摘要
Hong-Xi Xu Prof.Hong-Xi Xu has been actively involved in natural products research in various institutions in China,Japan,Singapore,and Canada.He has been appointed as a distinguished professor of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine since 2011 and is currently the Honorable Dean of the School of Pharmacy.In recognition of his achievements,Prof.Xu was selected as a“Specially-Appointed Professor of Shanghai”.He has published more than 350 SCI papers.His H index is 68 and i10-index is 257.His current research interests are focused on new drug discovery from natural resources,as well as the development of botanical dietary supplements from herbal medicines.Specifically,he is interested in finding natural lead compounds from medicinal plants and in developing new drug based on Chinese medicines against different disease targets such as cancer,HSV,and metabolic diseases.He applies multiple assay models targeting cell death(e.g.apoptosis,autophagy),metastasis,and quiescent cell recurrence to screen for anti-cancer natural compounds.With state-of-the-art technologies,he investigates the in vitro and in vivo mechanisms of action of the novel compounds from medicinal plants.
