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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

A. Douglas Kinghorn is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus also on Medicine.

Their work includes significant contributions to several subfields of study such as Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biomaterials. Key topics of their research encompass Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, Phytochemical compounds biological activities, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds, Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents, Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae, and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kinghorn include:

  • Yulin Ren
  • Simon Gibbons
  • Joanna E. Burdette
  • Djaja D. Soejarto
  • James R. Fuchs

The scientist has published extensively across several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Molecules
  • Phytotherapy Research
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Phytochemistry Letters

Among their recent papers are:

  • Potential Benefits of Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) Fruits and Their Constituents in Improving Human Health (2022, Molecules)
  • Development of Potential Antitumor Agents from the Scaffolds of Plant-Derived Terpenoid Lactones (2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Discovery of Anticancer Agents of Diverse Natural Origin (2022, Journal of Natural Products)
  • Na+/K+-ATPase-Targeted Cytotoxicity of (+)-Digoxin and Several Semisynthetic Derivatives (2020, Journal of Natural Products)
  • PHY34 inhibits autophagy through V-ATPase V0A2 subunit inhibition and CAS/CSE1L nuclear cargo trafficking in high grade serous ovarian cancer (2022, Cell Death and Disease)

Their book publications have been primarily released by Springer Science+Business Media, totaling eleven titles. These include:

  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 114 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 118 (2022)
  • Antimalarial Natural Products (2022)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 116 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 112 (2020)
  • Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds (2023)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 113 (2020)
  • Ancistrocladus Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids (2023)
  • Modern Photocatalytic Strategies in Natural Product Synthesis (2023)
  • Neurotrophic Natural Products (2024)

A. Douglas Kinghorn was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Resveratrol, a Natural Product Derived from Grapes

    Meishiang Jang;Lining Cai;George O. Udeani;Karla V. Slowing

  • Drug discovery from medicinal plants.

    Marcy J. Balunas;A. Douglas Kinghorn

  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products

    L. Zechmeister;A. Douglas Kinghorn;Heinz Falk;Junichi Kobayashi

  • Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of human melanoma that functions by induction of apoptosis

    E Pisha;H Chai;I S Lee;T E Chagwedera

  • IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans: Some traditional herbal medicines, some mycotoxins, naphthalene and styrene

    Ahti Anttila;Ramesh V. Bhat;James A. Bond;Susan J. Borghoff

  • Drug discovery from natural sources.

    Young-Won Chin;Marcy J. Balunas;Marcy J. Balunas;Hee Byung Chai;A. Douglas Kinghorn

  • Evaluation of the antioxidant potential of natural products.

    S K Lee;Z H Mbwambo;H Chung;L Luyengi

  • Antioxidant Xanthones from the Pericarp of Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen)

    Jung Ha;Su Bn;Keller Wj;Mehta Rg

  • Human medicinal agents from plants

    A. Douglas Kinghorn;Manuel F. Balandrin

  • Extraction of plant secondary metabolites.

    William P. Jones;A. Douglas Kinghorn

  • The relevance of higher plants in lead compound discovery programs.

    A. Douglas Kinghorn;Li Pan;Joshua N. Fletcher;Heebyung Chai

  • Chemical Constituents of the Fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) and Their Antioxidant Activity

    Bao Ning Su;Alison D. Pawlus;Hyun Ah Jung;William J. Keller

  • Anti-oxidant constituents of the roots and stolons of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).

    Young-Won Chin;Hyun-Ah Jung;Yue Liu;Bao-Ning Su

  • Chemopreventive characteristics of avocado fruit.

    Haiming Ding;Young-Won Chin;A Douglas Kinghorn;Steven M D'Ambrosio

  • New Chemical Constituents of Euphorbia quinquecostata and Absolute Configuration Assignment by a Convenient Mosher Ester Procedure Carried Out in NMR Tubes

    Bao Ning Su;Eun Jung Park;Zakaria H. Mbwambo;Bernard D. Santarsiero

  • Cytotoxic and antimalarial constituents of the roots of Eurycoma longifolia.

    L B Kardono;C K Angerhofer;S Tsauri;K Padmawinata

  • Silvestrol and episilvestrol, potential anticancer rocaglate derivatives from Aglaia silvestris.

    Bang Yeon Hwang;Bao Ning Su;Heebyung Chai;Qiuwen Mi

  • Lignans and Other Constituents of the Fruits of Euterpe oleracea (Açai) with Antioxidant and Cytoprotective Activities

    Young-Won Chin;Hee-Byung Chai;William J. Keller;A. Douglas Kinghorn

  • Natural Inhibitors of Carcinogenesis

    A. Douglas Kinghorn;A. Douglas Kinghorn;Bao Ning Su;Sik Jang Dae;Sik Jang Dae;Chee Chang Leng;Chee Chang Leng

  • Pharmacognosy in the 21st century.

    A Douglas Kinghorn

  • Novel Strategies for the Discovery of Plant-Derived Anticancer Agents

    G. A. Cordell;N. R. Farnsworth;C. W. W. Beecher;D. D. Soejarto

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Pezzuto
John M. Pezzuto Western New England University
Norman R. Farnsworth
Norman R. Farnsworth University of Illinois at Chicago
Geoffrey A. Cordell
Geoffrey A. Cordell University of Florida
Heebyung Chai
Heebyung Chai The Ohio State University
Harry H. S. Fong
Harry H. S. Fong University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael R. Grever
Michael R. Grever The Ohio State University
Mansukh C. Wani
Mansukh C. Wani Research Triangle Park Foundation
James R. Fuchs
James R. Fuchs The Ohio State University
Bernard D. Santarsiero
Bernard D. Santarsiero University of Illinois at Chicago
Andrew D. Mesecar
Andrew D. Mesecar Purdue University West Lafayette

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