Publications

1.      Sun, W., Desai, S., Piao, H., Carroll, P., and Canney, D.J.    Wittig-Horner-Emmons  Reactions of Triethyl-3-methyl-phosphonocrotonate with 3-Formylchromones en Route to Benzophenone-Based Retinoid Candidates.  Heterocycles, 2007, 71:3, 557–567.

2.      Tao, X., Piao, H., Canney, D. J., Borenstein, M.R., Nnane, I.P.  Biotransformation of Letrazole in Rat Microsomes: Effects of Gender and Tamoxifen.  J. Pharmaceutical and Biomed Analysis, 2006, 43, 1078-1085. 

3.      Ahungena, A., Canney, D. J.  Synthesis and Evaluation of Homologous Analogs of Anticonvulsant 5-Substituted 3,3-Diethyl-4,5-Dihydro-2(3)-Furanones.  Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2005, 14:7, 404-428. 

4.      Sun, W., Blanton, M. P., Gabriel, J. L., Canney, D. J.  .Bioisosteric Replacement in the Design and Synthesis of Ligands for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2005, 14:5, 241-259. 

5.      Ahungena, A., Gabriel, J. L., Canney, D. J.  Synthesis and Evaluation of 5-Substituted Derivatives of 4,5 Dihydro-3,3,-Diethyl-2-(3H)-Furanone as Subtype-Selective Muscarinic Leads.  Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2003, 12:9, 481-511.   

Submitted Manuscripts

1. Sun, W., Desai, S., Piao, H., Carroll, P., and Canney, D.J.  An alternative synthetic route to chromone-based retinoids with polyolefinic side chains.   Submitted to Synlett.

2. Desai^, S., Sun, W.,  Gabriel, J. L., and Canney^, D. J., THE SYNTHESIS AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF SUBSTITUTED CHROMONES, COUMARINS, CHROMANONES, AND BENZOPHENONES AS RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR LIGANDS, submitted to Heterocyclic Communications. 

POSTERS

1.      Iwuchukwu, O., Canney, D.J., Nagar, S.  Contribution of Metabolic Conjugation to Decreased Bioavailabilty of Resveratrol.  GRASP, 27^th Annual Meeting, June 2007, Piscataway, N.J., USA

2.      Annadurai, S., Gao, R., Canney, D.J., Krynetskaia, N., Krynetskiy, E., Development of a Capillary Electrophoresis Mobility Shift Assay (CEMSA) for Screening Inhibitors of DNA/HMGB1 Complex.  GRASP, 27^th Annual Meeting, June 2007, Piscataway, NJ.

3.      Desai, S., Sun, W., Zhang, Z., Gabriel, J.L., Soprano, D., and Canney, D.J. The Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Heterocyclic Compounds as RAR Ligands. GRASP, 27^th Annual Meeting, June 2007, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

4.      Desai, S. Sun, W., Carroll, P.J.,  Gabriel, J.L.,  Dianne Soprano, and Canney, D.J.  Wittig reactions and rearrangements leading to benzophenone- and chromone-based ligands for evaluation as potential Retinoids. 233^rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL, USA.

5.      Annadurai, S., Krynetskaia, N., Krynetskiy, E., Canney, D. J.  Glycyrrhetinic Acid Derivatives as Inhibitors of HMGB1/DNA Complex Formation, Sixth Annual Dawn B. Marks Research Conference, December, 2006, Temple University, School of Medicine. 

6.      Desai, S., Sun, W., Zhang, Z., Gabriel, J.L., Soprano, D., and Canney, D.J.   Towards the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel RAR ligands. 232nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, September 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.

7.      Desai, S., Jerome L. Gabriel, Canney, D.J.  Towards The Design, Synthesis and Development Of Subtype Selective Muscarinic Ligands. Graduate Research Association of Students in Pharmacy (GRASP), Boston, June, 2006.

8.      Sun, W., Blanton, M. P., Gabriel, J. L., Canney, D. J.  Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands.  AAPS poster SAR of Nicotinic ligands, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), National Meeting, Nashville, November 2005. 

9.      Desai , S., Nantogmah, S., Soprano, D., Gabriel, J.L., Canney, D.J.,  Chromone- and Flavone-Based Ligands for Retinoic Acid Receptors, American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Diego, March, 2005.

10.  Piao, H., Sun, W., Feege, M., Desai, S., Gabriel, J. L., Canney, D.C.  Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Retinoid Receptor Ligands, American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, New York, Aug, 2003.

11.  Tao, X., Piao, H., Canney, D.J., Brodie, A.M.H., Nnane, I.P.  The Metabolism of Letrozole in Rat Liver Microsomes;  Effects of Gender and Tamoxifen.  American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) National meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct., 2003.  

12.  Sun, W., Desai, S., Gabriel, J.L., Blanton, M.P., Canney, D,J.,  Bioisosteric Replacement in the Development of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands,  GRASP Conference, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA, June, 2003.