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8933
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Overview

Weiming Zhu is affiliated with the Ocean University of China and has contributed extensively to research primarily in medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and chemistry. Their work spans various interdisciplinary fields with a focus on pharmacology, organic chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, and toxicology.

The scientist's research emphasizes microbial natural products and biosynthesis, along with marine sponges and natural products. Other significant topics include carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, bioactive compounds and antitumor agents, synthetic organic chemistry methods, fungal biology and applications, and cancer therapeutics and mechanisms.

Weiming Zhu has published in several reputable venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Organic Letters
  • Marine Drugs
  • Molecules

Their work includes the following notable papers:

  • "Methylene-bridged dimeric natural products involving one-carbon unit in biosynthesis," 2022, Natural Product Reports
  • "Refactoring the Concise Biosynthetic Pathway of Cyanogramide Unveils Spirooxindole Formation Catalyzed by a P450 Enzyme," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "The Influence of Caerulomycin A on the Intestinal Microbiota in SD Rats," 2020, Marine Drugs
  • "Bioactive Metabolites From Acid-Tolerant Fungi in a Thai Mangrove Sediment," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Chimeric natural products derived from medermycin and the nature-inspired construction of their polycyclic skeletons," 2022, Nature Communications

Collaboration is a significant element of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Peng Fu
  • Liping Wang
  • Yanchao Xu
  • Wenwen He
  • Dan Wu

The focus of Weiming Zhu's work is largely within the realms of medicine and natural product chemistry, frequently addressing biosynthetic pathways, chemical synthesis, bioactivity evaluation, and molecular mechanisms related to microbial sources and marine organisms.

Best Publications

  • Seven new prenylated indole diketopiperazine alkaloids from holothurian- derived fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    Fazuo Wang;Yuchun Fang;Tianjiao Zhu;Min Zhang

  • Cytotoxic Alkaloids and Antibiotic Nordammarane Triterpenoids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus sydowi

    Min Zhang;Wen-Liang Wang;Yu-Chun Fang;Tian-Jiao Zhu

  • Structural characterization and antioxidant properties of an exopolysaccharide produced by the mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. Y16.

    Yin Chen;Wenjun Mao;Hongwen Tao;Weiming Zhu

  • Three New Compounds from Aspergillus terreus PT06-2 Grown in a High Salt Medium

    Yi Wang;Jinkai Zheng;Peipei Liu;Wei Wang

  • Isoechinulin-type alkaloids, variecolorins A-L, from halotolerant Aspergillus variecolor.

    Wen-Liang Wang;Zhen-Yu Lu;Hong-Wen Tao;Tian-Jiao Zhu

  • Polyketides from Penicillium sp. JP-1, an endophytic fungus associated with the mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum.

    Zhenjian Lin;Tianjiao Zhu;Yuchun Fang;Qianqun Gu

  • Cytotoxic bipyridines from the marine-derived actinomycete Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus WH1-2216-6

    Peng Fu;Shuxia Wang;Kui Hong;Xia Li

  • Cytotoxic Polyphenols from the Marine-Derived Fungus Penicillium expansum

    Zhenyu Lu;Huajie Zhu;Peng Fu;Yi Wang

  • Indole-Diterpenoids with Anti-H1N1 Activity from the Aciduric Fungus Penicillium camemberti OUCMDZ-1492

    Yaqin Fan;Yi Wang;Peipei Liu;Peng Fu

  • Citrinin Dimers from the Halotolerant Fungus Penicillium citrinum B-57

    Zhen-Yu Lu;Zhen-Jian Lin;Wen-Liang Wang;Lin Du

  • Novel cyclic hexapeptides from marine-derived fungus, Aspergillus sclerotiorum PT06-1.

    Jinkai Zheng;Huajie Zhu;Kui Hong;Yi Wang

  • α-Pyrones and Diketopiperazine Derivatives from the Marine-Derived Actinomycete Nocardiopsis dassonvillei HR10-5

    Peng Fu;Peipei Liu;Haijun Qu;Yi Wang

  • Penicillenols from Penicillium sp. GQ-7, an Endophytic Fungus Associated with Aegiceras corniculatum

    Zhen-Jian Lin;Zhen-Yu Lu;Tian-Jiao Zhu;Yu-Chun Fang

  • Cytotoxic polyketides from a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus glaucus.

    Lin Du;Tianjiao Zhu;Hongbing Liu;Yuchun Fang

  • New quinazolinone alkaloids within rare amino acid residue from coral-associated fungus, Aspergillus versicolor LCJ-5-4.

    Yibin Zhuang;Xiancun Teng;Yi Wang;Peipei Liu

  • Potent in vitro anticancer activity of metacycloprodigiosin and undecylprodigiosin from a sponge-derived actinomycete Saccharopolyspora sp. nov.

    Rui Liu;Cheng-Bin Cui;Lin Duan;Qian-Qun Gu

  • Sesquiterpenoids and Benzofuranoids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus ustus 094102

    Zhenyu Lu;Yi Wang;Chengdu Miao;Peipei Liu

  • Structure and antioxidant activity of an extracellular polysaccharide from coral-associated fungus, Aspergillus versicolor LCJ-5-4

    Yin Chen;Wenjun Mao;Yupin Yang;Xiancun Teng

  • Cerebrosides of the Halotolerant Fungus Alternaria raphani Isolated from a Sea Salt Field

    Wenliang Wang;Yi Wang;Hongwen Tao;Xiaoping Peng

  • Aurantiomides A-C, quinazoline alkaloids from the sponge-derived fungus Penicillium aurantiogriseum SP0-19.

    Zhi Hong Xin;Yuchun Fang;Lin Du;Tianjiao Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles U. Pittman
Charles U. Pittman Mississippi State University

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