Huang Dejian

Research Interests

• Chemical principles of food bioactive constituents including dietary antioxidants, starch hydrolase inhibitors, induced phytoalexins, proanthocyanidins, natural products with anti-aging property, functional food for controlling postprandial hyperglycemia. Dietary organosulfides as slow H2S donors for health promotion.
• Luminescent molecular and nanoprobes for sensing of reactive oxygen species of biological and environmental concerns (NO2, NO, SO2, ClO-, H2O2, 1O2)
• Plant proteins as biomaterials for 3D bioprinting of scaffolds for 3D cell culture and biomedical applications

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Indiana University Bloomington (1994 — 1999)
• Master's Degree Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1987 — 1990)
• B.S. Fujian Normal University (1983 — 1987)

Publications

• Lu Y, Wang X, Pu H, Lin Y, Li D, Liu SQ, Huang D. 2020. Moringin and Its Structural Analogues as Slow H2S Donors: Their Mechanisms and Bioactivity. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 68(27):7235-7245.
• Zhou F, Guo J, Han X, Gao Y, Chen Q, Huang W, Zhan J, Huang D, You Y. 2020. Cranberry Polyphenolic Extract Exhibits an Antiobesity Effect on High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice through Increased Thermogenesis. The Journal of Nutrition. 150(8):2131-2138
• Zhang Y, Yang X, Tang H, Liang D, Wu J, Huang D. 2020. Pyrenediones as versatile photocatalysts for oxygenation reactions with: In situ generation of hydrogen peroxide under visible light. Green Chemistry. 22(1):22-27.
• Lin Y, Yang X, Lu Y, Liang D, Huang D. 2019. Isothiocyanates as H2S Donors Triggered by Cysteine: Reaction Mechanism and Structure and Activity Relationship. Organic Letters. 21(15):5977-5980.
• Yang X, Wang T, Guo J, Sun M, Wong MW, Huang D. 2019. Dietary Flavonoids Scavenge Hypochlorous Acid via Chlorination on A- and C-Rings as Primary Reaction Sites: Structure and Reactivity Relationship. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 67(15):4346-4354.
• Sun M, Yang X, Zhang Y, Wang S, Wong MW, Ni R, Huang D. 2019. Rapid and Visual Detection and Quantitation of Ethylene Released from Ripening Fruits: The New Use of Grubbs Catalyst. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 67(1):507-513.
• Liang D, Zhang Y, Wu Z, Chen YJ, Yang X, Sun M, Ni R, Bian J, Huang D. 2018. A near infrared singlet oxygen probe and its applications in in vivo imaging and measurement of singlet oxygen quenching activity of flavonoids. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 266:645-654.
• Jing L, Wang X, Liu H, Lu Y, Bian J, Sun J, Huang D. 2018. Zein Increases the Cytoaffinity and Biodegradability of Scaffolds 3D-Printed with Zein and Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) Composite Ink. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(22):18551-18559
• Lehnhardt F, Liang D, Chen Q, Tocmo R, Rychlik M, Huang D. 2017. Effects of S-allyl glutathione disulphide and vinyl-dithiin isomers from garlic on the chronological lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Functional Foods. 37:650-657.
• Liang D, Bian J, Deng L-W, Huang D. 2017. Cyclic polysulphide 1,2,4-trithiolane from stinky bean (Parkia speciosa seeds) is a slow releasing hydrogen sulphide (H2S) donor. Journal of Functional Foods. 35:197-204.
• Tocmo R, Liang D, Lin Y, Huang D. 2015. Chemical and Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying the Cardioprotective Roles of Dietary Organopolysulfides. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2
• Yan Y, Krishnakumar S, Yu H, Ramishetti S, Deng L-W, Wang S, Huang L, Huang D. 2013. Nickel(II) Dithiocarbamate Complexes Containing Sulforhodamine B as Fluorescent Probes for Selective Detection of Nitrogen Dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(14):5312-5315.
• Quek Y-L, Tan C-H, Bian J, Huang D. 2011. Air Oxidation of HS- Catalyzed by An Mixed-Valence Diruthenium Complex, an Near-IR Probe for HS- Detection. Inorganic Chemistry. 50(16):7379-7381.