Anders Backlund
Garden director at Music and Museums; The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala; Administration och intendenter
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 91 79
- E-mail:
- anders.backlund@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Villavägen 6-8
- Postal address:
- Villavägen 8
752 36 UPPSALA
Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences; Research; Pharmacognosy
- Telephone:
- +46 70 277 92 79
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 91 79
- E-mail:
- anders.backlund@farmbio.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husargatan 3
75124 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 591
75124 Uppsala
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-2043-4183
Short presentation
BSc in Biology 1990, MSc in Systematic Botany 1992, and PhD in Systematic Botany in 1996, all at Uppsala University. Postdoctoral studies at Trinity College Dublin and SLU 1997-1998. Senior lecturer in Pharmacognosy 1999, Docent 2006, and appointed Professor in Pharmacognosy 2011.
Vice-Dean for Research Training - Scientific Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy from 2017.
Awarded NFR Popular Science Prize 1998, and UU Best Teacher Award 2015. Fellow of The Linnean Society of London (FLS) since 1999.
Research
ChemGPS-NPweb site for chemography http://chemgps.bmc.uu.se

Publications
Selection of publications
Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
Part of Marine Drugs, 2018
- DOI for Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
- Download full text (pdf) of Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
- DOI for Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
Part of Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
- DOI for Cyclotide Evolution: Insights from the Analyses of Their Precursor Sequences, Structures and Distribution in Violets (Viola)
- Download full text (pdf) of Cyclotide Evolution: Insights from the Analyses of Their Precursor Sequences, Structures and Distribution in Violets (Viola)
Part of Molecules, 2017
- DOI for Spasmolytic Mechanism of Aqueous Licorice Extract on Oxytocin-Induced Uterine Contraction through Inhibiting the Phosphorylation of Heat Shock Protein 27
- Download full text (pdf) of Spasmolytic Mechanism of Aqueous Licorice Extract on Oxytocin-Induced Uterine Contraction through Inhibiting the Phosphorylation of Heat Shock Protein 27
Cytotoxic Lanostanoids from Poria cocos
Part of Journal of natural products (Print), p. 2805-2813, 2016
Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
Part of Marine Drugs, 2016
- DOI for Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
- DOI for The Dynamics of Lateral Gene Transfer in Genus Leishmania - A Route for Adaptation and Species Diversification
- Download full text (pdf) of The Dynamics of Lateral Gene Transfer in Genus Leishmania - A Route for Adaptation and Species Diversification
Investigating Pharmacological Similarity by Charting Chemical Space
Part of Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, p. 2375-2390, 2015
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 119, 2014
- DOI for A recently transferred cluster of bacterial genes in Trichomonas vaginalis - lateral gene transfer and the fate of acquired genes
- Download full text (pdf) of A recently transferred cluster of bacterial genes in Trichomonas vaginalis - lateral gene transfer and the fate of acquired genes
Part of Phytochemistry Reviews, p. 449-457, 2013
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phenanthrenes as Cytotoxic Agents with Pharmacophore Modeling and ChemGPS-NP Prediction as Topo II Inhibitors
- Download full text (pdf) of Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phenanthrenes as Cytotoxic Agents with Pharmacophore Modeling and ChemGPS-NP Prediction as Topo II Inhibitors
Novel Trisubstituted Harmine Derivatives with Original in Vitro Anticancer Activity
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 6489-6501, 2012
Natural products in modern life science
Part of Phytochemistry Reviews, p. 279-301, 2010
Topical chemical space in relation to biological space
Part of Comprehensive Natural Products II, p. 47-79, Elsevier, 2010
The edible truffle Choiromyces venosus and its use in Sweden
Part of Acta Botanica Yunnanica, p. 94-96, 2009
ChemGPS-NP mapping of chemical compounds for prediction of anticancer mode of action
Part of QSAR & combinatorial science (Print), p. 436-446, 2009
ChemGPS-NPweb: chemical space navigation online
Part of Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, p. 253-259, 2009
Novel chemical space exploration via natural products
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 1953-1962, 2009
Regarding the putative identity of a moth (Thaumetopoea spp.) allergen
Part of Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, p. 493-493, 2009
Structure and function of Rubisco
Part of Plant physiology and biochemistry (Paris), p. 275-291, 2008
Reappraising a decade old explanatory model for pharmacognosy
Part of Phytochemistry Letters, p. 131-134, 2008
Modern pharmacognosy: Connecting biology and chemistry
Part of Pure and Applied Chemistry, p. 763-774, 2007
