Karl V. Wood

TL;DR: Bioactivity-directed fractionation of the seeds of Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae) resulted in the isolation of five new compounds, three of which are among the first cis mono-tetrahydrofuran ring acetogenins to be reported.

TL;DR: GB is the major quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) in sorghum, that genetic differences in GB accumulation exist in Sorghum as they do in maize, and that the level of GB in GB-accumulating lines is developmentally and environmentally regulated.

TL;DR: The anthocyanin content and the radical scavenging capacity of three non-Vitis vinifera grapes (Marechal Foch, Norton, and Concord varieties) were determined and an abundance of malvidin glucosides in W of Foch grapes and in S and W of Norton grapes and of cyanidin aglycon in S & W of Concord grapes was indicated.

TL;DR: It is shown that methionine sulfoxide reductase A suppresses dopaminergic cell death and protein aggregation induced by the complex I inhibitor rotenone or mutant alpha-synuclein, but not by the proteasome inhibitor MG132, suggesting that enhancing MsrA function may be a reasonable therapeutic strategy in PD.

TL;DR: Artemisinin content was evaluated in a germplasm collection of Artemisia annua using an HPLC-EC detector with a glassy carbon electrode and the highest artemisin in the leaves from the top 50-cm portion of the plant was found.