William N. Setzer

Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Education/Experience:
B.S., Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Research Interests:
Phytochemistry, Chemical Ecology, Natural Products Drug Discovery
Current Research Projects:
Biologically Active Phytochemicals from Monteverde, Costa Rica

Medicinal Agents from Tropical Australian Plants

Pharmaceuticals from Zimbabwean Traditional Herbal Medicine

Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies of Antineoplastic Diacetylenes

Selected Recent Publications:

Setzer, W.N., K.W. Whitaker, and R.O. Lawton. 1992. A chemical ecological study of the components of the essential oil of the eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) from three habitats in Huntsville, Alabama. Castanea 57: 209-213.

Setzer, W.N., M.N. Flair, K.G. Byler, et al. 1992. Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of crude extracts of Araliaceae from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Brenesia 38: 123-130.

Lawton, R.O., L.D. Alexander, W.N. Setzer, and K.G. Byler. 1993. Floral essential oil of Guettarda poasana inhibits yeast growth. Biotropica 25: 483-486.

Setzer, W.N., T.J. Green, R.O. Lawton, et al. 1995. An antibacterial vitamin E derivative from Tovomitopsis psychotriifolia. Planta Medica 61: 275-276.

Setzer, W.N., T.J. Green, K.W. Whitaker, et al. 1995. A cytotoxic diacetylene from Dendropanax arboreus. Planta Medica 61: 470-471.

Talley, S.M., R.O. Lawton, and W.N. Setzer. 1996. Host preferences of Rhus radicans (Anacardiaceae) in a southern deciduous hardwood forest. Ecology 77: 1271-1276.

Talley, S.M., W.N. Setzer, and B.R. Jackes. 1996. Host associations of two adventitious-root-climbing vines in a north Queensland tropical rain forest. Biotropica 28: 356-366.

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