An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants
Part of ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, p. 531-553, 1998
Part of Plant Systematics and Evolution, p. 225-254, 1997
Recent publications
Part of ACS Omega, p. 37116-37127, 2023
- DOI for Anti-inflammatory and Antiphytopathogenic Fungal Activity of 2,3-seco-Tirucallane Triterpenoids Meliadubins A and B from Melia dubia Cav. Barks with ChemGPS-NP and In Silico Prediction
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-inflammatory and Antiphytopathogenic Fungal Activity of 2,3-seco-Tirucallane Triterpenoids Meliadubins A and B from Melia dubia Cav. Barks with ChemGPS-NP and In Silico Prediction
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2022
- DOI for Stability Study of Alpinia galanga Constituents and Investigation of Their Membrane Permeability by ChemGPS-NP and the Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay
- Download full text (pdf) of Stability Study of Alpinia galanga Constituents and Investigation of Their Membrane Permeability by ChemGPS-NP and the Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay
Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for In vitro and in silico evaluation of Ononis isoflavonoids as molecules targeting the central nervous system
- Download full text (pdf) of In vitro and in silico evaluation of Ononis isoflavonoids as molecules targeting the central nervous system
Part of PLOS ONE, 2021
- DOI for Survival and growth of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi in recalcitrant amine, amide and ammonium containing media
- Download full text (pdf) of Survival and growth of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi in recalcitrant amine, amide and ammonium containing media
Part of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, p. 11856-11866, 2021
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of ACS Omega, p. 37116-37127, 2023
- DOI for Anti-inflammatory and Antiphytopathogenic Fungal Activity of 2,3-seco-Tirucallane Triterpenoids Meliadubins A and B from Melia dubia Cav. Barks with ChemGPS-NP and In Silico Prediction
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-inflammatory and Antiphytopathogenic Fungal Activity of 2,3-seco-Tirucallane Triterpenoids Meliadubins A and B from Melia dubia Cav. Barks with ChemGPS-NP and In Silico Prediction
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2022
- DOI for Stability Study of Alpinia galanga Constituents and Investigation of Their Membrane Permeability by ChemGPS-NP and the Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay
- Download full text (pdf) of Stability Study of Alpinia galanga Constituents and Investigation of Their Membrane Permeability by ChemGPS-NP and the Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay
Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for In vitro and in silico evaluation of Ononis isoflavonoids as molecules targeting the central nervous system
- Download full text (pdf) of In vitro and in silico evaluation of Ononis isoflavonoids as molecules targeting the central nervous system
Part of PLOS ONE, 2021
- DOI for Survival and growth of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi in recalcitrant amine, amide and ammonium containing media
- Download full text (pdf) of Survival and growth of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi in recalcitrant amine, amide and ammonium containing media
Part of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, p. 11856-11866, 2021
Part of Molecules, 2020
- DOI for Evaluating Antimycobacterial Screening Schemes Using Chemical Global Positioning System-Natural Product Analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Evaluating Antimycobacterial Screening Schemes Using Chemical Global Positioning System-Natural Product Analysis
Part of Phytochemistry Letters, p. 6-11, 2020
Part of Journal of Systematics and Evolution, p. 103-117, 2020
Part of Journal of Natural Products, p. 798-812, 2019
Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
Part of Marine Drugs, 2018
- DOI for Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
- Download full text (pdf) of Briaviolides K-N, New Briarane-Type Diterpenoids from Cultured Octocoral Briareum violaceum
Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
- DOI for Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-allergic Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Typhonium blumei Explored through ChemGPS-NP
Part of Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
- DOI for Cyclotide Evolution: Insights from the Analyses of Their Precursor Sequences, Structures and Distribution in Violets (Viola)
- Download full text (pdf) of Cyclotide Evolution: Insights from the Analyses of Their Precursor Sequences, Structures and Distribution in Violets (Viola)
Part of Molecules, 2017
- DOI for Spasmolytic Mechanism of Aqueous Licorice Extract on Oxytocin-Induced Uterine Contraction through Inhibiting the Phosphorylation of Heat Shock Protein 27
- Download full text (pdf) of Spasmolytic Mechanism of Aqueous Licorice Extract on Oxytocin-Induced Uterine Contraction through Inhibiting the Phosphorylation of Heat Shock Protein 27
