Qianbo Song, Sau Wan Cheng, Dan Li, Huiyuan Cheng, Yuen Sze Lai, Quan‐Bin Han, Hoi Yan Wu, Pang Chui Shaw, Zhong Zuo,
Gut microbiota has been reported to be closely associated with Type-II diabetes. Restoration of disordered gut microbiota ecosystem has been developed into a therapeutic strategy and gradually applied on Type-II diabetes treatment with both western drugs and herbal polysaccharides. Although Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharides (AMP) have also been used to treat Type-II diabetes, no study investigated correlations between gut microbiota regulation and its hypoglycemic effect. In the present study, ...
Tópico(s): Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Pharmacology
Shun Zhang, Shun‐Feng Jiang, Bao‐Cheng Huang, Xian-Cheng Shen, Wenjing Chen, Tianpei Zhou, Huiyuan Cheng, Bin-Hai Cheng, Changzheng Wu, Wen‐Wei Li, Hong Jiang, Han‐Qing Yu,
Tópico(s): Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
2020 - Nature Portfolio | Nature Sustainability
Xian-Cheng Shen, Dechang Li, Xiao-Feng Sima, Huiyuan Cheng, Hong Jiang,
Concerns regarding the release of microplastics (MPs) into the environment led us to explore the relationship between the different environmental factors and physicochemical properties of MPs, as well as the change of interaction between MPs and organic pollutants. In this study, the effects of environmental factors (ageing conditions), such as pH, temperature, ionic strength, ageing time, and humic acid (HA) concentration, on the characteristics of MPs and their adsorption toward tetracycline (TC) ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
2018 - Elsevier BV | Environmental Research
Mengmeng Hao, Shanshan Ding, Sabah Gaznaghi, Huiyuan Cheng, Lianzhou Wang,
Metal halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) not only share the common feature of quantum confinement effect found in traditional quantum dots but also exhibit favorable characteristics of perovskite materials, including defect tolerance and long exciton lifetime. Thanks to these merits, within ten years of research and development, perovskite quantum dot-based solar cells (PQDSCs) have attained a certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.1%, which is, however, still far below those of the market- ...
Tópico(s): Conducting polymers and applications
2024 - American Chemical Society | ACS Energy Letters
Guangping Lei, Guojun Xi, Zihan Liu, Qibin Li, Huiyuan Cheng, Hantao Liu,
Efficient capture and separation of CO2 from flue gas and natural gas are highly promising to reduce carbon emissions and promote fuel calorific value. Here, a novel adsorbent ([email protected]) for CO2 separation was synthesized by encapsulating 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrinato iron (III) chloride (FeTPPs) into the cages of Cu-BTC through an in-situ packaging strategy. Such strategy efficiently overcomes the shortcoming of pore clogging and leaching induced by incorporating guest ...
Tópico(s): Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
2023 - Elsevier BV | Chemical Engineering Journal
Guoyu Ding, Yifan Zheng, Xun Xiao, Huiyuan Cheng, Guodong Zhang, Yifeng Shi, Yuchuan Shao,
For perovskite solar cells (PSCs), passing environmental regulations requires a balance between toxicity and efficiency. Herein, we review the main sources of toxicity and their impact on PSC efficiency, and outline potential development directions for sustainable PSCs.
Tópico(s): Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
2022 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Huiyuan Cheng, Yaomiao Feng, Yu Fu, Yifan Zheng, Yuchuan Shao, Yang Bai,
This review analyses predominant pathways of non-radiative recombination losses in perovskite light-emitting diodes, followed by a summary of recent advances in reducing such losses as well as future directions toward the radiative limit.
Tópico(s): Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials
2022 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Tin-Long Wong, Lifeng Li, Jixia Zhang, Quanwei Zhang, Xueting Zhang, Lishuang Zhou, Hau-Yee Fung, Lei Feng, Huiyuan Cheng, Chuying Huo, Man Liu, Wan-Rong Bao, Wenjie Wu, Cheuk-Hei Lai, Su‐Ping Bai, Shaoping Nie, Pema‐Tenzin Puno, Clara Bik‐San Lau, Ping-Chung Leung, Quan‐Bin Han, Han-Dong Sun,
The backbone of Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide (DOP) was reported to be glucomannan. But the dispute continues due to the limitation of conventional analysis methods (e.g., the overlapped NMR signals). Herein, we describe an oligosaccharide sequencing analysis that successfully corrects the backbone to mannan. This analysis involves producing oligosaccharide fragments from mild acid hydrolysis of DOP followed by p-aminobenzoic ethyl ester (ABEE) derivatization. Then, a series of oligosaccharides ...
