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Garry R. Buettner

Garry R. Buettner

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Chemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
43325
World Ranking
1593
National Ranking
610

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Garry R. Buettner is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Nursing, with a particular focus on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Additional areas of study include Materials Chemistry and Physiology.

Buettner's main research topics include:

  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Frequent publication venues for Buettner's work include:

  • Redox Biology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Antioxidants
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Cancer Research

Notable recent papers by Buettner are:

  • "Exposure to Static Magnetic and Electric Fields Treats Type 2 Diabetes" (2020) published in Cell Metabolism
  • "Simultaneous detection of the enzyme activities of GPx1 and GPx4 guide optimization of selenium in cell biological experiments" (2020) published in Redox Biology
  • "Understanding the Redox Biology of Selenium in the Search of Targeted Cancer Therapies" (2020) published in Antioxidants
  • "Disulfiram causes selective hypoxic cancer cell toxicity and radio-chemo-sensitization via redox cycling of copper" (2020) published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Pharmacological ascorbate improves the response to platinum-based chemotherapy in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer" (2022) published in Redox Biology

Collaborators frequently working with Buettner include Brett A. Wagner, Douglas R. Spitz, Joseph J. Cullen, Bryan G. Allen, and Michael S. Petronek.

Garry R. Buettner was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Redox environment of the cell as viewed through the redox state of the glutathione disulfide/glutathione couple.

    Freya Q. Schafer;Garry R. Buettner

  • The Pecking Order of Free Radicals and Antioxidants: Lipid Peroxidation, α-Tocopherol, and Ascorbate

    G.R. Buettner

  • Spin trapping: ESR parameters of spin adducts.

    Garry R. Buettner

  • Role of Superoxide dismutase in cancer: a review.

    Larry W. Oberley;Garry R. Buettner

  • Pharmacologic ascorbic acid concentrations selectively kill cancer cells: Action as a pro-drug to deliver hydrogen peroxide to tissues

    Qi Chen;Michael Graham Espey;Murali C. Krishna;James B. Mitchell

  • Ascorbic acid: Chemistry, biology and the treatment of cancer

    Juan Du;Joseph J. Cullen;Garry R. Buettner

  • Catalytic metals, ascorbate and free radicals: combinations to avoid.

    Garry R. Buettner;Beth Anne Jurkiewicz

  • Transition metals as catalysts of "autoxidation" reactions.

    Dennis M Miller;Garry R Buettner;Steven D Aust

  • Dihydrofluorescein diacetate is superior for detecting intracellular oxidants: comparison with 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate, 5(and 6)-carboxy-2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate, and dihydrorhodamine 123.

    Stephen L Hempel;Garry R Buettner;Yunxia Q O’Malley;Duane A Wessels

  • Ascorbate in pharmacologic concentrations selectively generates ascorbate radical and hydrogen peroxide in extracellular fluid in vivo.

    Qi Chen;Michael Graham Espey;Andrew Y. Sun;Je-Hyuk Lee

  • Considerations in the spin trapping of superoxide and hydroxyl radical in aqueous systems using 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide☆

    Garry R. Buettner;Larry W. Oberley

  • In the absence of catalytic metals ascorbate does not autoxidize at pH 7: ascorbate as a test for catalytic metals

    Garry R. Buettner

  • Mechanisms of circulatory and intestinal barrier dysfunction during whole body hyperthermia

    David M. Hall;Garry R. Buettner;Larry W. Oberley;Linjing Xu

  • Free Radical-Mediated Lipid Peroxidation in Cells: Oxidizability Is a Function of Cell Lipid bis-Allylic Hydrogen Content

    B A Wagner;G R Buettner;C P Burns

  • O2⋅− and H2O2-Mediated Disruption of Fe Metabolism Causes the Differential Susceptibility of NSCLC and GBM Cancer Cells to Pharmacological Ascorbate

    Joshua D. Schoenfeld;Zita A. Sibenaller;Kranti A. Mapuskar;Brett A. Wagner

  • Ascorbate free radical as a marker of oxidative stress: an EPR study.

    Garry R. Buettner;Beth Anne Jurkiewicz

  • Superoxide Dismutase in Redox Biology: The roles of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide

    Garry R. Buettner

  • The rate of oxygen utilization by cells.

    Brett A. Wagner;Sujatha Venkataraman;Garry R. Buettner

  • Thermodynamic and kinetic considerations for the reaction of semiquinone radicals to form superoxide and hydrogen peroxide

    Yang Song;Garry R. Buettner

  • Pharmacological ascorbate with gemcitabine for the control of metastatic and node-positive pancreatic cancer (PACMAN): results from a phase I clinical trial

    J. L. Welsh;B. A. Wagner;T. J. van’t Erve;P. S. Zehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. Spitz
Douglas R. Spitz University of Iowa
Larry W. Oberley
Larry W. Oberley University of Iowa
Frederick E. Domann
Frederick E. Domann University of Iowa
Richard E. Kerber
Richard E. Kerber University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Bradley E. Britigan
Bradley E. Britigan University of Nebraska Medical Center
John M. Buatti
John M. Buatti University of Iowa
Colin F. Chignell
Colin F. Chignell National Institutes of Health
Francis J. Miller
Francis J. Miller Duke University
Brian J. Smith
Brian J. Smith QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Pope L. Moseley
Pope L. Moseley University of Copenhagen

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