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Peng-Fei Tu

Peng-Fei Tu

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
20696
World Ranking
5209
National Ranking
964

Overview

Peng-Fei Tu is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research portfolio covers several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, pharmacology, plant science, materials chemistry, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's work spans a range of topics, prominently including natural product bioactivities and synthesis, phytochemistry and biological activities, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, traditional Chinese medicine analysis, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, as well as analytical chemistry and chromatography.

Peng-Fei Tu has a significant publication record, with recent papers addressing various innovative themes. Some notable examples include:

  • Carbon Quantum Dots-Based Nanozyme from Coffee Induces Cancer Cell Ferroptosis to Activate Antitumor Immunity, 2022, published in ACS Nano
  • Biosynthesis Investigations of Terpenoid, Alkaloid, and Flavonoid Antimicrobial Agents Derived from Medicinal Plants, 2022, published in Antibiotics
  • Allosteric Regulation of IGF2BP1 as a Novel Strategy for the Activation of Tumor Immune Microenvironment, 2022, published in ACS Central Science
  • Quality standard of traditional Chinese medicines: comparison between European Pharmacopoeia and Chinese Pharmacopoeia and recent advances, 2020, published in Chinese Medicine
  • Small molecule induces mitochondrial fusion for neuroprotection via targeting CK2 without affecting its conventional kinase activity, 2021, published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

The scientist frequently collaborates with researchers including Jun Li, Yuelin Song, Yong Jiang, Ke-Wu Zeng, and Xingyun Chai. These partnerships form a notable part of their research network.

Peng-Fei Tu has published in several primary venues such as PubMed, Phytochemistry, The Cambridge Structural Database, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Molecules. This diversity in publication platforms reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • Recent analytical approaches in quality control of traditional Chinese medicines—A review

    Yong Jiang;Bruno David;Pengfei Tu;Yves Barbin

  • A study on the immune receptors for polysaccharides from the roots of Astragalus membranaceus, a Chinese medicinal herb

    Bao-Mei Shao;Wen Xu;Hui Dai;Pengfei Tu

  • The cytotoxic activity of ursolic acid derivatives

    Chao-Mei Ma;Shao-Qing Cai;Jing-Rong Cui;Rui-Qing Wang

  • Molecular genetic and chemical assessment of radix Angelica (Danggui) in China.

    Kuijun Zhao;Tina Tingxia Dong;Pengfei Tu;Zong H. Song

  • Convergence and divergence of bitterness biosynthesis and regulation in Cucurbitaceae.

    Yuan Zhou;Yongshuo Ma;Jianguo Zeng;Lixin Duan

  • Analysis of chemical constituents in Cistanche species.

    Yong Jiang;Peng-Fei Tu

  • Comparison of the chemical constituents of aged pu-erh tea, ripened pu-erh tea, and other teas using HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn.

    Liang Zhang;Ning Li;Zhi-Zhong Ma;Peng-Fei Tu

  • Effect of the carthamins yellow from Carthamus tinctorius L. on hemorheological disorders of blood stasis in rats.

    Hai-Xia Li;Shu-Yan Han;Xian-Wei Wang;Xu Ma

  • Structures and immunological activities of two pectic polysaccharides from the fruits of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. jinsixiaozao Hort.

    Zhihui Zhao;Zhihui Zhao;Jun Li;Xiangmei Wu;Hui Dai

  • Highly selective inhibition of IMPDH2 provides the basis of antineuroinflammation therapy.

    Li-Xi Liao;Xiao-Min Song;Li-Chao Wang;Li-Chao Wang;Hai-Ning Lv

  • Characterization of water soluble polysaccharides from organs of Chinese Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao)

    Zhihui Zhao;Mengjun Liu;Pengfei Tu

  • 8-C N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinone substituted flavan-3-ols as the marker compounds of Chinese dark teas formed in the post-fermentation process provide significant antioxidative activity.

    Weinan Wang;Liang Zhang;Shu Wang;Shepo Shi

  • One single standard substance for the determination of multiple anthraquinone derivatives in rhubarb using high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection.

    Xiao-Yan Gao;Yong Jiang;Jian-qiu Lu;Peng-Fei Tu

  • A rapid method for simultaneous determination of 15 flavonoids in Epimedium using pressurized liquid extraction and ultra-performance liquid chromatography.

    X.J. Chen;H. Ji;Q.W. Zhang;P.F. Tu

  • Change in tea polyphenol and purine alkaloid composition during solid-state fungal fermentation of postfermented tea.

    Jin-Hua Qin;Ning Li;Peng-Fei Tu;Zhi-Zhong Ma

  • Simultaneous determination of 15 flavonoids in Epimedium using pressurized liquid extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography

    X.J. Chen;B.L. Guo;S.P. Li;Q.W. Zhang

  • Anti-inflammatory Coumarin and Benzocoumarin Derivatives from Murraya alata

    Hai-Ning Lv;Shu Wang;Ke-Wu Zeng;Jun Li

  • Identification of metabolites of deoxyschizandrin in rats by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS based on multiple mass defect filter data acquisition and multiple data processing techniques.

    Minyan Liu;Shaohua Zhao;Zongquan Wang;Yufeng Wang

  • Absorption and metabolism of Astragali radix decoction: in silico, in vitro, and a case study in vivo.

    Feng Xu;Yue Zhang;Shengyuan Xiao;Xiaowei Lu

  • Characterization of seventy polymethoxylated flavonoids (PMFs) in the leaves of Murraya paniculata by on-line high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to photodiode array detection and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.

    Jia-Yu Zhang;Ning Li;Yan-Yun Che;Yun Zhang

  • Echinacoside rescues the SHSY5Y neuronal cells from TNFα-induced apoptosis

    Min Deng;Jin Yuan Zhao;Peng Fei Tu;Yong Jiang

  • Preparative isolation and purification of acteoside and 2'-acetyl acteoside from Cistanches salsa (C.A. Mey.) G. Beck by high-speed counter-current chromatography.

    Li Lei;Fuquan Yang;Tianyou Zhang;Pengfei Tu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Jiang
Yong Jiang Peking University
Jun Li
Jun Li Applied Biological Materials (Canada)
Karl Wah Keung Tsim
Karl Wah Keung Tsim Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peng Gao
Peng Gao Peking University
Yitao Wang
Yitao Wang University of Macau
Jordan K. Zjawiony
Jordan K. Zjawiony University of Mississippi
Yoichiro Ito
Yoichiro Ito National Institutes of Health
Daneel Ferreira
Daneel Ferreira University of Mississippi
De-An Guo
De-An Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Quan-Bin Han
Quan-Bin Han Hong Kong Baptist University

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