Sabine Montaut

Full Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University

Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan

• HDR Chimie
  
• Doctorat Sciences des Agroressources
  
• DEA Sciences des Agroressources
• Maitrise Chimie et Biologie Vegetales
• Licence Chimie et Biologie Vegetales
• DEUG B Biologie
  

Full Professor

Our group is interested in natural product chemistry. Our research interests are mainly oriented toward the isolation and structure elucidation of secondary metabolites from higher plants using modern spectroscopic methods. We preferably focus on new natural products likely to possess biological activities. We are more concerned about the plants from the Brassicaceae family or also called Crucifers, which are mainly consumed as vegetables.

Researcher profile

Dr. Gina Rosalinda De Nicola and Dr. Sabine Montaut are Guest Editors of the Special Issue "Extraction, Isolation, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Plants" in the journal Molecules.

Our laboratory is inclusive, committed to employment equity, welcomes diversity & encourages applications from all qualified people, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal people, people with disabilities & people of all orientations & gender identities/expressions.

• 2022 Merit Increment (Laurentian University)
• 2013 Research Award from ACFAS-Sudbury
• 2012 Mobility Award from the Embassy of France in Canada 
• 2006 Leaders Opportunity Award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation
• 2006 Travel award from the Société française de chimie 

Chapters in Academic Books

• Blažević I., Montaut S., Burčul F., Rollin P. 2017. Glucosinolates: Novel Sources and Biological Potential, In Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Glucosinolates. 1st edition. Ed. K. G. Ramawat and J.-M. Mérillon. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland. pp. 3-60. (Invited). Print + eReference ISBN 978-3-319-25749-5. Print ISBN 978-3-319-25461-6. eReference ISBN 978-3-319-25462-3. DOI 10-1007/978-3-319-26479-0. 
• Montaut S., Rollin P. 2016. Chapter 2 Glucosinolates and their distribution. In Broccoli: Cultivation, Nutritional Properties and Effects on Health.  Ed. B. Juurlink.  Nova Publishers Inc. pp. 9-31. ISBN: 978-1-63484-313-3.

​Articles (in peer-reviewed journals)

2025

• Mavratzotis M., Cassel S., De Nicola G.R., Montaut S., Rollin P. 2025. Synthesis of omega-methylsulfinyl- and omega-methylsulfonylalkyl glucosinolates. Molecules 30, 704.

2024

• De Nicola G.R., Montaut S., Leclair K., Garrioux J., Guillot X., Rollin P. 2024. Cultivated winter-type Lunaria annua L. seed: Deciphering the glucosinolte profile integrating HPLC, LC-MS and GC-MS analyses, and determination of fatty acid composition. Molecules 29, 3803.
• Harvey F. Aromokunola B., Montaut S., Yang G. 2024. The antioxidant properties of glucosinolates in cardiac cells are independent of H2S signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(2), 696.

2022

• ​Agerbirk N,, Pattison D. I., Mandakova T., Lysak M. A., Montaut S., Staerk D. 2022. Ancient biosynthesis in an oil crop: Glucosinolate profiles in Limanthes alba and its relatives (Limnanthaceae, Brassicales). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 70, 1134-1147.

2021

• Đulović A., Burčul F., Čikeš Čulić V., Ruščić M., Brzović P., Montaut S., Rollin P., Blažević I. 2021. Lepidium graminifolium L.: Glucosinolate profile and antiproliferative potential of volatile isolates. Molecules 26, 5183.

• Montaut S., Read S., Blažević I, Nuzillard J.-M., Harakat D., Rollin P. 2021. Glucosinolates of Lepidium graminifolium L. (Brassicaceae) from Croatia. Natural Product Research 35, 494-498.

