Dr. John William Klink

Profile

Academic positionCurrently without academic position
Research fieldsNatural Product Chemistry,Biochemistry,Pharmacy
Keywordsbiosynthesis of secondary metabolites, food and flavour science, natural products chemistry, organic synthetic and medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy

Current contact address

CountryNew Zealand
CityDunedin
InstitutionUniversity of Otago
InstituteNZ Institute for Plant and Food Research, Chemistry Department
Homepagewww.plantandfood.co.nz

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans BeckerPharmakognosie und Analytische Phytochemie, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2001

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2012Luke Cooney, John van Klink, Nicola Hughes, Nigel Perry, Martin Schaefer, Ignatius Menzies, Kevin Gould: Red leaf margins indicate increased polygodial content and function as visual signals to reduce herbivory in Pseudowintera colorata. . In: New Phytologist , 2012, 488-497
2010Michael H. Benn, Nigel B. Perry, Masood Parvez, Arvi Rauk, John W. van Klink: Correction of a reported xanthone synthesis: the preparation of a benzo[c]coumarin. In: Helvetica Chimica Acta , 2010, 389-394
2009Franck E. Dayan, Nidhi Singh, Christopher R. McCurdy, Colette A. Godfrey, Lesley Larsen, Rex T. Weavers, John W. van Klink, Nigel B. Perry: β-Triketone Inhibitors of Plant p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase: Modeling and Comparative Molecular Field Analysis of Their Interactions. In: Journal of Agriculture and Food chemistry, 2009, 5194-5200
2009M. H. Benn, N. I. Joyce, S.D. Lorimer, N.B. Perry, J. W. van Klink, Q. Wu,: Xanthones and bisxanthones in five New Zealand and subantarctic Gentianella species.. In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology , 2009, 531-534
2008John McK. Woollard, Nigel B. Perry, Rex T. Weavers, John W. van Klink: Bullatenone, 1,3-dione and sesquiterpene chemotypes of Lophomyrtus species. In: Phytochemistry, 2008, 1313-1318
2006C. Z. Zidorn, S. Horak, R. T. Weavers, E. P. Ellmerer, H. Stuppner, J. W. van Klink: Diterpenoids and phenolics from Pseudopanax simplex. In: Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2006, 121-125
2005John W. van Klink, Hans Becker, and Nigel B. Perry: Biosynthesis of irregular diterpenes in Anisotome lyallii by head-to-head coupling of geranyl diphosphate . In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2005, 542-545
2005Kathrine B. Christensen John W. van Klink Rex T. Weavers Thomas O. Larsen Birgitte Andersen Richard K. Phipps: Novel Biomarkers of the Alternaria infectoria Species-group. In: Journal of Agricutural and Food Chemistry, 2005, 9431-9435
2005John W. van Klink Lesley Larsen Nigel B. Perry Rex T. Weavers Gregory M. Cook Phil J. Bremer Andrew D. MacKenzie Teruo Kirikae: Triketones active against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Synthesis, structure-activity relationships, and mode of action. In: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2005, 6651-6662
2004JOHN W. VAN KLINK, SEUNG-HWA BAEK, ANNA J. BARLOW, HIDEKI ISHII, KOJI NAKANISHI, NINA BEROVA, NIGEL B. PERRY, and REX T. WEAVERS: Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Anisotome Irregular Diterpenes: Application of CD and NMR Methods. In: CHIRALITY, 2004, 549-558
2004Malcolm H. Douglas, John W. van Klink, Bruce M. Smallfield, Nigel B. Perry, Rosemary E. Anderson, Peter Johnstone, Rex T. Weavers: Essential oils from New Zealand manuka: triketone and other chemotypes of Leptospermum scoparium. In: Phytochemistry, 2004, 1255-1264
2003John van Klink, Hans Becker, Susannah Andersson, Wilhelm Boland Biosynthesis of anthecotuloide, an irregular sesquiterpene lactone from Anthemis cotula L. (Asteraceae) via a non-farnesyl diphosphate route. . In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2003, 1503-1508
2002John van Klink, Christain Zidorn, Sonja Sturm, Herman Stuppner, Nigel Perry: Chemosystematic investigations of irregular diterpenes in Anisotome and related New Zealand Apiaceae . In: Phytochemistry , 2002, 293-304
2002John van Klink, Josef Zapp and Hans Becker: Pinguisane-type sesquiterpenes from the South American liverwort Porella recurva (Taylor) Kuhnemann. . In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung , 2002, 413-417