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Norman R. Farnsworth, Ph.D. Norman Farnsworth

Research Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
Director, Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Pharmacy
833 S. Wood Street (M/C 781)
Chicago, IL 60612-7231

Office: 325 PHARM
Office Phone: 312-996-7253
Fax Number: 312-996-7107
E-mail address: norman@uic.edu

Education:

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy B.Sc. 1953
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy M.Sc. 1955
University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. 1959

Research Interests:

Isolation and structure elucidation of biologically active principles from natural sources; Evaluation of Folk Medicine; Computerization of the world literature on natural products (chemical and pharmacological); Traditional Medicine; Antitumor, chemopreventive, Antifertility, Toxic, Antiviral, antiparasitic and molluscicidal plants. Botanical dietary supplements for women’s health.

Professional Organizations:

American Society of Pharmacognosy (Honorary)
Society for Economic botany (Honorary)
International Society of Ethnopharmacology (Honorary)
French Pharmacognosy Society (Honorary)
Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy

Edited Journals and Honorarium:

Editor of NAPRALERT; Co-Editor, Phytomedicine, Member of Editorial Advisory Boards (current) of the Journal of Natural Products, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts, Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy; Herbalgram, PDQ-NCI(on line).

Honorary Doctorates:
University of Paris V (Rene Descartes)
Upsalla University, Sweden
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences,

Honorary Professors:
University of Science, Peru
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Trujillo University Peru
Distinguished University Professor, UIC

Courses:

PMPG 569

Select Publications:

  1. Sun, H-D., Qiu, S.-X., Lobkovsky, E.B., Lin, L-Z., Farnsworth, N.R., Clardy, J. and Fong, H.S. Crystal and molecular structures of a natural equimolecular mixture of two epimeric diterpenes, Tetrahedron, 57;: 65-70 (2001).
  2. Graham, J.G., Quinn, M.L., Fabricant, D.S. and Farnsworth, N.R. Plants used against cancer – an extension of the work of Jonathan Hartwell, Journal of EthnoPharmacology, 73: 347-377, (2000).
  3. Peraza-Sanchez, S.R., Chevez, D., Chai, H.B., Shin, Y.G., Garcia, R., Mejia, M., Fairchild. C.R., Lane, K.E., Menendez, A.T., Farnsworth, N.R., Cordell, G.A., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn, A.D. Cytotoxic constituents of the roots of Ekmanianthe logiflora, Journal of Natural Products, 63:4 492-495 (2000).
  4. Mahady, G.B., Gyllenhaal, C., Fong, H.H.S., Farnsworth, N.R. Ginsengs: A review of safety and efficacy. Nutr Clin are 3 2: 90-101 (2000).
  5. Seo, E.K., Chai, H.B., Chagwedera, T.E., Farnsworth, N.R., Cordell, G.A., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn, A.D. 5-(4-Hydroxyphenetheny) 4, 7-Dimenthoxycoumarin, a new constituent of Monotes engleri, Plant. Med. 66 2: 182-184 (2000).
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