P.B. Reese Head of Department B.Sc.(General), U.W.I., D.Phil., Sussex. Professor (Organic) paul.reese@uwimona.edu.jm

Research Interests

2. Microbial transformations. Natural products of agricultural and pharmaceutical interest are structurally modified by selected strains of fungi in an effort to produce a range of new analogues with enhanced bioactivity.

3. Steroids. Partial synthesis of steroid hormones is studied with the aim of identifying cheaper routes to the production of these costly biochemicals.

Selected publications

• R.B.R. Porter, W.A. Gallimore and P.B. Reese, "Steroid Transformations with Exophiala jeanselmei var. lecaniicorni and Ceratocystis paradoxa," Steroids, 1999, 64, 770-779.
• M.R. Wilson, W.A. Gallimore and P.B. Reese, "Steroid Transformations with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense and Colletotrichum musae," Steroids, 1999, 64, 834-843.
• G.O. Buchanan, L.A.D. Williams and P.B. Reese, "Biotransformation of Cadinane Sesquiterpenes by Beauveria bassiana ATCC 7159," Phytochemistry, 2000, 54, 39-45.
• D. Burns, W.F. Reynolds, G. Buchanan, P.B. Reese and R.G. Enriquez, "Assignment of 1H and 13C Spectra and Investigation of Hindered Side Chain Rotation in Lupeol Derivatives," Magn. Reson. Chem., 2000, 38, 488-493.
• D.O. Collins, W.A. Gallimore, W.F. Reynolds, L.A.D. Williams and P.B. Reese, "New Skeletal Sesquiterpenoids, Caprariolides A - D, from Capraria biflora and their insecticidal activity," J. Nat. Prod., 2000, 63, 1515-1518.
• P.B. Reese, "Remote Functionalization Reactions in Steroids," Steroids, 2001, 66, 481-497.
• A.R.M. Chen and P.B. Reese, "Biotransformation of Terpenes from Stemodia maritima by Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142," Phytochemistry, 2002, 59, 57-62.
• D.O. Collins, W.F. Reynolds and P.B. Reese, "New Cembranes from Cleome spinosa," J. Nat. Prod., 2004, 67, 179-183.
• G.D.A. Martin, W.F. Reynolds and P.B. Reese, "Investigation of the importance of the C-2 oxygen function in the transformation of stemodin analogues by Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 11145," Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 701-710.
• P.L.D. Ruddock, D.J. Williams and P.B. Reese, "The reactions of palladium(II), thallium(III) and lead(IV) trifluoroacetates with 3 b -acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one; crystal structure of the first trifluoroacetate bridged 5,6,7- p -allyl steroid palladium dimer," Steroids, 2004, 69, 193-199.