Chair, Department of Chemistry
Professor, Organic Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, Biolgical Sciences
office: MSB 115
phone: (256) 824-651
fax: (256) 824-6349
e-mail: William Setzer
Résumé
BS: Harvey Mudd College
PhD: University of Arizona (1981)
Postdoctoral: University of Utah
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Appointed to UAH faculty in 1985
Research Interests: Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
Research Interests
My current research interests are concerned with secondary metabolites of higher plants; biomedicinal aspects of biologically active phytochemicals and chemical ecology.
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Selected Publications
Essential oils and anxiolytic aromatherapy. William N. Setzer. Natural Product Communications, 2009, 4, 1305-1316.
Quinoline alkaloids as intercalative topoisomerase inhibitors. Kendall G. Byler, Chen Wang, and William N. Setzer. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2009, 15, 1417-1426. (abstract).
Conformational analysis of thioether musks using density functional theory. William N. Setzer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (special issue on “Applications of Density Functional Theory”), 2009, 10, 3488-3501. (abstract)
Chemical compositions and cytotoxic activities of leaf essential oils of four Lauraceae tree species from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Maria C. Palazzo, Brittany R. Agius, Brenda S. Wright, William A. Haber, Debra M. Moriarity, and William N. Setzer. Records of Natural Products, 2009, 3, 32-37 (abstract).
A theoretical investigation of cytotoxic activity of celastroid triterpenoids. William N. Setzer. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2009, 15, 197-201 (abstract).
Essential oil compositions of three Lantana species from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Ashley B. Walden, William A. Haber, and William N. Setzer. Natural Product Communications, 2009, 4, 105-108.
Essential oil compositions and cytotoxic activities of Dendropanax capillaris, Oreopanax nubigenus, and Schefflera rodrigueziana from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Justin D. Richmond, Brittany R. Agius, Brenda S. Wright, William A. Haber, Debra M. Moriarity, and William N. Setzer. Natural Product Communications, 2009, 4, 271-274.
Chemical composition of the leaf essential oil of Casimiroa edulis from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Sarah L. Miller, William A. Haber, and William N. Setzer. Natural Product Communications, 2009, 4, 425-426.
Composition of the floral essential oil of Brugmansia suaveolens. Samuel J. Anthony, Willow Zuchowski, and William N. Setzer. Records of Natural Products, 2009, 3, 76-81 (abstract).
A theoretical investigation into the formation of sesquiterpene episulfides. William N. Setzer. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2009, 30, 119-127.
Monoterpene hydrocarbons may serve as antipredation defensive compounds in Boisea trivittata, the boxelder bug. Maria C. Palazzo and William N. Setzer. Natural Product Communications, 2009, 4, 457-459.
Comparative molecular docking of antitrypanosomal natural products into multiple Trypanosoma brucei drug targets. Ifedayo V. Ogungbe and William N. Setzer, Molecules 2009, 14, 1513-1536 (abstract).