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Journal Publications

  1. Tzu-Yi Ke, Shih-Wei Wang, Shu-Rong Chen, Dong-Ming Huang, Yun-Sheng Lin, Tsong-Long Hwang, Wen-Chun Sun, and Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Alkaloids and Polyacetylenes from Hippobroma longiflora with Antiangiogenesis Properties”, J. Nat. Prod. 2023, XXX, XXX-XXX. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00853

  2. Shu-Rong Chen, Yih-Fung Chen, Jue-Jun Lin, Tzu-Yi Ke, Yun‐Sheng Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “2,6-Disubstituted Piperidine Alkaloids with Neuroprotective Activity from Hippobroma longiflora”, Planta Med. 2023, 89, 308–315.

  3. Shu-Rong Chen, Shih-Wei Wang, Ching-Yeu Chen, Tzu-Yi Ke, Jue-Jun Lin, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yi-Ting Huang, Yu-Ching Huang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Additional Azaphilones from the Marine Algae-Derived Fungus Penicillium sclerotiorum with Anti-angiogenic Activity”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2023, 96, 1–7.

  4. Pin-Wei Chen, Sheng-Kai Huang, Wen-Cheng Chou, Fang-Rong Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Hui-Chun Wang*, “Severinia buxifolia-isolated acridones inhibit lung cancer invasion and decrease HIFα protein synthesis involving 5’UTR-mediated translation inhibition”, Phytomedicine 2023, 109, 154570.

  5. Minh Tuyet Thi Nguyen,†, I-Chi Hsu,†, Hui-Kang Liu, Yu-Chi Lin, Shu-Rong Chen, Fang-Rong Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Components with Anti-Diabetic Activity Isolated from the Leaves and Twigs of Glycosmis pentaphylla Collected in Vietnam”, Pharmaceuticals 2022, 15, 1543.

  6. Jun-Ping Shiau†, Ya-Ting Chuang†, Jen-Yang Tang, Shu-Rong Chen, Ming-Feng Hou, Jiiang-Huei Jeng, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Antiproliferation Effects of Marine-Sponge-Derived Methanol Extract of Theonella swinhoei in Oral Cancer Cells in vitro”, Antioxidants 2022, 11, 1982.

  7. Hao-Chun Hu, Szu-Yin Yu, Xiao-Shan Hung, Chun-Han Su, Yu-Liang Yang, Chien-Kei Wei, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yang-Chang Wu, Chia-Hung Yen, Tsong-Long Hwang, Shu-Li Chen, Istvan Szatmari, Attila Hunyadi, Yi-Hong Tsai*, Fang-Rong Chang*, Composition decipherment of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang and its potential on COVID-19 symptom amelioration and in silico prediction of SARS-CoV-2 interference”, J. Food Drug Anal. 2022, 30, 440–452.

  8. Wangta Liu, Yin-Yin Hsu, Jen-Yang Tang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ya-Ting Chuang, Jiiang-Huei Jeng, Chia-Hung Yen*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Methanol Extract of Commelina Plant Inhibits Oral Cancer Cell Proliferation”, Antioxidants 2022, 11, 1813.

  9. Yin-Yin Hsu†, Ya-Ting Chuang†, Ching-Yu Yen, Ming-Ya Cheng, Ching-Yeu Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng,* Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Methanol Extract of Clavularia inflata Exerts Apoptosis and DNA Damage to Oral Cancer CellsAntioxidants 2022, 11, 1777.

  10. Tzu-Jung Yu, Ching-Yu Yen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Hung Yen, Jiiang-Huei Jeng, Jen-Yang Tang,* Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Physapruin A Enhances DNA Damage and Inhibits DNA Repair to Suppress Oral Cancer Cell ProliferationInt. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 8839.

  11. Tzu-Jung Yu, Jun-Ping Shiau, Jen-Yang Tang, Chia-Hung Yen, Ming-Feng Hou, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chih-Wen Shu,* Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Physapruin A Induces Reactive Oxygen Species to Trigger Cytoprotective Autophagy of Breast Cancer CellsAntioxidants 202211, 1352.

