Cheng Yongxian
Professor
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemisty
Kunming Institute of Botany
China
Biography
CHENG Yongxian, Professor of phytochemistry. Major research interests are to unveil the therapeutic basis of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) using oriented screening strategy guided by TCM theory, and to understand WHAT substances are responsible for the function and therapeutic indications of TCM and HOW they work alone or together. The favorite direction is chronic renal diseases including diabetic nephropathy and organ fibrosis, brain-related disorders including anxiety, learning and memory
Research Interest
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Publications
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Yan YM, Fang P, Yang MT, Li N, Lu Q, Cheng YX. Anti-diabetic nephropathy compounds from Cinnamomum cassia. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 2015 May 13;165:141-7.
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Luo Q, Tian L, Di L, Yan YM, Wei XY, Wang XF, Cheng YX. (±)-Sinensilactam A, a pair of rare hybrid metabolites with Smad3 phosphorylation inhibition from Ganoderma sinensis. Organic letters. 2015 Mar 6;17(6):1565-8.
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Ai J, Nie J, He J, Guo Q, Li M, Lei Y, Liu Y, Zhou Z, Zhu F, Liang M, Cheng Y. GQ5 Hinders Renal Fibrosis in Obstructive Nephropathy by Selectively Inhibiting TGF-β–Induced Smad3 Phosphorylation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2015 Aug 1;26(8):1827-38.
