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Dr. Mei Sun

- Verified email at hku.hk - Cited by 19782

Mei Sun

- Verified email at uncc.edu - Cited by 1938

Mechanism of action of camptothecin

…, SD Desai, TKUN LI, Y Mao, MEI Sun… - Annals of the New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Camptothecin (CPT) class of compounds has been demonstrated to be effective against a
broad spectrum of tumors. Their molecular target has been firmly established to be human …

PFAS exposure pathways for humans and wildlife: a synthesis of current knowledge and key gaps in understanding

…, B Kelly, C Ng, A Robuck, M Sun… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize current understanding of the magnitudes and methods for assessing human
and wildlife exposures to poly‐ and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Most human exposure …

Characterization and application of betalain pigments from plants of the Amaranthaceae

YZ Cai, M Sun, H Corke - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2005 - Elsevier
The colored vegetative tissues of plants in the family Amaranthaceae contain various
betalain pigments and are often produced in high biomass, and therefore, attract interest as …

Antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds of 112 traditional Chinese medicinal plants associated with anticancer

Y Cai, Q Luo, M Sun, H Corke - Life sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
Cancer prevention and treatment using traditional Chinese medicines have attracted
increasing interest. This study characterizes antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds of …

Antioxidant capacity of 26 spice extracts and characterization of their phenolic constituents

B Shan, YZ Cai, M Sun, H Corke - Journal of agricultural and food …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Total equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and phenolic content of 26 common spice
extracts from 12 botanical families were investigated. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of …

Structure–radical scavenging activity relationships of phenolic compounds from traditional Chinese medicinal plants

YZ Cai, M Sun, J Xing, Q Luo, H Corke - Life sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
Traditional Chinese medicinal plants associated with anticancer contain a wide variety of
natural phenolic compounds with various structural features and possessing widely differing …

Bif-1 interacts with Beclin 1 through UVRAG and regulates autophagy and tumorigenesis

…, D Coppola, N Matsushita, HD Cualing, M Sun… - Nature cell …, 2007 - nature.com
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved 'self-eating' process. Although the genes essential
for autophagy (named Atg) have been identified in yeast, the molecular mechanism of how …

Antioxidant activity of betalains from plants of the Amaranthaceae

Y Cai, M Sun, H Corke - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
Antioxidant activity of betalain pigments (seven pure compounds and four combined fractions)
from plants of the family Amaranthaceae was evaluated using the modified DPPH • (1,1-…

Systematic evaluation of natural phenolic antioxidants from 133 Indian medicinal plants

S Surveswaran, YZ Cai, H Corke, M Sun - Food chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Total antioxidant capacities of 133 Indian medicinal plant species sampled from 64 families
were assessed by ABTS, DPPH and FRAP assays, and their total phenolic contents …

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects and antioxidant activity of fruit extracts from Lycium barbarum

Q Luo, Y Cai, J Yan, M Sun, H Corke - Life sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
The hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Lycium barbarum fruit water decoction,
crude polysaccharide extracts (crude LBP), and purified polysaccharide fractions (LBP-X) in …