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MinKyun Na is affiliated with Chungnam National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Biochemistry, and Cancer Research.

Na's work covers diverse topics with a focus on natural product bioactivities and synthesis, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, bioactive compounds and antitumor agents, traditional and medicinal uses of the Annonaceae plant family, NF-κB signaling pathways, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, and marine sponges and natural products.

Their frequent coauthors include InWha Park, Khong Trong Quan, Gang Min Hur, Hee Sun Byun, and Eunjin Ju.

MinKyun Na has published in various scientific venues, prominently including Molecules, Journal of Natural Products, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Neurosurgery, and Food Chemistry.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by MinKyun Na include:

  • Optical Coherent Tomography Predicts Long-Term Visual Outcome of Pituitary Adenoma Surgery: New Perspectives From a 5-Year Follow-up Study, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • Protective Effect of Tetrahydroquinolines from the Edible Insect Allomyrina dichotoma on LPS-Induced Vascular Inflammatory Responses, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cellular antioxidant potential and inhibition of foodborne pathogens by a sesquiterpene ilimaquinone in cold storaged ground chicken and under temperature-abuse condition, 2021, Food Chemistry
  • Immediate postoperative measurement of thyroid-stimulating hormone as an early predictor of remission in thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas, 2020, Journal of neurosurgery
  • Paratrimerins J-Y, Dimeric Coumarins Isolated from the Stems of Paramignya trimera, 2021, Journal of Natural Products

Best Publications

  • Antioxidant activity of caffeoyl quinic acid derivatives from the roots of Dipsacus asper Wall

    Tran Manh Hung;MinKyun Na;Phuong Thien Thuong;Nguyen Duy Su

  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors from Morus root bark.

    Long Cui;MinKyun Na;Hyuncheol Oh;Eun Young Bae

  • Inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B by lupeol and lupenone isolated from Sorbus commixta

    Minkyun Na;Bo Yeon Kim;Hiroyuki Osada;Jong Seog Ahn

  • Cholinesterase inhibitory and anti-amnesic activity of alkaloids from Corydalis turtschaninovii.

    Tran Manh Hung;MinKyun Na;Nguyen Tien Dat;Tran Minh Ngoc

  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B inhibitory activity of isoprenylated flavonoids isolated from Erythrina mildbraedii.

    MinKyun Na;JunPil Jang;Dieudonné Njamen;Joseph Tanyi Mbafor

  • New furofuran and butyrolactone lignans with antioxidant activity from the stem bark of Styrax japonica.

    Byung-Sun Min;Min-Kyun Na;Sei-Ryang Oh;Kyung-Seop Ahn

  • Steroids and triterpenes from the fruit bodies of Ganoderma lucidum and their anti-complement activity

    Hyo Won Seo;Tran Manh Hung;MinKyun Na;Hyun Ju Jung

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of hyperoside in human endothelial cells and in mice.

    Sae-Kwang Ku;Wei Zhou;Wonhwa Lee;Min-Su Han

  • Isolation of betulinic acid, its methyl ester and guaiane sesquiterpenoids with protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory activity from the roots of Saussurea lappa C.B.Clarke.

    Ji Young Choi;MinKyun Na;In Hyun Hwang;Seung Ho Lee

  • Antioxidant Activity of Two Phloroglucinol Derivatives from Dryopteris crassirhizoma

    Sang-Myung Lee;Min-Kyun Na;Ren-Bo An;Byung-Sun Min

  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory activity of triterpenes isolated from Astilbe koreana.

    MinKyun Na;Long Cui;Byung Sun Min;KiHwan Bae

  • Protective effects of honokiol and magnolol on tertiary butyl hydroperoxide- or D-galactosamine-induced toxicity in rat primary hepatocytes.

    Eun-Jeon Park;Yu-Zhe Zhao;Min Kyun Na;Ki Hwan Bae

  • Inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B by ursane-type triterpenes isolated from Symplocos paniculata.

    Min Kyun Na;Seungmi Yang;Long He;Hyuncheol Oh

  • Inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B by diterpenoids isolated from Acanthopanax koreanum

    MinKyun Na;Won Keun Oh;Young Ho Kim;Xing Fu Cai

  • Anti-oxidant constituents from Sedum takesimense.

    Phuong Thien Thuong;Ho Jeong Kang;MinKyun Na;WenYi Jin

  • Alkaloids from Chelidonium majus and their inhibitory effects on LPS-induced NO production in RAW264.7 cells

    Ji Eun Park;To Dao Cuong;Tran Manh Hung;IkSoo Lee

  • Significance of endangered and threatened plant natural products in the control of human disease

    Mohamed Ali Ibrahim;MinKyun Na;Joonseok Oh;Raymond F. Schinazi

  • Cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium abrotanoides.

    Jun Sung Lee;Byung Sun Min;Sang Myung Lee;Min Kyun Na

  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory effect of lignans isolated from Schizandra chinensis.

    Tran Manh Hung;MinKyun Na;Byung Sun Min;Tran Minh Ngoc

  • Homoisoflavonoid derivatives from the roots of Ophiopogon japonicus and their in vitro anti-inflammation activity.

    Tran Manh Hung;Cao Van Thu;Nguyen Tien Dat;Sung-Woo Ryoo

  • Antioxidant efficacy and the upregulation of Nrf2-mediated HO-1 expression by (+)-lariciresinol, a lignan isolated from Rubia philippinensis, through the activation of p38.

    Vivek K. Bajpai;Badrul Alam;Khong Trong Quan;Kyoo-Ri Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

KiHwan Bae
KiHwan Bae Chungnam National University
Byung Sun Min
Byung Sun Min Catholic University of Daegu
Won Keun Oh
Won Keun Oh Seoul National University
Jong-Sup Bae
Jong-Sup Bae Kyungpook National University
Young Ho Kim
Young Ho Kim Kyungpook National University
Jae Sue Choi
Jae Sue Choi Pukyong National University
Vivek K. Bajpai
Vivek K. Bajpai Dongguk University
Jin-Cheol Kim
Jin-Cheol Kim Chonnam National University
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Yun Suk Huh
Yun Suk Huh Inha University

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