Expertise at Chang Gung System

Leu, Yann-Lii ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Associate professor
Department: Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
Address: No.259, Wen-Hwa 1st Rd., Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-2118800#5524 Fax: +886-3-2118236
E-mail: ylleu@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Natural Products Chemistry
Fulltime Employment:
Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University

Education:
Ph.D. Graduate Institute of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 1994-1998

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Yann-Lii Leu*, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yu-Ming Chung and Pao-Yun Hong “The Inhibition of Superoxide Anion Generation in Human Neutrophils by Viscum coloratum” Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 54, 1063-1066 (2006)
  2. Yann-Lii Leu, Ya Wen Chen, Ching Yao Yang, Chun Fa Huang , Guan Hong Lin , Keh Sung Tsai , Rong Sen Yang, Shing Hwa Liu, “Extract isolated from Angelica hirsutiflora with insulin secretagogue activity.” Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 123, 208-212 (2009)
  3. Yu-Ming Chung, Yu-Hsuan Lan, Tsong-Long Hwang and Yann-Lii Leu *, “Anti- Inflammatory and Antioxidant Components from Hygroryza aristata” Molecules, 16, 1917-1927 (2011)
  4. Guan-Jhong Huang1, M. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy1, Ping-Chung Kuo, Chieh-Hung Huang, Hung-Cheng Shih, E-Jian Lee, Mei-Lin Yang, Yann-Lii Leu1, Tian-Shung Wu*. “A concise synthesis of viscolin, and its anti-inflammatory effects through the suppression of iNOS, COX-2, ERK phosphorylation and proinflammatory cytokines expressions” European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 48, 371-378 (2012)
  5. Po-Hsiang Wang1, Yann-Lii Leu1, Wael Ismail, Sen-Lin Tang, Ching-Yen Tsai, Hsing-Ju Chen, Ann-Tee Kao, Yin-Ru Chiang, “The Anaerobic and Aerobic Cleavage of the Steroid Core Ring Structure by Steroidobacter denitrificans” Journal of Lipid Research, 54, 1493-1504 (2013)

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