2020

• Montaut S., Raharivelomanana P., Butaud J.-F., Lehartel T., Rollin P. 2020. Glucosinolates of the only three Brassicales indigenous to French Polynesia. Natural Product Research 34, 2847-2851. 
• Lewicky J.D., Fraleigh N.L., Boraman A., Martel A.L., Nguyen T.M.-D., Schiller P.W., Shiao T.C., Roy R., Montaut S., Le H.-T.  2020. Mannosylated glycoliposomes for the delivery of a peptide kappa opioid receptor antagonist to brain. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 154, 290-296. 
• Blažević I., Đulović A., Burčul F., Popović M., Montaut S., Bilušić T., Vrca I., Markić J., Ljubenkov I., Ruščić M., Rollin P. 2020. Stability and bioaccessibility during ex vivo digestion of glucoraphenin and glucoraphasatin from Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 90, 103483. ​
• Pagnotta E., Montaut S., Matteo R., Rollin P., Nuzillard J.-M., Lazzeri L., Bagatta M. 2020. Glucosinolates in Reseda lutea L.: Distribution in plant tissues during flowering time. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 90, 104043.
• Montaut S., Read S., Marquis F., Bizard L., Rollin P. 2020. Glucosinolates in wild and cultivated Brassica montana Pourret (Brassicaceae) from southern France. Natural Product Research, 34(8), 1163-1166.  
• Le H.-T., Fraleigh N. L., Lewicky J.D., Boudreau J., Dolinar P., Bhardwaj N., Diaz-Mitoma F., Montaut S., Fallahi S., Martel A.L. 2020. Enhancing the immune response of nicotine vaccine with synthetic small “non-natural” peptides. Molecules, 25(6), 1290. 
• Montaut S., Read S., Blažević I., Nuzillard J.-M., Harakat D., Roje M., Rollin P. 2020. Investigation of the glucosinolates of Hesperis matronalis L. and Hesperis laciniata All.: Unveiling 4'-O-b-D-apiofuranosylglucomatronalin. Carbohydrate Research, 488, 107898. 
• Blažević I., Montaut S., Burčul F., Olsen C.E., Burow M., Rollin P., Agerbirk N. 2020. Glucosinolate structural diversity, identification, chemical synthesis and metabolism by plants. Phytochemistry, 169, 112100. 

2019

• Lafite P., Marroun S., Coadou G., Montaut S., Marquès S., Schuler M., Rollin P., Tatibouët A., Daniellou R., Oulyadi H. 2019. S-Glycosyltransferase UGT74B1 can glycosylate both S- and O- acceptors: mechanistic insights through substrate specificity. Molecular Catalysis, 479, 110631. 
• Buckner A.L., Buckner C.A., Montaut S., Lafrenie R.M. 2019. Treatment with flaxseed oil induces apoptosis in cultured malignant cells. Heliyon, 5, e02251. 
• Nyegue M.A., Montaut S., De Nicola G.R., Rollin P., Menut C. 2019. Applying the hydrodistillation process to Pentadiplandra brazzeana (Baill.) root: a chemical assessment. Natural Product Research, 33, 1383-1386. 
• Blažević I., Đulović A., Maravić A., Čikeš-Čulić V., Montaut S., Rollin P. 2019. Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Lepidium latifolium L. hydrodistillate, extract and its major sulfur volatile allyl isothiocyanate. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 16, e1800661. 

2018

• Martel A.L., Montaut S., Ulíbarri G., Spiers G.A. 2018. Conversion of Symphytum officinale L. and Panicum virgatum L. plant extracts to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalysed by metal chlorides in ionic liquids. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 96, 815-820. 
• Mavratzotis M., Cassel S., Montaut S., Rollin P. 2018. w-Methylsulfanylalkyl glucosinolates: a general synthetic pathway. Molecules, 23, 786.
• Montaut S., Montagut-Romans A., Chiari L., Benson H.J. 2018. Glucosinolates in Draba borealis DC. (Brassicaceae) in a taxonomic perspective. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 78, 31-34. 

