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Hong-Xiang Lou

Hong-Xiang Lou

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
17383
World Ranking
10076
National Ranking
315

Overview

Hong-Xiang Lou is affiliated with Shandong University in China and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics reflect a focus on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Fungal Biology and Applications, Lichen and Fungal Ecology, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, and Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis.

Among recent publications, the following illustrate the scope and impact of their work:

  • ent-Kaurane diterpenoids induce apoptosis and ferroptosis through targeting redox resetting to overcome cisplatin resistance, 2021, Redox Biology
  • Elevated levels of circulating short-chain fatty acids and bile acids in type 2 diabetes are linked to gut barrier disruption and disordered gut microbiota, 2020, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Molecular Basis for Chemical Evolution of Flavones to Flavonols and Anthocyanins in Land Plants, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Hinokitiol chelates intracellular iron to retard fungal growth by disturbing mitochondrial respiration, 2021, Journal of Advanced Research
  • Anticancer Effects of Honokiol via Mitochondrial Dysfunction Are Strongly Enhanced by the Mitochondria-Targeting Carrier Berberine, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors contributing regularly to joint research projects. These frequent co-authors include Ai-Xia Cheng, Jiao-Zhen Zhang, Zejun Xu, Jiaozhen Zhang, and Wenqiang Chang.

Hong-Xiang Lou's work has been published extensively in several key scientific journals and databases. Primary publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (21 publications)
  • Journal of Natural Products (14 publications)
  • Natural Product Research (9 publications)
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (7 publications)
  • Phytochemistry (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Dietary Polyphenols and Their Biological Significance

    Xiuzhen Han;Tao Shen;Hongxiang Lou

  • Validated LC/MS/MS assay for curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin in rat plasma and application to pharmacokinetic study of phospholipid complex of curcumin.

    Anchang Liu;Hongxiang Lou;Lixia Zhao;Peihong Fan

  • The PI3K/AKT Pathway and Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Huifang Guo;Peter German;Shanshan Bai;Sean Barnes

  • The genus Commiphora: a review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

    Tao Shen;Guo-Hui Li;Xiao-Ning Wang;Hong-Xiang Lou

  • Current drug research on PEGylation with small molecular agents

    Wenjun Li;Peng Zhan;Erik De Clercq;Hongxiang Lou

  • Strategies to diversify natural products for drug discovery.

    Gang Li;Hong-Xiang Lou;Hong-Xiang Lou

  • A-type proanthocyanidins from peanut skins

    Hongxiang Lou;Yoshimitsu Yamazaki;Tsutomu Sasaki;Masaru Uchida

  • Grape seed polyphenols protect cardiac cells from apoptosis via induction of endogenous antioxidant enzymes

    Yu Du;Huaifang Guo;Hongxiang Lou

  • Plagiochin E, an antifungal active macrocyclic bis(bibenzyl), induced apoptosis in Candida albicans through a metacaspase-dependent apoptotic pathway

    Xiu-Zhen Wu;Wen-Qiang Chang;Ai-Xia Cheng;Ling-Mei Sun

  • Secondary Metabolites in Bryophytes: An Ecological Aspect

    Chun-Feng Xie;Hong-Xiang Lou

  • Antifungal bis[bibenzyls] from the Chinese liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.

    Chong Niu;Jian-Bo Qu;Hong-Xiang Lou

  • Practical metal-free C(sp(3))-H functionalization: construction of structurally diverse α-substituted N-benzyl and N-allyl carbamates.

    Zhiyu Xie;Lei Liu;Wenfang Chen;Hongbo Zheng

  • Characterization of Lignanamides From Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) Seed and Their Antioxidant and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities

    Xiaoli Yan;Jiajing Tang;Carolina dos Santos Passos;Alessandra Nurisso

  • Mitochondria-Targeted Lupane Triterpenoid Derivatives and Their Selective Apoptosis-Inducing Anticancer Mechanisms

    Yaqing Ye;Tao Zhang;Huiqing Yuan;Defeng Li

  • The function and catalysis of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases involved in plant flavonoid biosynthesis.

    Ai-Xia Cheng;Xiao-Juan Han;Yi-Feng Wu;Hong-Xiang Lou

  • Plagiochin E, an antifungal bis(bibenzyl), exerts its antifungal activity through mitochondrial dysfunction-induced reactive oxygen species accumulation in Candida albicans.

    Xiu-Zhen Wu;Ai-Xia Cheng;Ling-Mei Sun;Shu-Juan Sun

  • Polyphenols from peanut skins and their free radical-scavenging effects

    Hongxiang Lou;Huiqing Yuan;Bin Ma;Dongmei Ren

  • Antifungal dibenzofuran bis(bibenzyl)s from the liverwort Asterella angusta

    Jianbo Qu;Chunfeng Xie;Huaifang Guo;Wentao Yu

  • Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory activities of tanshinones isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza var. alba roots in THP-1 macrophages.

    Shuli Ma;Dawei Zhang;Hongxiang Lou;Longru Sun

  • Structural Diversity and Biological Activities of Novel Secondary Metabolites from Endophytes.

    Han Gao;Gang Li;Hong-Xiang Lou;Hong-Xiang Lou

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuo Hsiung Lee
Kuo Hsiung Lee University of Minnesota
Harukuni Tokuda
Harukuni Tokuda Kyoto University
Donna D. Zhang
Donna D. Zhang University of Arizona
Davy Guillarme
Davy Guillarme University of Geneva
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Susan L. Morris-Natschke
Susan L. Morris-Natschke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yasuhiko Sugawara
Yasuhiko Sugawara Kumamoto University
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine

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