Tópico(s): Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
2022 - Elsevier BV | Food Hydrocolloids
Youli Yu, Huiyuan Cheng, Shu Wang, Mei Wei, Congyan Wang, Daolin Du,
Abstract Drought can affect the growth and soil enzyme activities of invasive alien plants (IAPs). It is imperative to evaluate the competitive advantage of IAPs compared with that of the native species and the activities of soil enzymes under drought. This study aimed to evaluate the competitive advantage of the IAP Amaranthus spinosus that originated from tropical America compared with the native Chinese species A. tricolor and the activities of soil enzymes under drought. A competitive co-culture ...
Tópico(s): Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
2022 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Plant Ecology
Wan-Rong Bao, Quanwei Zhang, Hongming Zheng, Lifeng Li, Man Liu, Huiyuan Cheng, Tin-Long Wong, Ge Zhang, Aiping Lü, Zhaoxiang Bian, Dik‐Lung Ma, Chung‐Hang Leung, Quan‐Bin Han,
Radix Astragali polysaccharide RAP has been reported to play a crucial role in hematopoiesis without a clear mechanism. In this study, RAP's effects to enhance the recovery of cyclophosphamide (Cy)-suppressed bone marrow and blood cells is confirmed in vivo first. Confocal micrographs demonstrated the interesting direct binding of FITC-RAP to hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in bone marrow. RAP protects both mice and human HSC in terms of cell morphology, proliferation, and apoptosis. RNA-sequencing ...
Tópico(s): Cancer Cells and Metastasis
2021 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Congyan Wang, Youli Yu, Huiyuan Cheng, Daolin Du,
Two invasive plant species (IPS) can co-invade the same plant community. As the number of IPS increases under the co-invasion of two IPS, plant taxonomic and functional diversity, community invasibility, community stability, invasion resistance, and invasion intensity and invasiveness of IPS and their interrelationships may be altered. This study aimed to quantify the contribution of plant taxonomic and functional diversity, community invasibility, community stability, and invasion intensity and ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2021 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Huiyuan Cheng, Xuemei Wu, Manman Feng, Xiangcun Li, Guangping Lei, Zihao Fan, Dongwei Pan, Fujun Cui, Gaohong He,
Developing diatomic catalysts (DACs) for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) has emerged as a promising leading-edge research area owing to their maximum atomic utility and more sophisticated functionalities. However, the proper design of DACs at an atomic level and an understanding of the synergistic mechanism of binary sites remain challenging. Herein, an N-rich carbon matrix with precisely controlled Ni/Cu dual sites is synthesized through the assistance of metal–organic frameworks. The as-prepared ...
Tópico(s): Ionic liquids properties and applications
2021 - American Chemical Society | ACS Catalysis
Huiyuan Cheng, Shu Wang, Mei Wei, Youli Yu, Congyan Wang,
Allelopathy of alien invasive plants (AIP) on plant germination performance is essential for their successful invasion. However, the allelopathy of AIP may be reformed or even strengthened under acid deposition. AIP in Asteraceae covers the uppermost number of AIP species at the family level presently in China. It is necessary to estimate the allelopathy of multiple Asteraceae AIP under acid deposition to address the mechanism driving their successful invasion, especially under acid deposition. However, ...
