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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Russell J. Molyneux is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Hilo in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on several specialized subfields including molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, pharmacology, and spectroscopy.

Their recent publication record includes four papers: Linking Dietary Exposure to 1,2-Dehydropyrrolizidine Alkaloids with Cancers and Chemotherapy-Induced Pulmonary and Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Diseases (2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry), Use of Herbarium Voucher Specimens To Investigate Phytochemical Composition in Poisonous Plant Research (2021, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry), Guidelines for Unequivocal Structural Identification of Compounds With Biological Activity of Significance in Food Chemistry (2021, IUPAC Standards Online), and 1,2-Dehydropyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Their Potential as a Dietary Cause of Sporadic Motor Neuron Diseases (2022, Chemical Research in Toxicology).

Their research focuses on a variety of topics, prominently featuring plant toxicity and pharmacological properties. Other main areas include cynara cardunculus studies, drug-induced hepatotoxicity and protection, plant and fungal interactions, botanical research and chemistry, analytical chemistry and chromatography, and pesticide residue analysis and safety.

Frequent coauthors in their work are J. A. Edgar, Steven M. Colegate, Daniel Cook, Stephen T. Lee, and Dale R. Gardner. Their publications have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, with additional contributions to IUPAC Standards Online and Chemical Research in Toxicology.

Russell J. Molyneux received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Sugar-mimic glycosidase inhibitors: natural occurrence, biological activity and prospects for therapeutic application

    Naoki Asano;Robert J Nash;Russell J Molyneux;George W.J Fleet

  • Polyhydroxylated alkaloids -- natural occurrence and therapeutic applications.

    Alison A. Watson;George W.J. Fleet;Naoki Asano;Russell J. Molyneux

  • Loco Intoxication: Indolizidine Alkaloids of Spotted Locoweed (Astragalus lentiginosus)

    Russell J. Molyneux;Lynn F. James

  • Bioactive Natural Products Detection, Isolation, and Structural Determination

    Steven M. Colegate;Russell J. Molyneux

  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloid plants, metabolism and toxicity.

    B. L. Stegelmeier;J. A. Edgar;S. M. Colegate;D. L. Gardner

  • Castanospermine, a tetrahydroxylated alkaloid that inhibits β-glucosidase and β-glucocerebrosidase

    Rick Saul;James P. Chambers;Russell J. Molyneux;Alan D. Elbein

  • Castanospermine inhibits the processing of the oligosaccharide portion of the influenza viral hemagglutinin.

    Y. T. Pan;Hidetaka Hori;Rick Saul;Barbara A. Sanford

  • An Introduction and Overview

    Steven M. Colegate;Russell J. Molyneux

  • Australine, a Novel Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Glucosidase Inhibitor from Castanospermum australe

    Russell J. Molyneux;Mabry Benson;Rosalind Y. Wong;Joseph E. Tropea

  • Phytochemicals: the good, the bad and the ugly?

    Russell J. Molyneux;Stephen T. Lee;Dale R. Gardner;Kip E. Panter

  • Honey from plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids: a potential threat to health.

    John A Edgar;Erhard Roeder;Russell J Molyneux

  • Lentiginosine, a dihydroxyindolizidine alkaloid that inhibits amyloglucosidase.

    Irena Pastuszak;Russell J. Molyneux;Lynn F. James;Alan D. Elbein

  • Castanospermine inhibits alpha-glucosidase activities and alters glycogen distribution in animals.

    Rick Saul;John J. Ghidoni;Russell J. Molyneux;Alan D. Elbein

  • Alkaloidal components in the poisonous plant, Ipomoea carnea (Convolvulaceae).

    Mitsue Haraguchi;Silvana Lima Górniak;Kyoko Ikeda;Yasuhiro Minami

  • A lysosomal storage disease induced by Ipomoea carnea in goats in Mozambique.

    Katalin K. I. M. de Balogh;Alberto P. Dimande;Jaco J. van der Lugt;Russell J. Molyneux

  • Analysis of Swainsonine: Extraction Methods, Detection, and Measurement in Populations of Locoweeds (Oxytropis spp.)

    Dale R. Gardner;Russell J. Molyneux;Michael H. Ralphs

  • CURRENT RESEARCH ON REDUCING PRE- AND POST-HARVEST AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION OF U.S. ALMOND, PISTACHIO, AND WALNUT

    Bruce C. Campbell;Russell J. Molyneux;Thomas F. Schatzki

  • Phytochemical inhibition of aflatoxigenicity in Aspergillus flavus by constituents of walnut (Juglans regia).

    Noreen Mahoney;Russell J Molyneux

  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food: a spectrum of potential health consequences

    J A Edgar;S M Colegate;M Boppré;R J Molyneux

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Potential Role in the Etiology of Cancers, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Anomalies, and Liver Disease

    John A Edgar;Russell J Molyneux;Steven M Colegate

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Elbein
Alan D. Elbein University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Naoki Asano
Naoki Asano Hokuriku University
George W. J. Fleet
George W. J. Fleet University of Oxford
Robert J. Nash
Robert J. Nash Aberystwyth University
James A. Pfister
James A. Pfister United States Department of Agriculture
Atsushi Kato
Atsushi Kato University of Toyama
Eileen S. Scott
Eileen S. Scott University of Adelaide
Franklin Riet-Correa
Franklin Riet-Correa Federal University of Campina Grande
Walter D. Gubler
Walter D. Gubler University of California, Davis
Philippe E. Rolshausen
Philippe E. Rolshausen University of California, Riverside

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