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Overview

Zongwei Cai is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China, focusing on research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, and Pollution.

The research topics addressed by Zongwei Cai cover a broad range of environmental and biochemical concerns. Key areas of study include:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Zongwei Cai has frequently published in several notable scientific venues. These include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chinese Chemical Letters

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, suggesting significant teamwork and contribution across multiple projects. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Zian Lin
  • Guodong Cao
  • Lin Zhu
  • Zhu Yang
  • Zenghua Qi

Recent publications reflect the scope and impact of Zongwei Cai's research. Selected recent papers include:

  • New Evidence of Rubber-Derived Quinones in Water, Air, and Soil, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective, 2024, The Innovation
  • Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity of microplastics in the human body and health implications, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Metabolomics Reveal Nanoplastic-Induced Mitochondrial Damage in Human Liver and Lung Cells, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system, 2021, Cell

Best Publications

  • Adsorption mechanisms of five bisphenol analogues on PVC microplastics.

    Pengfei Wu;Zongwei Cai;Hangbiao Jin;Yuanyuan Tang

  • Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at Guiyu, southeast China

    Anna Oi Wah Leung;Zongwei Cai;Ming Hung Wong

  • Acetate functions as an epigenetic metabolite to promote lipid synthesis under hypoxia.

    Xue Gao;Shuhai Lin;Shuhai Lin;Feng Ren;Jin Tao Li

  • Study on the photocatalytic mechanism and detoxicity of gemfibrozil by a sunlight-driven TiO2/carbon dots photocatalyst: The significant roles of reactive oxygen species

    Ping Chen;Fengliang Wang;Zhi Feng Chen;Qianxin Zhang

  • A simultaneous redox, alkylation, self-assembly reaction under solvothermal conditions afforded a luminescent copper(I) chain polymer constructed of Cu3I4- and EtS-4-C5H4N+Et components (Et = CH3CH2).

    Jian Kai Cheng;Yuan Gen Yao;Jian Zhang;Zhao Ji Li

  • Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil and sediment from an electronic waste recycling facility.

    Dongli Wang;Zongwei Cai;Guibin Jiang;Anna Leung

  • Analytical chemistry of the persistent organic pollutants identified in the Stockholm Convention: A review

    Weiguang Xu;Xian Wang;Xian Wang;Zongwei Cai

  • The angiosuppressive effects of 20(R)- ginsenoside Rg3.

    Patrick Y K Yue;Daisy Y.L. Wong;P. K. Wu;P. Y. Leung

  • Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system.

    Man Lung Yeung;Jade Lee Lee Teng;Lilong Jia;Chaoyu Zhang

  • Spatial-temporal distribution of microplastics in surface water and sediments of Maozhou River within Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

    Pengfei Wu;Yuanyuan Tang;Miao Dang;Siqing Wang

  • Transketolase counteracts oxidative stress to drive cancer development

    Iris Ming Jing Xu;Robin Kit Ho Lai;Shuhai Lin;Aki Pui Wah Tse

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish and sediment from river polluted by electronic waste.

    Qian Luo;Zong Wei Cai;Ming Hung Wong

  • Occurrence and Partitioning of Bisphenol Analogues in Adults’ Blood from China

    Hangbiao Jin;Jing Zhu;Zhongjian Chen;Yanjun Hong

  • An enzyme–inorganic hybrid nanoflower based immobilized enzyme reactor with enhanced enzymatic activity

    Yuqing Yin;Yun Xiao;Guo Lin;Qi Xiao

  • Room-temperature synthesis of core–shell structured magnetic covalent organic frameworks for efficient enrichment of peptides and simultaneous exclusion of proteins

    Guo Lin;Chaohong Gao;Qiong Zheng;Zhixian Lei

  • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: Targeting the crosstalk between gut microbiota and brain in neurodegenerative disorders.

    Hemi Luan;Xian Wang;Zongwei Cai

  • statTarget: A streamlined tool for signal drift correction and interpretations of quantitative mass spectrometry-based omics data

    Hemi Luan;Fenfen Ji;Yu Chen;Zongwei Cai

  • Effect of ambient PM(2.5) on lung mitochondrial damage and fusion/fission gene expression in rats.

    Ruijin Li;Xiaojing Kou;Hong Geng;Jingfang Xie

  • Comparison on gestation and lactation exposure of perfluorinated compounds for newborns

    Jiaying Liu;Jingguang Li;Jingguang Li;Yong Liu;Hing Man Chan

  • p-Phenylenediamine Antioxidants in PM2.5: The Underestimated Urban Air Pollutants.

    Yanhao Zhang;Caihong Xu;Wenfen Zhang;Zenghua Qi;Zenghua Qi

  • Degradation of indometacin by simulated sunlight activated CDs-loaded BiPO4 photocatalyst: Roles of oxidative species

    Qianxin Zhang;Ping Chen;Meihui Zhuo;Fengliang Wang

  • Synthesis and near-infrared luminescence of 3d-4f bi-metallic Schiff base complexes

    Wai Kwok Wong;Hongze Liang;Wai Yeung Wong;Zongwei Cai

  • Erratum to: Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at Guiyu, southeast China

    Anna Leung;Zong Wei Cai;Ming Hung Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Minghua Lu
Minghua Lu Henan University
Zian Lin
Zian Lin Fuzhou University
Guonan Chen
Guonan Chen Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Chuan Dong
Chuan Dong Shanxi University
Guibin Jiang
Guibin Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenyu Lin
Zhenyu Lin Fuzhou University
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Zhi-Hong Jiang
Zhi-Hong Jiang Macau University of Science and Technology
Bin Qiu
Bin Qiu Fuzhou University
Yuyang Jiang
Yuyang Jiang Tsinghua University

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