Peter J. Houghton

Peter J. Houghton publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Houghton sits on this spectrum.

Peter J. Houghton D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Houghton sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

• Fixed oil of Nigella sativa and derived thymoquinone inhibit eicosanoid generation in leukocytes and membrane lipid peroxidation.

  Peter J. Houghton;Rema Zarka;Beatriz de las Heras;J. R. S. Hoult

  1090
  Citations

• Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from plants and fungi

  Peter J. Houghton;Yuhao Ren;Melanie-Jayne Howes

  770
  Citations

• Leads from Indian medicinal plants with hypoglycemic potentials

  Pulok K Mukherjee;Kuntal Maiti;Kakali Mukherjee;Peter J Houghton

  690
  Citations

• Plants used in Chinese and Indian traditional medicine for improvement of memory and cognitive function.

  Melanie-Jayne R. Howes;Peter J. Houghton

  595
  Citations

• In-vitro inhibition of human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase by salvia lavandulaefolia essential oil and constituent terpenes.

  Nicolette S. L. Perry;Peter J. Houghton;Anthony Theobald;Peter Jenner

  583
  Citations

• Laboratory Handbook for the Fractionation of Natural Extracts

  Peter J. Houghton;Amala Raman

  524
  Citations

• The scientific basis for the reputed activity of Valerian.

  Peter J. Houghton

  485
  Citations

• The sulphorhodamine (SRB) assay and other approaches to testing plant extracts and derived compounds for activities related to reputed anticancer activity.

  Peter Houghton;Rui Fang;Isariya Techatanawat;Glyn Steventon

  454
  Citations

• In vitro tests and ethnopharmacological investigations: Wound healing as an example

  P J Houghton;P J Hylands;A Y Mensah;A Hensel

  446
  Citations

• Medicinal Plants and Alzheimer's Disease: from Ethnobotany to Phytotherapy**

  Elaine K. Perry;Anne T. Pickering;Wei Wei Wang;Peter J. Houghton

  353
  Citations

• In vitro cytotoxic activity of Thai medicinal plants used traditionally to treat cancer

  Arunporn Itharat;Peter J Houghton;E Eno-Amooquaye;P.J Burke

  339
  Citations

• Flowering plants used against snakebite.

  Peter J. Houghton;Ibironke M. Osibogun

  292
  Citations

• Antioxidant activity of methanol extracts obtained from Plantago species.

  Marina Gálvez;Carmen Martín-Cordero;Peter J Houghton;María Jesús Ayuso

  285
  Citations

• Cytotoxicity of plants from Malaysia and Thailand used traditionally to treat cancer.

  C.C. Lee;Peter Houghton

  257
  Citations

• Cardiovascular effects of ginger aqueous extract and its phenolic constituents are mediated through multiple pathways.

  Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur;Anwarul Hassan Gilani;Maria B. Afridi;Peter J. Houghton

  234
  Citations

• Chemical analysis, antioxidant, antiinflammatory and anticholinesterase activities of Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss and Origanum syriacum L. essential oils

  Monica R. Loizzo;Monica R. Loizzo;Federica Menichini;Filomena Conforti;Rosa Tundis

  228
  Citations

• Novel diterpenoid acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from Salvia miltiorhiza.

  Yuhao Ren;Peter J. Houghton;Robert C. Hider;Melanie-Jayne R. Howes

  221
  Citations

• In-vitro activity of S. lavandulaefolia (Spanish sage) relevant to treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

  Nicolette S. L. Perry;Peter J. Houghton;Julia Sampson;Anthony E. Theobald

  213
  Citations

• Ethnobotanical survey and cytotoxicity testing of plants of South-western Nigeria used to treat cancer, with isolation of cytotoxic constituents from Cajanus cajan Millsp. leaves.

  J. S. Ashidi;Peter Houghton;Peter Hylands;T. Efferth;T. Efferth

  208
  Citations

• Flavone C-glycosides from Viola yedoensis makino

  Chen Xie;Chen Xie;Chen Xie;Nigel C. Veitch;Peter J. Houghton;Monique S. J. Simmonds

  201
  Citations