  12. Yi Chen, Chao-Kuei Lee*, Chun-Ta Wang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Shie-Chang Jeng*, High-accuracy circular dichroism measurement using a liquid crystal polarization grating”, Opt. Lasers Eng. 2022, 158, 107181.

  13. Mai-Truc Pham, Shu-Rong Chen, Suh-Yuen Liang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Hsiao-Ching Lin*, Biosynthesis of Piperazine-Derived Diazabicyclic Alkaloids Involves a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase and Subsequent Tailoring by a Multifunctional Cytochrome P450 EnzymeOrg. Lett. 202264, 4064–4069.

  14. Shu-Rong Chen, Yih-Fung Chen, Jue-Jun Lin, Tzu-Yi Ke, Yun‐Sheng Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, 2,6-Disubstituted Piperidine Alkaloids with Neuroprotective Activity from Hippobroma longiflora, Planta Med. 2022, Jun. (Accepted)

  15. Jun-Ping Shiau†, Ya-Ting Chuang†, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jen-Yang Tang, Ming-Feng Hou, Ching-Yu Yen* and Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Impacts of Oxidative Stress and PI3K/AKT/mTOR on Metabolism and the Future Direction of Investigating Fucoidan-Modulated Metabolism”, Antioxidants 2022, 11, 911.

  16. Jen-Yang Tang,† Yuan-Bin Cheng,† Ya-Ting Chuang, Kun-Han Yang, Fang-Rong Chang, Wangta Liu,* Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Oxidative Stress and AKT-Associated Angiogenesis in a Zebrafish Model and Its Potential Application for Withanolides”, Cells 2022, 11, 961.

  17. Kuan-Hua Lin, Yu-Chi Lin, Chiung-Yao Huang, Yen-Ju Tseng, Shu-Rong Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tsong-Long Hwang, Sheng-Yang Wang, Hsing-Yin Chen, Chang-Feng Dai, Jyh-Horng Sheu*, Cembranoid-related diterpenes, novel secoditerpenes, and an unusual bisditerpene from a Formosan soft coral Sarcophyton tortuosum”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 2774–2783.

  18. Ghada Mahmoud Abdelwahab*, Amira Mira, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tarek A. Abdelaziz, Mohamed Farid I. Lahloub, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Acetylcholine esterase inhibitory activity of green synthesized nanosilver by naphthopyrones isolated from marine-derived Aspergillus nigerPLoS ONE, 2021, 16, e0257071.

  19. Hui-Chun Wang, Tzu-Yi Ke, Ya-Chen Ko, Jue-Jun Lin, Jui-Sheng Chang, and Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Anti-Inflammatory Azaphilones from the Edible Alga-Derived Fungus Penicillium sclerotiorum, Mar. Drugs 202119, 529.

  20. Wangta Liu, Li-Ching Lin, Pei-Ju Wang, Yan-Ning Chen, Sheng-Chieh Wang, Ya-Ting Chuang, I-Hsuan Tsai, Szu-Yin Yu, Fang-Rong Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Li-Chen Huang, Ming-Yii Huang*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*,  Nepenthes Ethyl Acetate Extract Provides Oxidative Stress-Dependent Anti-Leukemia Effects, Antioxidants 2021, 10, 1410.

  21. Kun-Han Yang, Jen-Yang Tang, Yan-Ning Chen, Ya-Ting Chuang, I-Hsuan Tsai, Chien-Chih Chiu, Li-Jie Li, Tsu-Ming Chien, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Fang-Rong Chang, Ching-Yu Yen*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, Nepenthes Extract Induces Selective Killing, Necrosis, and Apoptosis in Oral Cancer CellsJ. Pers. Med. 202111, 871.

  22. Sheng-Yao Peng, Li-Ching Lin, Shu-Rong Chen, Ammad A. Farooqi, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jen-Yang Tang*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Pomegranate Extract (POMx) Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis of Oral Cancer Cells ”, Antioxidants (Basel) 2021, 10, 1117.

