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Office: Sequoia Hall, room 550C
Office Hours: Monday 10:30 – 12:30; Tuesday 12:00 to 1:00
Except Furlough Days (Tuesday, October 13; Monday, October 20; Monday, November
E-Mail Address: mccarthy@csus.edu
Telephone: (916) 278-4534 (email is better)
FAX: (916) 278-4986
Mailing Address: Department of Chemistry, CSUS, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
95819-6057
Fall 2009 Class
CHEM 161: General
Biochemistry (Syllabus)
CHEM161: Assignment 1 for
Owl Metabolism Paper
Links
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Center
CSUS-Los Rios Science Transfer Project
(STP)
Sacramento State’s Science
Educational Equity Program (SEE)
Publications
McCarthy Hintz, M.
Can problem-based learning address content and process?
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2005), 33(5), 363-368.
Tanner, M.M.; Tirkkonen, M.; Kallioniemi, A.;
Collins, C.; Stokke, T.; Karhu,
R.; Kowbel, D. Shadravan,
F.; Hintz, M.; Kuo, W.L.; et al. Increased copy
number at 20q13 in breast cancer: defining the critical region and exclusion of
candidate genes. Cancer Research (1994), 54(16), 4257-4260.
McCarthy Hintz, Mary
Frances. In vivo transcription of human Alu
repeats. Thesis (1993), 128 pp.
Hellmann-Blumberg,
U.; Hintz, M.F. McCarthy; Gatewood, J.M.; Schmid, C.W. Developmental differences in methylation of human Alu repeats.
Molecular and Cellular Biology (1993), 13(8), 4523-4530.
Hintz,
M. F.; Riehm, J. P.; Rao,
K. R. Synthesis and assay of structural intermediates of crustacean
pigment-dispersing hormones (a- and b-PDH). Invertebrate
Reproduction & Development (1989), 16, 135-139.
Castrucci, A.M.; Hadley, M.E.; Sawyer, T.K.; Wilkes, B.C.; al-Obeidi, F.; Staples, D.J.; de Vaux ,A.E.; Dym, O.; Hintz, M.F.; Riehm,
J.P.; et al. Alpha-melanotropin: the minimal active
sequence in the lizard skin bioassay. General and comparative
endocrinology (1989), 73(1), 157-163.
Hruby, V. J.; Wilkes, B.C.; Hadley, M. E.; Al-Obeidi, F.; Sawyer, T. K.; Staples, D. J.; de Vaux, A. E.; Dym, O.; Castrucci, A.M.; Hintz,M.F.; et al. alpha-Melanotropin: the minimal active sequence in the frog skin
bioassay. Journal of medicinal chemistry (1987),
30(11), 2126-2130.
Riehm, J. P.; Rao, K. R.; Semmes,
O. J.; Jorenby, W.H.; Hintz, M. F.; Zahnow, C. A. C-terminal deletion
analogs of a crustacean pigment-dispersing hormone. Peptides (
Ursula Leyva
Castro, Gary C. Lai, and Mary McCarthy Hintz:
Phytochemical investigation of Bioactive Constituents
in Ligusticum grayi, 21st Annual CSUPERB Symposium,
January 16-17, 2009 (Poster)
Gary C. Lai, Ursula Leyva Castro, and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Phytochemical Isolation and Identification of Active
Components from Artemisia douglasiana against Breast
Cancer Cells, 21st
Annual CSUPERB Symposium, January 16-17, 2009 (Poster)
David Hubbert,
Greg Jorgensen, and Mary McCarthy: The Effectiveness of H2O
Filtration on Hookah Smoke, 20th
Annual American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference (Northern
California Branch), Santa Clara, California, May 5, 2008 (Poster)
Betty Lamptey,
Greg Jorgensen, and Mary McCarthy: Generic vs. Name Brand Cigarettes: Which Is
More Toxic? 20th Annual American
Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference (Northern California
Branch), Santa Clara, California, May 5, 2008 (Poster)
Xochi Arizmendi, Greg Jorgensen,
and Mary McCarthy: Oriental Tobacco vs. Virginia Tobacco (Cleopatra Brand vs.
