strain ArI3. II: Isolation and characterization of root hair deforming factor. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 1997.


M. Van Ghelue, E. Løvaas, E. Ringø and B. Solheim, Early interactions between Alnus glutinosa and Frankia strain ArI3. Production and specificity of root hair deformation factor(s). Physiol Plant 99, 579-587 (1997).


M. R. Marzabadi and E. Løvaas, Spermine prevent iron accumulation and depress lipofuscin accumulation in cultured myocardial cells. Free Radic Biol Med 21, 375-381 (1996).


E. Løvaas, Hypothesis: Spermine may be an important epidermal antioxidant. Med Hypotheses 45, 59-67 (1995).


E. Ringø, E. Clausen, E. Løvaas, M. Van Ghelue and B. Solheim, Effects of extracts of Alnus glutinosa seeds on growth of Frankia strain ArI3 under static fermentor culture conditions. Plant and Soil 176, 283-288 (1995).


E. Løvaas, Antiinflammatory and metal chelating effect of polyamines. In Polyamines: Biological and Clinical Aspects. (Ed. C. M. Caldarera, C. Clô and M. S. Moruzzi) pp. 161-167, Editrice Clueb, Bologna 1994.


G. Leivseth, A. Tindall, E. Løvaas and O. Reikeraas, Changes in muscle stiffness caused by reduced joint mobility. Scand J Med Sci Sports 3, 28-36 (1993).


M. Van Ghelue, E. Løvaas, E. Robertsen, C. Weber and B. Solheim. Characterization and partial purification of specific molecules involved in the actinorhizal symbiosis between Alnus glutinosa and Frankia sp. ArI3. ABSTRACT . 1993.


E. Løvaas, A sensitive spectrophotometric method for lipid hydroperoxide determination. J Am Oil Chem Soc 69, 777-783 (1992).


E. Løvaas, Free radical generation and coupled thiol oxidation by lactoperoxidase/SCN-/H2O2. Free Radic Biol Med 13, 187-195 (1992).


E. Løvaas and G. Carlin, Spermine: An anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Free Radic Biol Med 11, 455-461 (1991).


E. Løvaas, Antioxidative effects of polyamines. J Am Oil Chem Soc 68, 353-358 (1991).


E. Løvaas, A new antioxidant for improved feed quality. In Aquaculture - A Biotechnology in Progress . (Ed. N. De Pauw, E. Jaspers, H. Ackefors and N. Wilkins) pp. 665-671, European Aquaculture Society, Bredene, Belgium 1989.


K. Ytrehus, S. Rotevatn, E. Løvaas, T. Sætersdal and O. D. Mjøs, Mitochondrial calcium in hearts subjected to lipid peroxidation. Basic Res Cardiol 84, 646-656 (1989).


E. Løvaas, On the mechanism and efficiency of antioxidants. In Lipid Oxidation: Biological and Food Chemical Aspects. (Ed. R. Marcuse) pp. 171-182, Lipidforum/SIK, Gothenburg 1985.