2026 Peter C.K. Cheung: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	62	10743	9915	338	333	169	14483

Overview

Peter C.K. Cheung is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily in Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, and Pharmacology.

The research work by this scientist mainly focuses on topics including:

Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
Gut microbiota and health
Fungal Biology and Applications
Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Among the recent publications are:

"How probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics prevent dental caries: an oral microbiota perspective", 2024, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
"Enzyme-Responsive Double-Locked Photodynamic Molecular Beacon for Targeted Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy", 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Partially Acid-Hydrolyzed Porphyran Improved Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Acute Colitis by Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Enhancing the Mucosal Barrier", 2023, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
"Structural characteristics and anti-inflammatory activity of UV/H2O2-treated algal sulfated polysaccharide from Gracilaria lemaneiformis", 2021, Food and Chemical Toxicology
"Beta-d-glucan-based drug delivery system and its potential application in targeting tumor associated macrophages", 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Lijun You
Nelson Kei
Lei Chen
Ka-Lung Lam
Susana Lauw

The scientist's work is published frequently in the following venues:

Carbohydrate Polymers
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Food Bioscience
Food Hydrocolloids

Best Publications

Antioxidant activity and total phenolics of edible mushroom extracts

L.M. Cheung;Peter C.K. Cheung;Vincent E.C. Ooi

1232
Citations
Nutritional evaluation of some subtropical red and green seaweeds: Part I — proximate composition, amino acid profiles and some physico-chemical properties

Ka Hing Wong;Peter C.K. Cheung

537
Citations
Advances in lentinan: Isolation, structure, chain conformation and bioactivities

Yangyang Zhang;Sheng Li;Xiaohua Wang;Lina Zhang

532
Citations
Evaluation of antioxidative activity of extracts from a brown seaweed, Sargassum siliquastrum.

S N Lim;P C K Cheung;V E C Ooi;P O Ang

399
Citations
Short-chain fatty acids in control of energy metabolism.

Jiamiao Hu;Jiamiao Hu;Shaoling Lin;Baodong Zheng;Peter C K Cheung

374
Citations
Physicochemical properties and antitumor activities of water-soluble native and sulfated hyperbranched mushroom polysaccharides.

Yongzhen Tao;Lina Zhang;Peter C.K. Cheung

264
Citations
Functional Properties of Protein Concentrates from Three Chinese Indigenous Legume Seeds

Chi-Fai Chau;Peter C. K. Cheung;Yum-Shing Wong

248
Citations
Mini-review on edible mushrooms as source of dietary fiber: Preparation and health benefits

Peter C.K. Cheung

242
Citations
Comparative Studies on the Effect of Three Drying Methods on the Nutritional Composition of Seaweed Sargassum hemiphyllum (Turn.) C. Ag.

Jenny C.-C. Chan;Peter C.-K. Cheung;Put O. Ang

241
Citations
Mushroom extracts with antioxidant activity against lipid peroxidation

L.M. Cheung;Peter C.K. Cheung

223
Citations
Antioxidant activity of extracts from the fruiting bodies of Agrocybe aegerita var. alba

K.M. Lo;Peter C.K. Cheung

216
Citations
Functional properties of flours prepared from three Chinese indigenous legume seeds

C.F Chau;P.C.K Cheung

202
Citations
Nutritional evaluation of some subtropical red and green seaweeds Part II. In vitro protein digestibility and amino acid profiles of protein concentrates

K.H Wong;Peter C.K Cheung

188
Citations
Non-digestible long chain beta-glucans as novel prebiotics

Ka-Lung Lam;Peter Chi-Keung Cheung

184
Citations
Immunomodulatory activities of mushroom sclerotial polysaccharides

Ka-Hing Wong;Connie K.M. Lai;Peter C.K. Cheung

179
Citations
Structure, molecular size and antitumor activities of polysaccharides from Poria cocos mycelia produced in fermenter

Qilin Huang;Qilin Huang;Yong Jin;Lina Zhang;Peter C.K. Cheung

171
Citations
Structural characterisation and immunomodulatory property of an acidic polysaccharide from mycelial culture of Cordyceps sinensis fungus Cs-HK1

Zhao-Mei Wang;Zhao-Mei Wang;Xiao Peng;Kam-Len Daniel Lee;Johnny Cheuk-on Tang

163
Citations
Molecular weight and anti-tumor activity of the water-soluble polysaccharides isolated by hot water and ultrasonic treatment from the sclerotia and mycelia of Pleurotus tuber-regium

Mei Zhang;Lina Zhang;Peter Chi Keung Cheung;Vincent Eng Choon Ooi

156
Citations
Comparison of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Soxhlet Extraction of Lipids from a Brown Seaweed, Sargassum hemiphyllum (Turn.) C. Ag.†

Peter C. K. Cheung;and Arnold Y. H. Leung;Put O. Ang

144
Citations
The hypocholesterolemic effect of two edible mushrooms: Auricularia auricula (tree-ear) and Tremella fuciformis (white jelly-leaf) in hypercholesterolemic rats1

Peter C.K. Cheung

137
Citations