Marlboro Brand), 20th Annual
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference (Northern
California Branch), Santa Clara, California, May 5, 2008 (Poster)
Teresa Williams, Julie Chaves,
Greg Jorgensen, and Mary McCarthy: Extraction of Nicotine From
Burned and Smoked Cigarettes on Clothes, 20th
Annual American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference (
Ebony
Barry and Mary McCarthy Hintz: The Effects of Herbs on Breast Cancer
Cells. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, November 2-5, 2007 (Poster)
Ridhima Naidu and Mary McCarthy
Hintz: The Effects of Henna on Breast Cancer Cells. Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 2-5, 2007
(Poster)
Camanch Camacho and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Antibacterial
Effects of Chuchupate. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority
Students, November 2-5, 2005 (Poster)
Marisa Bautista and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Assessment of
Native American Chuchupate for Anti-Proliferative Effects on Breast Cancer Cells. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, November 10-13, 2004 (Poster)
Bryn Butler and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Development of a
HPLC System that Detects and Provides Baseline Resolution of Vitamin D
Metabolites at 3 x 10-8 M. CSUPERB Synposium,
January 8-11, 2003 (Poster)
Bryn Butler, Megan Hines, and Mary McCarthy Hintz:
Time-Dependent Induction Of Vitamin D 24-Hydroxylase by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin
D3 In Four Breast Cancer Cell Lines. National Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002
(Poster)
Ruben Rolons, Megan Hines,
Bryn Butler, and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Expression of Vitamin D 24-hydroxylase
induced by 1,25(OH)-Vitamin D3 in breast
cancer cell lines. National Conference of the Society for the Advancement of
Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, September 27-30, 2001, Tucson,
Arizona (Poster)
Alena White and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Assessment of the
anti-proliferative effects of Native American anti-cancer herbs on a human
breast cancer cell line. National Conference of the Society for the
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, September 27-30, 2001,
Tucson, Arizona (Poster)
Fidel Perez and Mary McCarthy-Hintz: Studies on the
effects of Opuntia ficus-indica
on a breast cancer cell line. National Conference of the Society for the
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, September 27-30, 2001,
Tucson, Arizona (Poster)
Andrea Marshall-Harris and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Study
of the effects of Colubrina reclinata on a breast cancer cell line. 13th Annual
Northern California ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 5, 2001, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California (Poster)
Fidel Perez and Mary McCarthy-Hintz: Studies on the
effects of Opuntia ficus-indica
on a breast cancer cell line. 13th Annual Northern California ACS
Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 5, 2001, Saint Mary’s
College, Moraga, California (Poster)
Alena White and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Native American herbs
and their anti-proliferative effects on a human breast cancer cell line. 13th
Annual Northern California ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 5, 2001,
Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California (Poster)
Sanh Nguyen and Mary McCarthy Hintz:
Study of the effects of Brassica oleracea on a cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231. 13th Annual Northern California ACS Undergraduate
Research Symposium, May 5, 2001, Saint Mary’s
College, Moraga, California (Poster)
Angel Nguyen, Theresa Nguyen, and Mary McCarthy Hintz:
Molecular Modeling of Vitamin D3: The search for the most stable conformation
around the C6-C7 bond. 12th Annual American
Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference (Northern California
Branch), Hayward, California, May 1, 2000 (Poster)
McDowell, C., and McCarthy Hintz, M. Progress Report:
Purification of Vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase from a bone cancer cell
line. 11th Annual American Chemical Society Undergraduate
Research Conference (Northern California Branch), Santa Clara, California, May
1, 1999 (Poster)
Mary McCarthy Hintz: Can Content and Process Be
Addressed in A One-Semester Biochemistry Survey Course? Western Regional
Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Sacramento, California,
Roberts, Linda; McCarthy Hintz,
Mary. Developing
experimental design and troubleshooting skills in an advanced biochemistry lab.
Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Sacramento,
California,
Susanne Lindgren, Ruth Ballard, Nicholas Ewing,
Douglas Bell, Linda Roberts, Katherine McReynolds, and Mary McCarthy
Hintz (presenters): Development of a Molecular Biology
Interdisciplinary Group at CSU Sacramento. CSUPERB Synposium,
January 8-11, 2003 (Poster)
Mary McCarthy Hintz: Ethnopharmacognosy
as a culturally relevant undergradaute research
project. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002 (Oral)
Research Interests
Ethnopharmacognosy
Vitamin
D and Breast Cancer
Professional Associations
American
Chemical Society
American Society for Pharmacognosy
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Society
for Economic Botany
NIH
Bridges Directors’ Group
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