​2017

• Montaut S., Benson H.J., Kay M., Guido B.S., Mahboob S.S., Chénier J., Gasparetto J.-L., Joly H.A. 2017. Probing the free-radical scavenging activity of the extract, the major glucosinolate and isothiocyanate of Eruca sativa Mill. and Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. seeds. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 61, 52-58. 
• Montaut S., Guido B.S., Grison C., Rollin P. 2017. Identification of glucosinolates in seeds of three Brassicaceae species known to hyperaccumulate heavy metals. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 14, e1600311. 
• Montaut S., De Nicola G.R., Agnaniet H., Issembe Y., Rollin P., Menut C. 2017. Probing for the presence of glucosinolates in three Drypetes spp. (Drypetes euryodes (Hiern) Hutch., Drypetes gossweileri S. Moore, Drypetes laciniata Hutch.) and two Rinorea spp. (Rinorea subintegrifolia O. Ktze and Rinorea woermanniana (Büttner) Engl.) from Gabon. Natural Product Research, 31, 308-313. 
• Montaut S., Blažević I., Ruščić M., Rollin P. 2017. LC-MS profiling of glucosinolates in the seeds of Brassica elongata Ehrh., and of the two stenoendemic B. botteri Vis and B. cazzae Ginzb. & Teyber. Natural Product Research, 31, 58-62. 

2016

• Marroun S., Montaut S., Marquès S., Lafite P., Coadou G., Rollin P., Jousset G., Schuler M., Tatibouët A., Oulyadi H., Daniellou R. 2016. UGT74B1 from Arabidopsis thaliana as a versatile biocatalyst for the synthesis of desulfoglycosinolates. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14, 6252-6261.
• Liu M., Wu L., Montaut S., Yang G. 2016. Hydrogen sulfide signalling axis as a target for prostate cancer therapeutics. Prostate Cancer, 2016, Article ID 8108549, 9 pages. 

2015

• Blažević I., De Nicola G. R., Montaut S., Rollin P., Ruščić M. 2015. Glucosinolate profile of Fibigia triquetra (DC.) Boiss. Ex Prantl., Croatian stenoendemic plant of the Brassicaceae family. Croatica Chemica Acta, 88, 307-314. 
• Giacoppo S., Galuppo M., Montaut S., Iori R., Rollin P., Bramanti P., Mazzon E. 2015. An overview on neuroprotective effects of isothiocyanates for the treatment of neurogenerative diseases. Fitoterapia, 106, 12-21. 
• Montaut S., Zhang W.-D., Nuzillard J.-M., De Nicola G.R., Rollin P. 2015. Glucosinolate diversity in Bretschneidera sinensis of Chinese origin. Journal of Natural Products, 78, 2001-2006. 
• Blažević I., Montaut S., De Nicola G. R., Rollin P. 2015. Long-chain glucosinolates from Arabis turrita L.: Enzymatic and non-enzymatic degradations. Natural Products Communications, 10(6), 1043-1046. 

2013

• Blažević I., De Nicola G. R., Montaut S., Rollin P. 2013. Glucosinolates in two endemic plants of Aurinia genus and their chemotaxonomic significance. Natural Product Communications, 8(10), 1463-1466. 
• Montaut S., Bleeker R.S. 2013. Review on Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) A. Wood (Brassicaceae): ethnobotany and glucosinolate chemistry. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 149, 401-408.
• De Nicola G.R., Montaut S., Rollin P., Nyegue M., Menut C., Iori R., Tatibouët A. 2013. Stability of benzylic-type isothiocyanates in hydrodistillation-mimicking conditions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 61, 137-142. 

2012

• Montaut S., Rollin P., De Nicola G.R., Iori R., Tatibouët A. 2012. Composés bio-actifs des Crucifères : un apport bénéfique dans notre quotidien. Phytothérapie, 10, 342-349. 
• Carion-Bontaz J., Montaut S., Goetz P. 2012. Isatis tinctoria L. Brassicaceae: Le pastel des teinturiers. Phytothérapie, 10, 238-244. 
• Montaut S., Grandbois J., Rossi L.S., Kamal S., Khouri J., Ménard M.G., Joly H.A. 2012. Composition of Dithyrea wislizenii fruit extract and the free-radical scavenging activity of its constituents. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 90, 652-659. 
• De Nicola G.R., Nyegue M., Montaut S., Iori R., Menut C., Tatibouët A., Rollin P., Ndoyé C., Amvam Zollo P.-H. 2012. Profile and Quantification of Glucosinolates in Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baill. Phytochemistry, 73, 51-56.