Tópico(s): Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
2021 - Springer Science+Business Media | Plant Ecology
Congyan Wang, Huiyuan Cheng, Shu Wang, Mei Wei, Daolin Du,
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) can negatively affect plant taxonomic diversity, community stability, and invasibility in the invaded habitats. This study aimed to assess the degree of influence of the IAP Solidago canadensis L. under various levels of invasion (i.e., light, moderate, and heavy invasion based on its relative abundance in the invaded communities) on plant taxonomic diversity, community stability, and invasibility. In addition, we determined the contribution of plant taxonomic diversity ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2021 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Huiyuan Cheng, Xuemei Wu, Xiangcun Li, Yayun Zhang, Manman Feng, Zihao Fan, Gaohong He,
Tópico(s): Covalent Organic Framework Applications
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Catalysis
Quanwei Zhang, Man Liu, Lifeng Li, Miaomiao Chen, Pema Tenzin Puno, Wan-Rong Bao, Hongming Zheng, Xin Wen, Huiyuan Cheng, Hau-Yee Fung, Tin-Long Wong, Zhongzhen Zhao, Aiping Lyu, Quan‐Bin Han, Han‐Dong Sun,
Cordyceps, one of the most expensive natural health supplements, is popularly used to modulate immune function. However, little is known regarding the underlying mechanism of its immunomodulatory activity. We newly reported a Cordyceps quality marker CCP (Mw 433.778 kDa) which was characterized as a 1,4-α glucan by chemical and spectral analysis and is able to induce significant immune responses of macrophages. Herein, we further investigated the molecular mechanism of CCP's immunomodulatory effects. ...
Tópico(s): Herbal Medicine Research Studies
2021 - Elsevier BV | Carbohydrate Polymers
Congyan Wang, Huiyuan Cheng, Mei Wei, Shu Wang, Bingde Wu, Daolin Du,
It is still debated whether invasive alien species (IAS) have superior functional traits, especially plant height and leaf size, than co-occurring native plant species (NPS). Meanwhile, as two important indicators affecting the competitiveness for sunlight acquisition, plant height and leaf size, which one is more important in affecting the successful invasion of IAS? Thus, it is vital to assess the differences in the functional trait between IAS and co-occurring NPS and the significance of plant ...
Tópico(s): Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
2021 - Elsevier BV | Urban forestry & urban greening
Manman Feng, Xuemei Wu, Huiyuan Cheng, Zihao Fan, Xiangcun Li, Fujun Cui, Shuai Fan, Yan Dai, Guangping Lei, Gaohong He,
A facile and scalable synthesis of N 4 Fe–CuN 3 diatomic sites on N-doped carbon frameworks. The CO Faraday efficiency is >95% at −0.4 to −1.1 V with an overpotential of 50 mV.
Tópico(s): Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
2021 - Royal Society of Chemistry | Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Mei Wei, Wang Shu, Bingde Wu, Huiyuan Cheng, Congyan Wang,
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Landscape and Ecological Engineering
Huiyuan Cheng, Xuemei Wu, Xiangcun Li, Xiaowa Nie, Shuai Fan, Manman Feng, Zihao Fan, Mingqian Tan, Yonggang Chen, Gaohong He,
Although considerable progress has been achieved by Cu nanoparticles for catalyzing CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), Cu single atom catalysts (Cu SACs) are generally suffered from inferior performance to that of widely investigated Fe, Co, Ni SACs. This phenomenon mainly ascribes to the lack of effective geometry and electronic engineering of copper active center from an atomic level. Herein, highly exposed atomically dispersed Cu-Nx (x denotes Cu–N coordination number) sites anchored on 3D porous carbon ...
Tópico(s): Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
2020 - Elsevier BV | Chemical Engineering Journal
Ruimin Wu, Bingde Wu, Huiyuan Cheng, Wang Shu, Mei Wei, Congyan Wang,
Invasive alien species (IAS) can distinctly inhibit seed germination and seedling growth performance (SGeSGrP) of indigenous species via the allelopathy.The progressively increased drought stress can potentially affect the allelopathy of IAS.Thus, it is significant to illustrate the allelopathy of IAS on SGeSGrP of indigenous species under drought stress to obtain a deeper elucidation for the main driving mechanism attributed to the successful invasion.This study attempts to identify the allelopathy ...
Tópico(s): Plant tissue culture and regeneration
2020 - HARD Publishing Company | Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
Wang Shu, Huiyuan Cheng, Mei Wei, Bingde Wu, Congyan Wang,
A variety of invasive alien species (IAS) can trigger distinct allelopathy on the seed germination and seedling growth (SGeSGr) of native plant species (NPS) mainly through the released allelochemicals. However, the decomposition process of IAS litters may affect their allelopathy on SGeSGr of NPS because part of the allelochemicals will be released during the litter decomposition process, especially under heavy metal pollution. This study focuses on the impacts of the litter decomposition process ...
