2008 - Center Publications

 

Barnes, Stephen, Birt, Diane F, Cassileth, Barrie R, Cefalu, William T, Chilton, Floyd H, Farnsworth, Norman R, Raskin, Ilya, van Breemen, Richard B, Weaver, Connie M. 2008. Technologies and experimental approaches at the National Institutes of Health Botanical Research Centers. Am J Clin Nutr 2008 87: 476S-480 PMID 18258642

 

Birt DF, Widrlechner MP, LaLone CA, Wu L, Bae J, Solco AK, Kraus GA, Murphy PA, Wurtele ES, Leng Q, Hebert SC, Maury WJ, Price JP. 2008 Echinacea in infection. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87(suppl):488S-92S. PMC:2262947

 

Flagel, L.E., Rapp, R.A., Grover, C.E., Widrlechner, M.P., Hawkins, J., Grafenberg, J.L., Álvarez Fernández, I., Chung, G.Y., Wendel, J.F. 2008 Phylogenetic, morphological, and chemotaxonomic incongruence in the North American endemic genus Echinacea (Moench). American Journal of Botany doi:10.3732/ajb.0800049

 

Hammer, K.D.P., Hillwig, M.L., Neighbors, J.D., Sim, Y-J., Kohut, M.L., Wiemer, D.F. Wurtele, E.S., and Birt, D.F. 2008. Pseudohypericin is necessary for light-activated inhibition of prostaglandin E2 pathways by Hypericum perforatum. Phytochemistry. Sep;69(12):2354-62 PMID: 18707743

 

Hillwig, ML, KDP Hammer, DF Birt and ES Wurtele. 2008.  Characterizing the Metabolic Fingerprint and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Hypericum gentianoides. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2008, 56, 4359–4366. PMID: 18512936.

 

Perry CD, Alekel DL, Ritland LM, Bhupathiraju SN, Stewart JW, Hanson LN, Matvienko OA, Kohut ML, Reddy MB, Van Loan MD, Genschel U. 2008. Centrally located body fat is related to inflammatory markers in healthy postmenopausal women. Menopause 15(4):619-627, 2008. PMID:18202591

 

Ritland LM, Alekel DL, Matvienko O, Hanson KB, Stewart JW, Hanson LN, Reddy MB, Van Loan M, Genschel U.  2008. Relationship of centrally-located fat mass and lean mass to circulating leptin, adiponectin, ghrelin, and insulin in healthy postmenopausal women.  European Journal of Endocrinology 158:889-897,  PMID: 18390991

 

Tanaka MJ, Nisly NL, Wallace RB, Zimmerman MB, Gryzlak BM. 2008 Patterns of Natural Herb Use by Asian and Pacific Islanders. Ethnicity and Health. Ethnicity & Health Apr2008, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p93-108 16p PMID: 18425709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

 

Wallace RB, Gryzlak BM, Zimmerman MB, Nisly NL. 2008 Application of FDA Adverse Event Report Data to the Surveillance of  Dietary Botanical Supplements.  Annals of Pharmacotherapy. May;42(5):653-60. PMID: 18397972

 

Zhai Z, Haney D, Wu L, Solco AK, Murphy PA, Wurtele ES, Kohut ML, Cunnick JE. 2008. Alcohol extracts of Echinacea inhibit production of NO and TNF-α by macrophages in vitro. Journal of Food and Agricultural Immunology, 18(3-4): 221-236. PMID 18458735.

 

Zhai Z, Solco A, Wu L, Wurtele ES, Kohut ML, Murphy PA, Cunnick JE. 2008. Echinacea increases arginase activity and has anti-inflammatory properties in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells indicative of alternative macrophage activation. Planta Medica.  PMID: 19111603

 

 

Office closed during semester break

The Botanical Center's administrative office will be closed December 24 - January 3, in accordance with Iowa State University's semester break recommendation. Normal office hours will resume on Monday, January 4, 2010.

 

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