Neil Towers
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Hugh Neil Towers FRSC was Emeritus Professor of Botany at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was awarded the Flavelle Medal in 1986 and was cited extensively for his work in medicinal phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants.
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- Antimicrobial constituents of Rhus glabra. (1994) (161)
- Antimycobacterial polyynes of Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus), a North American native medicinal plant. (1997) (127)
- Bioactive compounds from Rhodiola rosea (Crassulaceae) (2005) (119)
- Antimicrobial activity of extracts of eastern North American hardwood trees and relation to traditional medicine. (2000) (99)
- Leaf-swallowing by chimpanzees: A behavioral adaptation for the control of strongyle nematode infections (1996) (94)
- Antibacterial and antifungal polyine compounds from Glehnia littoralis ssp. leiocarpa. (1996) (78)
- Antifungal activity of benzoic acid derivatives from Piper lanceaefolium. (2002) (73)
- Light-mediated activities of some Thai medicinal plant teas. (2002) (70)
- Biologically active diterpenes from Aspilia mossambicensis, a chimpanzee medicinal plant. (1992) (65)
- Inhibition of Taq DNA polymerase by seaweed extracts from British Columbia, Canada and Korea (1997) (49)
- Phytochemistry of the Meliaceae: so many terpenoids, so few insecticides. (1996) (46)
- Berberine: A naturally occurring phototoxic alkaloid (2004) (43)
- Bioactive constituents from Iryanthera megistophylla. (2002) (39)
- Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitors in Rhodiola rosea (2004) (39)
- Thiarubrine A, a bioactive constituent ofAspilia (Asteraceae) consumed by wild chimpanzees (1985) (33)
- Flavonoids of Equisetum species (1972) (31)
- Dermatologically active sesquiterpene lactones in trichomes ofParthenium hysterophorus L. (Compositae) (1976) (31)
- Isolation and Characterization of Compounds with Anti-prostate Cancer Activity from Arctium lappa L. Using Bioactivity-guided Fractionation (2004) (27)
- Putative role of photodimerized phenolic acids in maize resistance to Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (1994) (24)
- Production of Antibiotic Thiarubrines by a Crown gall Tumor Line of Chaenactis douglasii (1986) (24)
- Antibacterial and antifungal compounds from Empetrum nigrum. (1995) (22)
- Antibacterial activities of some mosses including Hylocomium splendens from South Western British Columbia. (2007) (22)
- Chlorochimaphilin: a new antibiotic from Moneses uniflora. (1996) (21)
- Identification of a plant growth inhibiting iridoid lactone fromDuroia hirsuta, the allelopathic tree of the ‘Devil's Garden’ (1994) (17)
- Effects of sesquiterpene lactones on development of Aedes atropalpus and relation to partition coefficient (1985) (15)
- Chemical constituents of Ganoderma applanatum of British Columbia forests. (2002) (14)
- An antibacterial thiophene from Balsamorhiza sagittata. (1996) (13)
- A new compound from Geum rivale L. (2002) (13)
- Antibacterial and Antifungal Polyine Compounds from Glehnia littoralis ssp . (2006) (6)
- Chemical Constituents of the Moss Hylocomium splendens (2007) (4)
- Phenolic Compounds from the Stems of Sapium japonicum (2006) (3)
- Effects of UV-Irradiation on Enzymic Digestion of Barley Coleoptile Cell Walls (1992) (2)
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