  23. Shu-Rong Chen, Shih-Wei Wang, Yu-Chi Lin, Chen-Lin Yu, Juei-Yu Yen, Yih-Fung Chen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Additional alkaloids from Zoanthus vietnamensis with neuroprotective and anti-angiogenic effects ”, Bioorg. Chem. 2021, 109, 104700.

  24. Tzu‐Jung Yu†, Yuan‐Bin Cheng†, Li‐Ching Lin, Yi‐Hong Tsai, Bo‐Yi Yao, Jen‐Yang Tang, Fang‐Rong Chang, Chia‐Hung Yen, Fu Ou‐Yang,* Hsueh‐Wei Chang*, “Physalis peruviana‐Derived Physapruin A (PHA) Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Induces Oxidative‐Stress‐Mediated Apoptosis and DNA Damage”, Antioxidants 202110, 393.

  25. Ching-Chieh Kao, Po-Hsiung Kung, Chi-Jung Tai, Meng-Chun Tsai, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chin-Chung Wu*, “​​Juglone prevents human platelet aggregation through inhibiting Akt and protein disulfide isomerase”, Phytomedicine 2021, 82, 153449.

  26. Yu-Chi Lin, Yi-Jen Chen, Shu-Rong Chen, Wan-Ju Lien, Hsueh-Wei Chang, Yu-Liang Yang, Chia-Ching Liaw, Jui-Hsin Su, Ching-Yeu Chen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Targeted isolation of xenicane diterpenoids from Taiwanese soft coral Asterospicularia lauraeMar. Drugs 2021, 19, 123.

  27. Tzu-Yin Huang, Chiung-Yao Huang, Shu-Rong Chen, Jing-Ru Weng, Tzu-Hsuan Tu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Shih-Hsiung Wu, Jyh-Horng Sheu*, “​​New Hydroquinone Monoterpenoid and Cembranoid-Related Metabolites from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum”, Mar. Drugs 2021, 19, 8.

  28. Fang-Rong Chang, Shih-Wei Wang, Shu-Rong Chen, Ching-Ying Lee, Jyh-Horng Sheu, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “​​​​Aleuritin, a Novel Dinor-diterpenoid from the Twigs of Aleurites moluccanus with an Anti-lymphangiogenic Effect”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 7892–7898.

  29. Shu-Rong Chen, Shih-Wei Wang, Jyh-Horng Sheu, Ting-Hsuan Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “​​​​Zoanthamine Alkaloid Derivatives from the Zoantharian Zoanthus vietnamensis with Anti-Metastatic Activity”, J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 12553−12560.

  30. Eman Al-Sayed, Michal Korinek, Ahmed Esmat, Guan-Yu Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Pei-Wen Hsieh, Bing-Hung Chen, Tsong-Long Hwang*, “Anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of ellagitannin isolated from Melaleuca styphelioides”, Phytochemistry 2020177, 112429. 

  31. Sheng-Yao Peng, Li-Ching Lin, Zhe-Wei Yang, Fang-Rong Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jen-Yang Tang*, Hseuh-Wei Chang*, “Combined Treatment with Low Cytotoxic Ethyl Acetate Nepenthes Extract and Ultraviolet-C Improves Antiproliferation to Oral Cancer Cells via Oxidative Stress”, Antioxidants 20209, 876. 

  32. Tzu-Jung Yu, Jen-Yang Tang, Li-Ching Lin, Wan-Ju Lien, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Fang-Rong Chang, Fu Ou-Yang*, Hseuh-Wei Chang*, “Withanolide C Inhibits Proliferation of Breast Cancer Cells via Oxidative Stress-Mediated Apoptosis and DNA Damage”, Antioxidants 20209, 873. 

  33. Jen-Yang Tang, Kuang-Han Wu, Yen-Yun Wang, Ammad Ahmad Farooqi, Hurng-Wern Huang, Shyng-Shiou F. Yuan, Ru-In Jian, Li-Yi Tsao, Po-An Chen, Fang-Rong Chang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Hao-Chun Hu*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Methanol Extract of Usnea barbata Induces Cell Killing, Apoptosis, and DNA Damage against Oral Cancer Cells through Oxidative Stress”, Antioxidants 20209, 694. 

