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Norman R. Farnsworth

Researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago

Publications -  302
Citations -  22801

Norman R. Farnsworth is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Black cohosh & Epidermoid carcinoma. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 302 publications receiving 21485 citations. Previous affiliations of Norman R. Farnsworth include Ohio State University & Mahidol University.

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Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Resveratrol, a Natural Product Derived from Grapes

Mei-Shiang Jang, +11 more
- 10 Jan 1997 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that resveratrol, a common constituent of the human diet, merits investigation as a potential cancer chemopreventive agent in humans.
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The value of plants used in traditional medicine for drug discovery.

Daniel S. Fabricant, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2001 - 
TL;DR: This review describes and discusses several approaches to selecting higher plants as candidates for drug development with the greatest possibility of success and identifies and discusses advantages and disadvantages of using plants as starting points for drugDevelopment, specifically those used in traditional medicine.
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Medicinal plants in therapy.

Norman R. Farnsworth, +4 more
- 01 May 1987 - 
TL;DR: This update article presents a list of plant-derived drugs, with the names of the plant sources, and their actions or uses in therapy.
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Antidiabetic plants and their active constituents.

Robin J. Marles, +1 more
- 01 Oct 1995 - 
TL;DR: This review provides information on more than 1200 species of plants reported to have been used to treat diabetes and/or investigated for antidiabetic activity, with a detailed review of representative plants and some of great diversity of plant constituents with hypoglycemic activity.
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Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of human melanoma that functions by induction of apoptosis

E. Pisha, +10 more
- 01 Oct 1995 - 
TL;DR: As a result of bioassay–guided fractionation, betulinic acid, a pentacyclic triterpene, was identified as a melanoma–specific cytotoxic agent and antitumour activity was mediated by the induction of apoptosis.