2011

• Blažević I., Radonić A., Skočibušić M., De Nicola G.R., Montaut S., Iori R., Rollin P., Mastelić J., Zekić M., Maravić A. 2011. Glucosinolate profiling and antimicrobial activity of Aurinia leucadea (Brassicaceae). Chemistry and Biodiversity, 8(12), 2310-2321. 
• De Nicola G.R., Blažević I., Montaut S., Rollin P., Mastelić J., Iori, R., Tatibouët A. 2011. Glucosinolate distribution in aerial parts of Degenia velebitica. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 8(11), 2090-2096.
• Montaut S., Bleeker R.S. 2011. Cardamine sp.: a review on its chemical and biological profiles.  Chemistry and Biodiversity, 8(6), 955-975.

2010

• Pedras M.S.C., Minic Z., Thongbam, P.D., Vangala B., Montaut S. 2010. Indolyl-3-acetaldoxime dehydratase from the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Purification, characterization, and substrate specificity. Phytochemistry, 71, 1952-1962. 
• Zhao Q.-X., Chen Y-.W., Montaut S., Joly H.A., Wang M., Belzile N. 2010. Synthesis, identification and chemical features of high-purity trimethylselenonium iodide. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 31, 373-385. 
• Montaut S., Bleeker R.S. 2010. Isolation and structure elucidation of 5´-O-β-D-glucopyranosyldihydroascorbigen from Cardamine diphylla rhizome. Carbohydrate Research, 345, 1968-1970.  
• Montaut S., Barillari J., Iori R., Rollin P. 2010. Glucoraphasatin: chemistry, occurrence, and biological properties. Phytochemistry, 71, 6-12. 
• Montaut S., Bleeker R.S., Jacques C. 2010. Phytochemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Cardamine diphylla rhizome. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 88, 50-55.

2009

• Montaut S., Grandbois J., Righetti L., Barillari J., Iori R., Rollin P. 2009. Updated Glucosinolate Profile of Dithyrea wislizenii. Journal of Natural Products, 72, 889-893.

2004

• Pedras M.S.C., Hossain M., Sarwar M.G., Montaut S. 2004. Determination of the enantiomeric purity of the phytoalexins spirobrassinins by 1H NMR using chiral solvation. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 14, 5459-5471. 
• Pedras M.S.C., Montaut S., Suchý M. 2004. Phytoalexins from the crucifer rutabaga: structures, synthesis, biosynthesis and antifungal activities. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 69, 4471-4476. 
• Pedras M.S.C., Montaut S. 2004. The biosynthesis of crucifer phytoalexins: unprecedented incorporation of a 1-methoxyindolyl precursor. Chemical Communications, 4, 452-453.  

2003

• Pedras M.S.C., Montaut S., Zaharia I.L., Gai, Y., Ward, D.E., 2003. Transformation of the host-selective toxin destruxin B by wild crucifers: probing a detoxification pathway. Phytochemistry, 64(5), 957-963. 
• Pedras M.S.C., Montaut S. 2003. Probing crucial metabolic pathways in fungal pathogens of crucifers: biotransformation of indole-3-acetaldoxime, 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldoxime, and their metabolites.  Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 11, 3115-3120. 

2002

• Pedras M.S.C., Nycholat C.M., Montaut S., Xu Y., Khan A.Q. 2002. Chemical defenses of crucifers: elicitation and metabolism of phytoalexins and indole-3-acetonitrile in brown mustard and turnip.  Phytochemistry, 59(6), 611-625. 
• Fréchard A., Fabre N., Péan C., Montaut S., Fauvel M.T., Rollin P., Fourasté I. 2002. Corrigendum to "Novel indole-type glucosinolates from woad (Isatis tinctoria L.)". Tetrahedron Letters, 43, 1591-1592. 

2001

• Fréchard A., Fabre N., Péan C., Montaut S., Fauvel M.T., Rollin P., Fourasté I. 2001. Novel indole-type glucosinolates from woad (Isatis tinctoria L.). Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 9015-9017.  
• Pedras M.S.C., Montaut S., Xu Y., Khan A.Q., Loukaci A. 2001. Assembling the biosynthetic puzzle of crucifer metabolites: indole-3-acetaldoxime is incorporated efficiently into phytoalexins but glucobrassicin is not. Chemical Communications, 17, 1572-1573.