H. Jacobs B.Sc.(Special), Ph.D., U.W.I. Professor (Organic) helen.jacobs@uwimona.edu.jm

Research Interests:

Isolation, structure elucidation and biological evaluation of natural products from selected endemic Jamaican plants.

Selected publications

• Proctoriones A-C: 2-acylcyclohexane-1,3-dione derivatives from Peperomia proctorii. N. P. Seeram, A. W. Lewis, H. Jacobs, M. G. Nair, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. J. Nat. Prod. 2000, 63, 399-402.
• Prenylated benzophenone derivatives from Clusia havetiodes var. stenocarpa. O. E. Christian, G. E. Henry, H. Jacobs, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. J. Nat. Prod. 2001, 64, 23-25.
• New diterpenes from Jatropha divaricata. R. W. Denton, W. W. Harding, C. I . Anderson, H. Jacobs, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. J. Nat. Prod. 2001, 64, 829-831.
• A short synthesis of 5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-6-propanoic acid methyl ester. G. E. Henry and H. Jacobs. Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 5335-5338.
• A new squalene-derived epoxy tri-THF diol from Spathelia glabrescens. W. W. Harding, D. S. Simpson, H. Jacobs, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 7379-7381.
• Cycloartanes, protolimonoids, a pregnane and a new ergostane from Trichilia reticulata. W. W. Harding, H. Jacobs, P. A. Lewis, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. Nat. Prod. Lett. 2001, 15, 253-260.
• Drimane and bisabolane sesquiterpenoids from Cinnamodendron corticosum (Canellaceae). N. P. Seeram, L. S. Francis, O. L. Needham, H. Jacobs, S. McLean and W. F. Reynolds. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 2002, 31, 637-640.
• Comparative phytochemistry of Picramnia and Alvaradoa, genera of the newly established family Picramniaceae. H. Jacobs. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 2003, 31, 773-783.