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Selected recent publications

This is a list of selected recent publications from the Plant Extracts Research Unit.

Bioactive molecules

 

4-Pyridyl Carbonyl and Related Compounds as Thrips Lures: Effectiveness for Onion Thrips and New Zealand Flower Thrips in Field Experiments. Teulon, D. A. J. et al. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55, 6198-6205 (2007).

Anti-inflammatory Thiazine Alkaloids Isolated from the New Zealand Ascidian Aplidium sp.: Inhibitors of the Neutrophil Respiratory Burst in Gouty Arthritis. Pearce, A. N. et al. J. Nat. Prod. 70, 936-940 (2007).

Fungicidal sesquiterpene dialdehyde cinnamates from Pseudowintera axillaris. Brennan, N. J. et al. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 468-473.

A cytotoxic triketone-phloroglucinol-bullatenone hybrid from Lophomyrtus bullata. Larsen, L. et al. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 3236-3241.

Biosynthesis of irregular diterpenes in Anisotome lyallii by head-to-head coupling of geranyl diphosphate. van Klink, J. W. et al. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 542-545.

Triketones active against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: synthesis, structure-activity relationships and mode of action. van Klink, J. W. et al. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2005, 13, 6651-6662.

Natural products from New Zealand plants. Perry, N. B. In Agrochemical Discovery: Insect, Weed, and Fungal Control. D. R. Baker and N. K. Umetsu Eds.; American Chemical Soc.: Washington 2001, 774, 48-61.

Medicinal herbs

Extraction of phenolics and essential oil from dried sage (Salvia officinalis) using ethanol-water mixtures. Durling, N. E. et al. Food Chemistry, 2007, 101, 1434-1441.

A new glucosyl feruloyl quinic acid as a potential marker for roots and rhizomes of goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis. McNamara, C. E. et al. J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67, 1818-1822.

Sesquiterpene Lactones in Arnica montana: a Rapid Analytical Method and the Effects of Flower Maturity and Simulated Mechanical Harvesting on Quality and Yield. Douglas, J. A. et al. Planta Med. 2004, 70, 166-170.

Factors affecting Echinacea quality: agronomy and processing. Perry, N. B. et al. In Echinacea. The genus Echinacea. S. C. Miller Eds.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FLA 2004, 39, 111-126.

Essential oils from New Zealand manuka: triketone and other chemotypes of Leptospermum scoparium. Douglas, M. H. et al. Phytochemistry 2004, 65, 1255-1264.

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