SPDS ERP CVs - DEC 2017

Selected Publications

Johnson HE, Acebes AC, Watts NE. 2014 Development and Validation of multiplex PCR bioassays for probing host-parasitoid interactions in biological control of the banana aphid ( Pentalonia nigronervosa ) in Hawaiian taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) fields. Ecological Applications Kirby J, Nishimoto M, Park JG, Withers ST, Nowroozi F, Behrendt D, Fortman JL, Johnson HE, Anderson JV, Keasling JD 2010. Cloning of casbene & neocasbene synthases from Euphorbiaceae plants and expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Phytochemistry 71:1466-1473.

Johnson HE, Banack SA, Cox PA. 2008 Variability in content of the anti-AIDS drug candidate prostratin in Samoan populations of Homolanthus nutans . Journal of Natural Products 71(12): 2041-2044.

Johnson HE, King SR, Banack SA, Webster C, Callanaupa WJ, Cox PA. 2008 Cyanobacteria ( Nostoc commune ) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA. Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 118(1):159-65.

Cox PA, Johnson HE, Tavana G. 2008 Giving Samoan healers credit for prostratin. Science . 320(5883):1589.

Banack SA, Johnson HE, Cheng R, Cox PA. 2007 Production of the neurotoxin BMAA by a marine cyanobacterium. Marine Drugs . 5(4):180-96.

Buenz EJ, Bauer BA, Johnson HE, Tavana G, Beekman EM, Frank KL, Howe CL. 2006 Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs. British Medical Journal . 333(7582):1314-5.

Buenz EJ, Johnson HE, Beekman EM, Motley TJ, Bauer BA. 2005 Bioprospecting Rumphius's Ambonese Herbal: Volume I. Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 96(1-2):57-70.