35 Years of Marine Natural Product Research in Sweden: Cool Molecules and Models from Cold Waters.
Part of Progress in molecular and subcellular biology, p. 1-34, 2017
Cytotoxic Lanostanoids from Poria cocos
Part of Journal of natural products (Print), p. 2805-2813, 2016
Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
Part of Marine Drugs, 2016
- DOI for Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
- Download full text (pdf) of Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki
Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
- DOI for The Dynamics of Lateral Gene Transfer in Genus Leishmania - A Route for Adaptation and Species Diversification
- Download full text (pdf) of The Dynamics of Lateral Gene Transfer in Genus Leishmania - A Route for Adaptation and Species Diversification
Phylogenetic relationships through the lens of chemoinformatic methods
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Bioactivity mapping of chemical property space - possible applications in natural products research
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Mapping metabolic pathways in chemical property space paves the way for new leishmanicidals
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Antileukemic sesterterpenoids from a marine sponge, Luffariella sp.
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Predicting inhibitors of HSP27 phosphorylation using ChemGPS-NP
Part of Planta Medica, 2016
Investigating Pharmacological Similarity by Charting Chemical Space
Part of Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, p. 2375-2390, 2015
"Ligand fishing" in chemical space reveals new potential leishmanicidals
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1473-1473, 2015
Antileukemic lanostanoids from Poria cocos
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1453-1453, 2015
Part of Journal of Microbiological Methods, p. 25-30, 2015
"Ligand fishing" in chemical space reveals new potential leishmanicidals
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1420-1420, 2015
Charting biological activity in chemical property space using ChemGPS-NP
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1413-1413, 2015
Antileukemic lanostanoids from Poria cocos
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1418-1418, 2015
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 119, 2014
- DOI for A recently transferred cluster of bacterial genes in Trichomonas vaginalis - lateral gene transfer and the fate of acquired genes
- Download full text (pdf) of A recently transferred cluster of bacterial genes in Trichomonas vaginalis - lateral gene transfer and the fate of acquired genes
Impulse Lecture: The odd fellow - Benefits of anomaly
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1373-1374, 2014
Comparison of extraction methods for alkaline thionins from mistletoes
2012
Screening for small cytotoxic peptides in Loranthaceae and Santalaceae
2012
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phenanthrenes as Cytotoxic Agents with Pharmacophore Modeling and ChemGPS-NP Prediction as Topo II Inhibitors
- Download full text (pdf) of Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phenanthrenes as Cytotoxic Agents with Pharmacophore Modeling and ChemGPS-NP Prediction as Topo II Inhibitors
Novel Trisubstituted Harmine Derivatives with Original in Vitro Anticancer Activity
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 6489-6501, 2012
Natural products in modern life science
Part of Phytochemistry Reviews, p. 279-301, 2010
The edible truffle Choiromyces venosus and its use in Sweden
Part of Acta Botanica Yunnanica, p. 94-96, 2009
ChemGPS-NP mapping of chemical compounds for prediction of anticancer mode of action
Part of QSAR & combinatorial science (Print), p. 436-446, 2009
Secondary chemistry and ribosomal DNA data congruencies in Arnica (Asteraceae)
Part of Cladistics, p. 78-92, 2009
ChemGPS-NPweb: chemical space navigation online
Part of Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, p. 253-259, 2009
Novel chemical space exploration via natural products
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 1953-1962, 2009
