Professor Simon Gibbons
BSc, PhD, CSci, CChem, FRSC, FLS
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Prof. Simon Gibbons is Editor-in-Chief of Phytochemistry Letters
Phytochemistry Letters offers rapid publication of important new developments in all areas of natural product research. Articles should be in the form of short communications (maximum 4 typeset journal pages), announcing either experimental or theoretical results of specials interest.
By Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth Williamson.
Description
This resource covers the fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy for students, practicing pharmacists, herbalists, and others with an interest in the medicinal uses of plants.
Audience
pharmacy students, herbal medicine and complementary medicine students, pharmacists and herbalists, doctors and 'naturopaths' (natural medicine practitioners)
Bibliographic details
Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: OCT-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07132-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-07132-2
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
Professor Simon Gibbons
Position
Professor of Phytochemistry
Areas of Expertise
Phytochemistry, structure elucidation of plant natural products, antibacterials and bacterial resistance modifying agents from plants, efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs).
Research Interests
Antibacterial natural products from plants:
- Acylphloroglucinol natural products from the Guttiferae
- Antibacterials with activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Propionibacterium acnes
- Alliaceae, Liliaceae and Lamiaceae antimicrobial agents
- Herbal Medicinal Product anti-infective agents
- Cannabinoid antimicrobials
Bacterial Multidrug-Resistance (MDR) Modifying Agents and Efflux Pump Inhibitors (EPIs):
- Inhibitors of antibiotic efflux in Staphylococcus aureus
- Plant natural products as EPIs of Salmonella sp efflux mechanisms
- Mechanisms of MDR inhibition
- Interactions between MDR inhibitors and substrates for MDR processes
Phytochemistry:
- Structure elucidation of natural products
- Phytochemistry in quality control of herbal medicinal products
- Plant acetylenes, acylphloroglucinols, diterpenes and sulphur containing metabolites
Main Funding
- EPSRC
- The Leverhulme Trust
- The Royal Society
- Stiefel International R&D Ltd
Other relevant activities and interests
- Editor in Chief of Phytochemistry Letters
- Editorial Advisory Board Member of Planta Medica
- Editorial Board of Phytotherapy Research
- Editorial Board Member of Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Journal
Selected Publications |
Smith, E.C.J., Kaatz, G.W., Seo, S.M., Wareham, N., Williamson, E.M. and Gibbons, S. (2007). The Phenolic Diterpene Totarol Inhibits Multidrug Efflux Pump Activity in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 51 (12) 4480-4483
Xiao, Z.Y., Mu, Q., Shiu, W.K.P., Zeng, Y.H. and Gibbons, S. (2007). Polyisoprenylated Benzoylphloroglucinol Derivatives from Hypericum sampsonii. Journal of Natural Products 70, 1779-1782
Kokubun, T., Shiu, W. and Gibbons, S. (2007). Inhibitory activities of lichen-derived compounds against methicillin and multidrug-reisstant Staphylococcus aureus. Planta Medica 73, 176-179
Shiu, W.K.P. and Gibbons, S. (2006). Anti-staphylococcal acylphloroglucinols from Hypericum beanii. Phytochemistry 67, 2568-2572.