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Tony Durst
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Latest papers
Evaluation of Novel Dillapiol Analogs as Insect Detoxification Enzyme Inhibitors and Insecticide Synergists.
Insects · 2026
Kinetic studies of the rich interaction of cannabinoids with oxygen-centered radicals and excited carbonyl compounds
Free Radical Biology and Medicine · 2025
Kinetic studies of the interaction of cannabinoids with singlet oxygen
Photochemistry and Photobiology · 2025
Latest funding
- $48,000
Production, chemistry and pharmacology of botanical anxiolytics and cortisol lowering agents for animal health market
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $156,060
A-CD estrogens as alternatives to Estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
- $80,000
Development of natural and semi-synthetic synergists for insecticide and pharmaceutical use
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
26 publications.
Evaluation of Novel Dillapiol Analogs as Insect Detoxification Enzyme Inhibitors and Insecticide Synergists.
Liu S, Carballo-Arce AF, Wang Z, Durst T, Sims SR, Arnason JT, Scott IM
Kinetic studies of the rich interaction of cannabinoids with oxygen-centered radicals and excited carbonyl compounds
C. W. Frank, Neeraj Kumar Joshi, Tony Durst, J. C. Scaiano
Kinetic studies of the interaction of cannabinoids with singlet oxygen
Carly J. Frank, Neeraj Kumar Joshi, Tony Durst, J. C. Scaiano
Efficacy of Souroubea-Platanus Dietary Supplement Containing Triterpenes in Beagle Dogs Using a Thunderstorm Noise-Induced Model of Fear and Anxiety
Aleksandar Mašić, Gary M Landsberg, Bill Milgram, Zul Merali, Tony Durst, Pablo Sanchez Vindas, Mario Garcia, John P. Baker, Rui Liu, John Thor Arnason
Cannabidiol and the Remainder of the Plant Extract Modulate the Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Fear Memory Reconsolidation.
Murkar A, Kent P, Cayer C, James J, Durst T, Merali Z
Extract and Active Principal of the Neotropical Vine Souroubea sympetala Gilg. Block Fear Memory Reconsolidation.
Murkar A, Cayer C, James J, Durst T, Arnason JT, Sanchez-Vindas PE, Otarola Rojas M, Merali Z
Potent CYP3A4 Inhibitors Derived from Dillapiol and Sesamol.
Francis Carballo-Arce A, Raina V, Liu S, Liu R, Jackiewicz V, Carranza D, Arnason JT, Durst T
Effect of an anxiolytic botanical containing Souroubea sympetala and Platanus occidentalis on in-vitro diazepam human cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism
Rui Liu, Corrine Dobson, Brian C. Foster, Tony Durst, Pablo Sanchez, John Thor Arnason, Cory S. Harris
Safety evaluation of a new anxiolytic product containing botanicals Souroubea spp. and Platanus spp. in dogs.
Masic A, Liu R, Simkus K, Wilson J, Baker J, Sanchez P, Saleem A, Harris CC, Durst T, Arnason JT
Ethnopharmacology of Souroubea sympetala and Souroubea gilgii (Marcgraviaceae) and identification of betulinic acid as an anxiolytic principle.
Puniani E, Cayer C, Kent P, Mullally M, Sánchez-Vindas P, Poveda Álvarez L, Cal V, Merali Z, Arnason JT, Durst T
Production, chemistry and pharmacology of botanical anxiolytics and cortisol lowering agents for animal health market
Principal investigators: Arnason, John
A-CD estrogens as alternatives to Estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy
Principal investigators: Pratt, Christine M
Keywords: Estrogen; Menopause; Rat Model; Safety Studies
Development of natural and semi-synthetic synergists for insecticide and pharmaceutical use
Principal investigators: Durst, Tony
Development of a botanical anxiolytic for the animal health market
Principal investigators: Arnason, John
NSERC CREATE Training Program in Medicinal Chemistry and Biopharmaceutical Development
Principal investigators: Ogilvie, William
Heat Shock Protein 27 and Estrogen Receptor Beta Modulation for the Maintenance of Vessel Wall Homeostasis
Principal investigators: O'Brien, Edward R
Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Hormone; Receptor; Vascular; Women
Natural product and medicinal chemistry
Principal investigators: Durst, Tony
An automated purification system for the laboratory for the analysis of natural and synthetic envrionmental toxicants
Principal investigators: Blais, Jules
Analytical facility for natural and synthetic toxins
Principal investigators: Blais, Jules
Natural product and synthetic organic chemistry
Principal investigators: Durst, Tony
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Vance Trudeau and Zul Merali: 6 shared papers
- Zul Merali and Tony Durst: 6 shared papers
- Thien-Fah Mah and Juan Scaiano: 3 shared papers
- Vance Trudeau and Tony Durst: 3 shared papers
- Cory Harris and Zul Merali: 2 shared papers
- Juan Scaiano and Tony Durst: 2 shared papers
- Diane Lagace and Tony Durst: 1 shared paper
- Cory Harris and Tony Durst: 1 shared paper
- Thien-Fah Mah and Tony Durst: 1 shared paper
- Juan Scaiano and Vance Trudeau: 1 shared paper
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
- Department of Biology
- Neuroscience, Dept of
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Zul Merali
Neuroscience, Dept of
6 shared papers, latest 2021
Vance Trudeau
Department of Biology
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Juan Scaiano
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Diane Lagace
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Thien-Fah Mah
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Pierre Haddad
Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Cory Harris
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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