Research Interests:
Isolation, structure elucidation and biological evaluation of natural
products from selected endemic Jamaican plants.
Selected publications
- H. Jacobs, W. W. Harding, P. A. Lewis, S. McLean, W. F. Reynolds, L. L.
Tay, J. P. Yang, "Glabrescol. A Unique Squalene-derived Penta-THF Diol from
Spathelia glabrescens (Rutaceae)", Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 9137,
(1995).
- H. Jacobs, N. P. Seeram, P. A. Lewis, S. McLean, W. F. Reynolds, L. L. Tay
and M. Yu, "3,4-Epoxy-8,9-Dihydropiplartine. A New Imide from Piper
verrucosum", Journal of Natural Products, 58, 436, (1996).
- H. Jacobs, N. P. Seeram, P. A. Lewis, S. McLean, W. F. Reynolds, L. L. Tay
and M. Yu, "Prenylated Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives from Piper murrayanum",
Phytochemistry, 43, 863, (1996).
- H. Jacobs, G. E. Henry, C.M. S. Carrington, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds,
Plukenetione A, "An Unusual Adamantyl Ketone from Clusia plukenetii
(Guttiferae)", Tetrahedron Letters, 37, 8663, (1996).
Created and maintained by Dr.
Robert J. Lancashire,
The Department of Chemistry, University of the West
Indies,
Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
Created Feb 1995. Last modified 3rd June, 1999.
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