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James Miller James S. Miller, Ph.D.
Curator and
Head of the Applied Research Department

Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA

Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis

office phone: + 1-314-577-9503
fax: + 1-314-577-0800
email: james.miller@mobot.org

Ph.D., St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1985
M.S., University of Maryland, 1978
B.S., University of Maryland, 1975

General Research Interests

  • Natural Products Research
  • Systematics of Boraginaceae
  • Flora of Madagascar

    Selected Publications

  • Miller, J. S. 2001. Boraginaceae In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85. 1: 435-455.
  • Miller, J. S. 2001. Reaping the rewards: the second renaissance in botanical bioprospecting. 3D International 2001: 23-25.
  • Abdel-Kader, M. J. Hoch, J. M. Berger, R. Evans, J. S. Miller, J. H. Wisse, S. W. Member, J. M. Dalton, and D. G. I. Kingston. 2001. Two bioactive saponins from Albizzia subdimidiata from the Suriname rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 64: 536-539.
  • P. E. Berry and J. S. Miller. 2001. Magnoliaceae. Pp. 80-82. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst (eds.) The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 6. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
  • Miller, J. S. and R. E. Gereau. 2000. Therapeutic potential of plant derived compounds: realizing the potential. Pp. 25-37. In: H. G. Cutler and S. J. Cutler (eds.) Biologically Active Natural Products: Pharmaceuticals. CRC Press.
  • Kingston, D. G. I., M. Abdel-Kader, B. N. Zhou, S. W. Yang, J. M. Berger, H. van der Werff, R. Evans, R. Mittermeier, S. Malone, L. Famolare, M. Guerin-McManus, J. H. Wisse, and J. S. Miller. 2000. Biodiversity Conservation, Economic Development, and Drug Discovery in Suriname. Pp. 39-59. In: H. G. Cutler and S. J. Cutler (eds.) Biologically Active Natural Products: Pharmaceuticals. CRC Press.
  • Randrianasolo, A. and J. S. Miller. 1999. Taxonomic revision of the genus Sarcolaena (Sarcolaenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86: 702-722.

    Updated 12/05/01.

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