Tópico(s): Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
2020 - Taylor & Francis | International Journal of Phytoremediation
Lifeng Li, Tin-Long Wong, Jixia Zhang, Lishuang Zhou, Su‐Ping Bai, Hau-Yee Fung, Huiyuan Cheng, Quanwei Zhang, Hongming Zheng, Wan-Rong Bao, Dik‐Lung Ma, Chung‐Hang Leung, Ge Zhang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Aiping Lyu, Quan‐Bin Han,
Polysaccharides have broad bioactivities and are major components of water decoction of herb formulae. However, the quality control of polysaccharides remains a challenge. Oligosaccharide-fragment approach has been considered in elucidating chemical structures of polysaccharides, but never been used for quantitation. Using reference chemicals and a real sample Danggui Buxue Tang (DBT) in this study, an oligosaccharide-marker approach was established to quantify specific polysaccharides. Firstly, ...
Tópico(s): Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Congyan Wang, Huiyuan Cheng, Bingde Wu, Kun Jiang, Shu Wang, Mei Wei, Daolin Du,
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2020 - Elsevier BV | Ecological Engineering
Shu Wang, Mei Wei, Huiyuan Cheng, Bingde Wu, Daolin Du, Congyan Wang,
The functional similarity between indigenous plant species (IPS) and invasive alien species (IAS) governs the invasion process of successful IAS because IPS and coexisting IAS suffer alike or even same ecological selection pressures. The aggravated condition created by heavy metal pollution (HMP) and drought stress may generate a noticeable impact on the invasive competitiveness and invasion process of IAS possibly via the variations in the functional similarity between IPS and IAS. Consequently, it ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2020 - Elsevier BV | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Huiyuan Cheng, Bingde Wu, Mei Wei, Shu Wang, Xinshan Rong, Daolin Du, Congyan Wang,
The alpine grassland ecosystems in Northern Tibet is seriously degraded. The condition of the degraded alpine grassland ecosystems in Northern Tibet (DAGENT) triggers a serious threat to environmental health and ecological safety of the local society. Thus, restoring DAGENT is a pressing task presently to sustain social stability and sustainable development. Soil microorganisms act a vital role in the structure and function execution of ecosystems. Further, bacteria are sensitive to external disturbances. ...
Tópico(s): Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
2020 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Congyan Wang, Mei Wei, Shu Wang, Bingde Wu, Huiyuan Cheng,
The successful invasion of one invasive alien plant (IAP) can generate a favorable habitat in the invaded communities that beneficial to the successful invasion of the subsequent IAP. Advanced variations in the species number of IAP have the potential to alter the functional similarity and dissimilarity between IAP and co-existing native plant species (NPS), plant taxonomic diversity, plant functional diversity, community stability, and community invasibility. This study aims to evaluate the effects ...
Tópico(s): Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
2020 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Quansheng Chen, Weiguang Wu, Shanshan Qi, Huiyuan Cheng, Q. Li, Ran Qin, Zhicong Dai, Dandan Du, Suhelen Egan, Torsten Thomas,
Journal of Applied MicrobiologyVolume 130, Issue 2 p. 582-591 SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve the growth and disease resistance of the invasive plant Wedelia trilobata Q. Chen, Q. Chen School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorW.-W. Wu, W.-W. Wu School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorS.-S. Qi, S.- ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2019 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Applied Microbiology
Wang Shu, Mei Wei, Bingde Wu, Huiyuan Cheng, Congyan Wang,
Allelopathy of invasive alien species on seed germination and seedling growth (SGerSGro) of coexisting plant species play a critical role in their effective invasion. Currently, atmospheric nitrogen deposition and heavy metal pollution has become more and more serious globally. Significant changes may occur for the allelopathy of invasive alien species on SGerSGro of coexisting plant species under the increasing nitrogen deposition and heavy metal stress. This study aims to evaluate the allelopathy ...
Tópico(s): Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
2019 - Elsevier BV | Scientia Horticulturae
Guangping Lei, Huiyuan Cheng, Hantao Liu, Wenji Rao,
Tópico(s): Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
2016 - Elsevier BV | Materials Letters