Regarding the putative identity of a moth (Thaumetopoea spp.) allergen
Part of Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, p. 493-493, 2009
Structure and function of Rubisco
Part of Plant physiology and biochemistry (Paris), p. 275-291, 2008
Part of Planta Medica, p. 1789-1794, 2008
Reappraising a decade old explanatory model for pharmacognosy
Part of Phytochemistry Letters, p. 131-134, 2008
Part of Planta Medica, 2008
Teoribildning öppnar nya fält för naturproduktsforskning
Part of Läkemedelsvärlden, p. 31, 2008
ChemGPS-NPweb A tool tuned for navigation in biologically relevant chemical space
Part of Embnet.news, p. 6-9, 2008
Modern pharmacognosy: Connecting biology and chemistry
Part of Pure and Applied Chemistry, p. 763-774, 2007
ChemGPS-NP: tuned for navigation in biologically relevant chemical space
Part of Journal of natural products (Print), p. 789-794, 2007
Chemography and Phylogeny: navigating chemical and evolutionary space
Part of Planta Medica, p. 972-972, 2006
Chemosystematic value of cyclopeptide alkaloids from Heisteria nitida (Olacaceae)
Part of Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, p. 831-839, 2005
Expanding the ChemGPS chemical space with natural products
Part of Journal of natural products (Print), p. 985-991, 2005
The population of the hypogeous fungus Tuber aestivum syn T. uncinatum on the island of Gotland
Part of Mycorrhiza, p. 19-23, 2004
Primary and 3-D modelled structures of two cyclotides from Viola odorata
Part of Phytochemistry, p. 135-142, 2003
A neutrophil multitarget functional bioassay to detect anti-inflammatory natural products
Part of Journal of natural products (Print), p. 32-41, 2002
Part of Botanical bulletin of Academia Sinica, p. 57-62, 2002
Part of Drug information journal, p. 839-854, 2002
Selective cytotoxicity evaluation in anticancer drug screening of fractionated plant extracts
Part of Journal of Biomolecular Screening, p. 333-340, 2002
Cyclotides: a novel type of cytotoxic agents
Part of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, p. 365-369, 2002
Part of Cladistics, p. 28-47, 2001
First crystal structure of Rubisco from a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 48159-48164, 2001
Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences
Part of Kew bulletin, p. 257-309, 2000
Phylogenetic implications of an expanded valepotriate distribution in the Valerianaceae
Part of Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, p. 309-335, 1998
Part of Journal of plant research, p. 573-580, 1998
To be or not to be - principles of classification and monotypic plant families
Part of Taxon, p. 391-400, 1998
Diervillaceae and Linnaeaceae, two new families of caprifolioids
Part of Taxon, p. 657-661, 1998
An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants
Part of ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, p. 531-553, 1998
Pollen morphology and the systematic position of Triplostegia (Dipsacales)
Part of Taxon, p. 21-31, 1997
Part of Plant Systematics and Evolution, p. 225-254, 1997
Part of Plant Systematics and Evolution, p. 217-242, 1996
Bioassay-guided isolation of a cytotoxic quinolizidine alkaloid from Nuphar luteum
Part of Chemistry and Biodiversity
Articles, review/survey
Part of Phytochemistry Reviews, p. 449-457, 2013
Microbial diversity of Alcyonium digitatum
Part of Phytochemistry Reviews, p. 531-542, 2013
Books
Klum collection anteckningsbok
Tierra Grande, 2008
Chapters in book
Part of The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, p. 377-379, Springer, 2016
Part of The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, p. 141-144, Springer, 2016
Part of The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, p. 19-29, Springer, 2016
Topical chemical space in relation to biological space
Part of Comprehensive Natural Products II, p. 47-79, Elsevier, 2010
Part of Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Conference papers
Stjärnhovstryffel - Släktet Choiromyces i Sverige och Europa
Part of Systematikdagarna 2007, 2007
Systematics, ecology, pharmacognosy, vitamin content and cultivation of Choiromyces in Sweden
Part of The fifth international workshop of edible mycorrhizal mushrooms, 2007