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Overview

Guang-Fu Yang is affiliated with Central China Normal University in China and has a significant publication record in the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, organic chemistry, plant science, pollution, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, with notable focus areas including synthesis and biological evaluation, computational drug discovery methods, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, fungal plant pathogen control, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, and insect resistance and genetics.

Guang-Fu Yang has contributed to a variety of research venues, predominantly featuring in:

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Pest Management Science
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Analytical Chemistry

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Guang-Fu Yang highlight the diversity of their research interests and include the following papers:

  • "An overview of spirooxindole as a promising scaffold for novel drug discovery," 2020, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
  • "Chemical Manipulation of Abscisic Acid Signaling: A New Approach to Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Agriculture," 2020, Advanced Science
  • "Where are the new herbicides?" 2021, Pest Management Science
  • "Heavy metal copper accelerates the conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater microcosms," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Diaryl Ether: A Privileged Scaffold for Drug and Agrochemical Discovery," 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Guang-Fu Yang's body of work include Ge-Fei Hao, Wen-Chao Yang, Hong-Yan Lin, Fan Wang, and Xing-Xing Shi. These coauthors have contributed extensively alongside Yang in various research projects.

Best Publications

  • A review on recent developments of indole-containing antiviral agents.

    Ming-Zhi Zhang;Qiong Chen;Guang-Fu Yang

  • A drug-likeness toolbox facilitates ADMET study in drug discovery.

    Chen-Yang Jia;Jing-Yi Li;Ge-Fei Hao;Ge-Fei Hao;Guang-Fu Yang

  • Sulfur-Containing Agrochemicals

    Ponnam Devendar;Guang-Fu Yang

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Powerful Tool for the Synthesis of Agrochemicals.

    Ponnam Devendar;Ren-Yu Qu;Wei-Ming Kang;Bo He

  • Synthesis, antifungal activity and CoMFA analysis of novel 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives

    Qiong Chen;Xiao-Lei Zhu;Li-Li Jiang;Zu-Ming Liu

  • An overview of spirooxindole as a promising scaffold for novel drug discovery.

    Li-Ming Zhou;Ren-Yu Qu;Guang-Fu Yang

  • An Update on Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 (PARP-1) Inhibitors: Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Therapy

    Ying Qing Wang;Ping Yuan Wang;Ping Yuan Wang;Yu Ting Wang;Guang Fu Yang

  • Synthesis and antitumor activity of novel dithiocarbamate substituted chromones.

    Wei Huang;Yu Ding;Yan Miao;Ming-Zhen Liu

  • Microwave-assisted, one-pot syntheses and fungicidal activity of polyfluorinated 2-benzylthiobenzothiazoles.

    Wei Huang;Guang-Fu Yang

  • A Coumarin-Based Fluorescent Probe for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Thiophenols and Its Application

    Jun Li;Chun-Fang Zhang;Shu-Hou Yang;Wen-Chao Yang

  • Computational redesign of human butyrylcholinesterase for anticocaine medication.

    Yongmei Pan;Daquan Gao;Wenchao Yang;Hoon Cho

  • Structure-Based Discovery of Potential Fungicides as Succinate Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase Inhibitors

    Li Xiong;Hua Li;Li-Na Jiang;Jing-Ming Ge

  • Chemical Manipulation of Abscisic Acid Signaling: A New Approach to Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Agriculture

    Kamalani Achala H. Hewage;Jing‐Fang Yang;Di Wang;Ge‐Fei Hao

  • Computational discovery of picomolar Q(o) site inhibitors of cytochrome bc1 complex.

    Ge-Fei Hao;Fu Wang;Hui Li;Hui Li;Xiao-Lei Zhu

  • 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase Inhibitors: From Chemical Biology to Agrochemicals.

    Ferdinand Ndikuryayo;Behrooz Moosavi;Wen-Chao Yang;Guang-Fu Yang

  • Synthesis and antifungal activity of 3-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)-indoles and 3-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)methyl-indoles.

    Ming-Zhi Zhang;Nick Mulholland;David Beattie;Dianne Irwin

  • The assembly of succinate dehydrogenase: a key enzyme in bioenergetics

    Behrooz Moosavi;Edward A. Berry;Xiao-Lei Zhu;Wen-Chao Yang

  • Melanin-dot–mediated delivery of metallacycle for NIR-II/photoacoustic dual-modal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy

    Yue Sun;Feng Ding;Zhao Chen;Zhao Chen;Ruiping Zhang

  • Rhomboidal Pt(II) metallacycle-based NIR-II theranostic nanoprobe for tumor diagnosis and image-guided therapy.

    Yue Sun;Yue Sun;Feng Ding;Zhixuan Zhou;Chonglu Li

  • A Highly Sensitive and Selective Fluorescent Probe for Thiophenol Designed via a Twist-Blockage Strategy

    Qi Sun;Shu-Hou Yang;Lei Wu;Wen-Chao Yang

  • Synthesis, Fungicidal, and Insecticidal Activities of β-Methoxyacrylate-Containing N-Acetyl Pyrazoline Derivatives

    Pei-Liang Zhao;Fu Wang;Ming-Zhi Zhang;Zu-Ming Liu

  • Design, syntheses, and antitumor activity of novel chromone and aurone derivatives.

    Wei Huang;Ming-Zhen Liu;Yan Li;Ying Tan

  • Rational design of a multifunctional molecular dye for dual-modal NIR-II/photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

    Ruiping Zhang;Ruiping Zhang;Yuling Xu;Yi Zhang;Hyeong Seok Kim

  • Subnanomolar inhibitor of cytochrome bc1 complex designed by optimizing interaction with conformationally flexible residues.

    Pei-Liang Zhao;Le Wang;Xiao-Lei Zhu;Xiaoqin Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhen Xi
Zhen Xi Nankai University
Chang-Guo Zhan
Chang-Guo Zhan University of Kentucky
Yu-Cheng Gu
Yu-Cheng Gu Syngenta (Switzerland)
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University
Guozhen Liu
Guozhen Liu University of New South Wales
Haibing Li
Haibing Li Central China Normal University
Xiang Zhou
Xiang Zhou Wuhan University
Xumu Zhang
Xumu Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Ling Peng
Ling Peng Aix-Marseille University
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology

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