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Chemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
33303
World Ranking
1184
National Ranking
7

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
33765
World Ranking
1385
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Gow-Chin Yen is affiliated with National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan and has conducted extensive research primarily within the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science, and Physiology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Gow-Chin Yen has contributed to multiple scholarly articles, with some recent publications being:

  • "Camellia oil alleviates the progression of Alzheimer's disease in aluminum chloride-treated rats" (2020) published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Ursolic acid promotes apoptosis, autophagy, and chemosensitivity in gemcitabine-resistant human pancreatic cancer cells" (2020) published in Phytotherapy Research
  • "Protective effect of rosmarinic acid-rich trichodesma khasianum clarke leaves against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in vitro and in vivo" (2020) published in Phytomedicine
  • "Ameliorative effect of buckwheat polysaccharides on colitis via regulation of the gut microbiota" (2022) published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Protective effect of fermented okara on the regulation of inflammation, the gut microbiota, and SCFAs production in rats with TNBS-induced colitis" (2022) published in Food Research International

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Sheng-Yi Chen, Jer-An Lin, Shengyi Chen, Ying-Yin Chen, and I-Chen Chiang.

Gow-Chin Yen has published regularly in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Food and Drug Analysis
  • Food & Function
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Food Bioscience
  • Phytotherapy Research

Best Publications

  • Antioxidant activity of various tea extracts in relation to their antimutagenicity

    Unknown

  • Scavenging Effect of Methanolic Extracts of Peanut Hulls on Free-Radical and Active-Oxygen Species

    Gow Chin Yen;Pin Der Duh

  • Antioxidant activity of water extract of Harng Jyur (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat).

    Pin-Der Duh;Yang-Ying Tu;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties of ascorbic acid and gallic acid

    Gow-Chin Yen;Pin-Der Duh;Hui-Ling Tsai

  • Chemopreventive effects of dietary phytochemicals against cancer invasion and metastasis: phenolic acids, monophenol, polyphenol, and their derivatives.

    Chia-Jui Weng;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant activity of anthraquinones and anthrone

    Gow-Chin Yen;Pin-Der Duh;Da-Yon Chuang

  • Relationship between antioxidant activity and maturity of peanut hulls

    Gow Chin Yen;Pin D.-E.-R. Duh;Cherng Liang Tsai

  • Inhibitory effect of naturally occurring flavonoids on the formation of advanced glycation endproducts.

    Chi Hao Wu;Gow Chin Yen

  • Anthocyanins induce the activation of phase II enzymes through the antioxidant response element pathway against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis.

    Ping Hsiao Shih;Chi T. Yeh;Gow Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant activity and free radical-scavenging capacity of extracts from guava (Psidium guajava L.) leaves

    Hui-Yin Chen;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Inhibition of advanced glycation endproduct formation by foodstuffs.

    Chi Hao Wu;Shang Ming Huang;Jer An Lin;Gow Chin Yen

  • Antioxidative properties of methanolic extracts from peanut hulls

    Gow-Chin Yen;Pin-Der Duh

  • Action of methanolic extract of mung bean hulls as inhibitors of lipid peroxidation and non-lipid oxidative damage.

    Pin-Der Duh;Pin-Chan Du;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant activity of extracts from du-zhong (Eucommia ulmoides) toward various lipid peroxidation models in vitro

    Gow Chin Yen;Chiu Luan Hsieh

  • Neuroprotective effects of citrus flavonoids

    Sam-Long Hwang;Ping-Hsiao Shih;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds of tea seed (Camellia oleifera Abel.) oil.

    Chia-Pu Lee;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidative activity of three herbal water extracts

    Pin-Der Duh;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Effects of flavonoids and phenolic acids on the inhibition of adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

    Chin-Lin Hsu;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Effect of gallic acid on high fat diet-induced dyslipidaemia, hepatosteatosis and oxidative stress in rats.

    Unknown

  • Hepatoprotection of tea seed oil (Camellia oleifera Abel.) against CCl4-induced oxidative damage in rats

    Chia-Pu Lee;Ping-Hsiao Shih;Chin-Lin Hsu;Gow-Chin Yen

  • Antioxidant and radical scavenging properties of extracts from Ganoderma tsugae

    Gow-Chin Yen;Jun-Yi Wu

  • Bioactivity and Potential Health Benefits of Licorice

    Tzu Chien Kao;Chi Hao Wu;Gow Chin Yen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Tang Ho
Chi-Tang Ho Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chi-Ying F. Huang
Chi-Ying F. Huang National Yang Ming University
Yih-Shou Hsieh
Yih-Shou Hsieh Chung Shan Medical University

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