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Xing-Cong Li is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Genetics, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
  • Heat shock proteins research

Frequent co-authors associated with their work include:

  • Ikhlas A. Khan
  • Mei Wang
  • Pradeep Paudel
  • Farhan Mahmood Shah
  • Abbas Alı

The scientist has published extensively in several academic journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Molecules
  • mSphere
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Insects

Recent publications include:

  • "Puupehenone, a Marine-Sponge-Derived Sesquiterpene Quinone, Potentiates the Antifungal Drug Caspofungin by Disrupting Hsp90 Activity and the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway," 2020, mSphere
  • "Thiol-Chromene "Click" Reaction-Activated Chemiluminescent Probe for Thiol Detection In Vitro and In Vivo," 2023, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Repellency of Carvacrol, Thymol, and Their Acetates against Imported Fire Ants," 2023, Insects
  • "Chemometrics-Assisted Identification of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds from the Green Alga Klebsormidium flaccidum var. zivo," 2020, Molecules
  • "Molecular Targets of Cannabinoids Associated with Depression," 2021, Current Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Antifungal activity of C-27 steroidal saponins

    Chong-Ren Yang;Ying Zhang;Melissa R. Jacob;Shabana I. Khan

  • Structure and Biosynthesis of Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF), a Broad-Spectrum Antimycotic with a Novel Mode of Action

    Fengan Yu;Kathia Zaleta-Rivera;Xiangcheng Zhu;Justin Huffman

  • Determination of Absolute Configuration of Natural Products: Theoretical Calculation of Electronic Circular Dichroism as a Tool.

    Xing-Cong Li;Daneel Ferreira;Yuanqing Ding

  • Antioxidant activity of the dihydrochalcones aspalathin and nothofagin and their corresponding flavones in relation to other rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) flavonoids, Epigallocatechin gallate, and Trolox.

    Petra W Snijman;Elizabeth Joubert;Daneel Ferreira;Xing-Cong Li

  • Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors from Plants: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and SAR Studies

    Xing-Cong Li;Alpana S. Joshi;Hala N. Elsohly;Shabana I. Khan

  • NMR assignments of ellagic acid derivatives

    Xing-Cong Li;Hala N. Elsohly;Charles D. Hufford;Alice M. Clark

  • Theoretical calculation of electronic circular dichroism of the rotationally restricted 3,8''-biflavonoid morelloflavone.

    Yuanqing Ding;Xing-Cong Li;Daneel Ferreira

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 activation by (-)-epicatechin gallate: potential adverse effects of cancer chemoprevention with high-dose green tea extracts.

    Yu-Dong Zhou;Yong-Pil Kim;Xing-Cong Li;Scott R. Baerson

  • Oligomeric proanthocyanidins: naturally occurring O-heterocycles (January 1996 to December 1998)

    Daneel Ferreira;Xing-Cong Li

  • Steroid saponins from Polygonatum kingianum.

    Xing-Cong Li;Chong-Ren Yang;M. Ichikawa;M. Ichikawa;H. Matsuura;H. Matsuura

  • Antimicrobial and antiparasitic (+)-trans-hexahydrodibenzopyrans and analogues from Machaerium multiflorum.

    Ilias Muhammad;Xing-Cong Li;Melissa R. Jacob;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Synthesis, antifungal activity, and structure-activity relationships of coruscanone A analogues.

    K. Suresh Babu;Xing-Cong Li;Melissa R. Jacob;Qifeng Zhang

  • Automated high-throughput system to fractionate plant natural products for drug discovery.

    Ying Tu;Cynthia Jeffries;Hong Ruan;Cynthia Nelson

  • Potent In Vitro Antifungal Activities of Naturally Occurring Acetylenic Acids

    Xing-Cong Li;Melissa R. Jacob;Shabana I. Khan;M. Khalid Ashfaq

  • Antimalarial (+)-trans-hexahydrodibenzopyran derivatives from Machaerium multiflorum.

    I Muhammad;X C Li;D C Dunbar;M A ElSohly

  • Reversal of fluconazole resistance by sulfated sterols from the marine sponge Topsentia sp.

    Jessica A. DiGirolamo;Xing-Cong Li;Melissa R. Jacob;Alice M. Clark

  • Absolute configuration, conformation, and chiral properties of flavanone-(3→8″)-flavone biflavonoids from Rheedia acuminata

    Xing-Cong Li;Alpana S Joshi;Bo Tan;Hala N ElSohly

  • Cycloartane glycosides from Sutherlandia frutescens.

    Xiang Fu;Xing-Cong Li;Troy J. Smillie;Paulo Carvalho

  • Anti-infective discorhabdins from a deep-water alaskan sponge of the genus Latrunculia.

    MinKyun Na;Yuanqing Ding;Bin Wang;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Furanonaphthoquinones, atraric acid and a benzofuran from the stem barks of Newbouldia laevis

    Rainer Gormann;Maki Kaloga;Xing-Cong Li;Daneel Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikhlas A. Khan
Ikhlas A. Khan University of Mississippi
Shabana I. Khan
Shabana I. Khan University of Mississippi
Larry A. Walker
Larry A. Walker University of Mississippi
Babu L. Tekwani
Babu L. Tekwani Southern Research Institute
Daneel Ferreira
Daneel Ferreira University of Mississippi
Ryoji Kasai
Ryoji Kasai Hiroshima University
Dong Wang
Dong Wang Peking University
Samir A. Ross
Samir A. Ross University of Mississippi
Jordan K. Zjawiony
Jordan K. Zjawiony University of Mississippi
Kazuo Yamasaki
Kazuo Yamasaki Hiroshima University

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