Roy B.R. Porter roy.porter@uwimona.edu.jm B.Sc., Ph. D., U.W.I., Lecturer (Organic)

Research Interests

Phytochemicals from Jamaican folklore medicinal plants and their biological activity.

Identification of the constituents of Essential Oils from local aromatic folklore medicinal plants.

Anti-oxidant activities of Jamaican plant extracts

Selected Publications

• M. Bakir, D. Biggs, A. Lough, W. Mulder, W. Reynolds and R.B.R. Porter, "7-Acetyl-12-methoxyhorminone from Jamaican Hyptis verticillata (Labiate)", Acta Cryst. 2006, E62, 306-308.
• P.C. Facey, R.B.R. Porter, P.B. Reese and L.A.D. Williams, "Biological activity and Chemical composition of the Essential Oil from Jamaican Hyptis verticillata Jacq.", J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005, 53, 4774-4777.
• M. Bakir, P. Facey, I. Hassan, W. Mulder and R.B.R. Porter, "Mikanolide from Jamaican Mikania micrantha", Acta Cryst. 2004, C60, 798-800.
• M. Bakir, O. Green, C. Gyles, B. Mangaroo and R.B.R. Porter, "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and optosensing properties of di-2-thienylketone p-nitrophenylhydrazone (DSKNPK) in non-aqueous media", Talanta, 2004, 62, 781-789.
• L.A.D. Williams, E. Vasques, W. Reid, R.B.R. Porter and W. Kraus, "Biological activity of a leaf surface extrudes extract of Cleome viscosa (Capparaceae)", Naturwissenshaften, 2003, 90 (10) , 468-472.
• R.B.R. Porter, W.A. Gallimore and P.B. Reese, "Steroid transformation with Exophiala jeanselmei var. lecaniicorni and Ceratocystis paradoxa", Steroids, 1999, 64, 770-779.
• R.B.R. Porter, P.C. Facey, K.O. Pascoe and A.D. Jones, "Investigation of Jamaican folk-medicine for anti-bacterial activity", Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 1999, 51, 1455-1460.
• R.B. Porter, P. B. Reese, "Characterization of a Flavonol and Several Lignans from Hyptis verticillata", Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology, 1998, 9, 17-27.
• R.B. Porter, P. B. Reese, L.A. D. Williams and D. J. Williams, "Acaricidal and Insecticidal Activities of Cadina-4, 10(15)-dien-3-one", Phytochemistry, 1995, 40, 735.

---

Return to Chemistry, UWI-Mona, Home Page
Created and maintained by Prof. Robert J. Lancashire,
The Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies,
Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
Created Aug 1998. Links checked and/or last modified 31st August, 2006.
URL http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm/chrp.html