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Professor Emeritus
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
- Department:
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Classification:
- Faculty
Publications
R.K. Griffith, “Adrenergic Receptors and Drugs Affecting Adrenergic Neurotransmission”, in Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 7th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, p340-364
R.K. Griffith, “Antifungal Agents”, in Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 7th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, p1158-1174
R.K. Griffith, “Cholinergics/Anticholinergics/Muscarinics/Nicotinics”, in Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, and Development, 7th Edition, Volume 8, D.J. Abraham and D.P. Rotella, eds., J. Wiley and Sons, NY, published online 2010, p61-88.
R.K. Griffith, “Adrenergic Receptors and Drugs Affecting Adrenergic Neurotransmission”, in Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 6th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007, p392-416
R.K. Griffith, “Antifungal Agents”, in Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 6th Edition, Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2007, p1112-11126
Enhancing treatment of bipolar disorder using the patient's belief system.
Makela EH, Griffith RK.
Ann Pharmacother. 2003 Apr;37(4):543-5. PMID: 12659613
Multisubstrate analogue inhibitors of glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase from Candida albicans.
Chittur S, Griffith R.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2002 Sep 16;12(18):2639-42. PMID: 12182877
The hepatic first-pass metabolism of problematic drugs.
Lalka D, Griffith RK, Cronenberger CL.
J Clin Pharmacol. 1993 Jul;33(7):657-69. Review. PMID: 8366191
Histamine receptor activation by unsaturated (allyl and propargyl) homologs of histamine.
Banning JW, Griffith RK, Dipietro RA.
Agents Actions. 1985 Dec;17(2):138-44. PMID: 4096303
D-(R)- and L-(S)-3-alkylaminopyrrolidino-substituted dihydrodibenzo (b,f)- and-(b,e)thiepins, xanthenes, and diphenylmethanes.
Witiak DT, Hsu SY, Ollmann JE, Griffith RK, Seth SK, Gerald MC.
J Med Chem. 1974 Jul;17(7):690-6. No abstract available. PMID: 4152060
Additional Info
Education:
Postdoctoral
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1976-1977.
Ph. D.
The Ohio State University, School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 1971-1976.
Dissertation; "Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Mercaptocyclopropylamines and Related Analogs as Radioprotective Agents"'
B.S.
Case Western Reserve University, 1970, Major-Chemistry.
Current Grants:
NIH Grant 1-P20- P20GM103434, “West Virginia Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE)”, co-investigator (20%), joint with Marshall University, principal investigator Gary Rankin, total award $16,178,430, September 1, 2014-August 31, 2019.
Professional Memberships:
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Chemical Society, Divisions of Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, and History of Chemistry
American Association for the Advancement of Science