  34. Hao-Chun Hu, Chi-Ying Li, Yi-Hong Tsai, Dai-Yun Yang, Yang-Chang Wu, Tsong-Long Hwang, Shu-Li Chen, Ferenc Fülöp, Attila Hunyadi, Chia-Hung Yen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, and Fang-Rong Chang*, “Secondary Metabolites and Bioactivities of Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis Isolated from Anthurium brownii”, ACS Omega 20205, 20991–20999.

  35. Chi-Ying Li,⊥⊥ Ching-Chia Chang,⊥⊥ Yi-Hong Tsai, Mohamed El-Shazly, Chin-Chung Wu, Shih-Wei Wang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Chien-Kei Wei, Judit Hohmann, Zih-Jie Yang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yang-Chang Wu, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Anti-inflammatory, Antiplatelet Aggregation, and Antiangiogenesis Polyketides from Epicoccum sorghinum: Toward an Understating of Its Biological Activities and Potential Applications”, ACS Omega 20205, 11092‒11099. 

  36. Yu-Chi Lin, Jue-Jun Lin, Shu-Rong Chen, Tsong-Long Hwang, Shu-Yen Fang, Michal Korinek, Ching-Yeu Chen, Yun-Sheng Lin, Tung-Ying Wu, Ming-Hong Yen, Chih-Hsin Wang,* Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Clerodane diterpenoids from Callicarpa hypoleucophylla and their anti-Inflammatory activity”, Molecules 202025, 2288.

  37. Eman Al-Sayed, Tzu-Yi Ke, Tsong-Long Hwang, Shu-Rong Chen, Michal Korinek, Shu-Li Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects of lignans and diterpenes from Cupressus macrocarpa”, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 202030, 127127.

  38. Shu-Rong Chen, Shih-Wei Wang, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Anti-Lymphangiogenic Alkaloids from the Zoanthid Zoanthus vietnamensis Collected in Taiwan”, J. Nat. Prod. 2019, 82, 2790‒2799.

  39. Fu Ou-Yang, I-Hsuan Tsai, Jen-Yang Tang, Ching-Yu Yen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ammad Ahmad Farooqi, Shu-Rong Chen, Szu-Yin Yu, Jun-Kai Kao* and Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Antiproliferation for breast cancer cells by ethyl acetate extract of Nepenthes thorellii x (ventricosa x maxima)”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, pii: E3238.

  40. Jen-Yang Tang, Tzu-Jung Yu, Li-Ching Lin, Sheng-Yao Peng, Chun-Lin Wang, Fu Ou-Yang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Ethyl acetate extract of Nepenthes ventricosa x maxima exerts preferential killing to oral cancer cells”, DNA Cell Biol. 2019. doi: 10.1089/dna.2018.4436. 

  41. Jen-Yang Tang, Sheng-Yao Peng, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chun-Lin Wang, Ammad Ahmad Farooqi, Tzu-Jung Yu, Ming-Feng Hou, Sheng-Chieh Wang, Chia-Hung Yen, Leong-Perng Chan, Fu Ou-Yang*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Ethyl acetate extract of Nepenthes adrianii x clipeata induces antiproliferation, apoptosis and DNA damage against oral cancer cells through oxidative stress”, Environ. Toxicol. 2019, 34, 891‒901.

  42. Jen-Yang Tang, Tzu-Jung Yu, Li-Ching Lin, Sheng-Yao Peng, Chun-Lin Wang, Fu Ou-Yang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Ethyl acetate extract of Nepenthes ventricosa x sibuyanensis leaves causes growth inhibition against oral cancer cells via oxidative stress”, Onco. Targets Ther. 2019, 12, 5227–5239.

  43. Fang-Rong Chang, Shih-Wei Wang, Chi-Ying Li, Yen-Yi Lu, Shang-Yin Vanson Liu, Ching- Yeu Chen, Yang-Chang Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng*,  “Natural Products from Diaporthe arecae with Anti-Angiogenic Activity”, Isr. J. Chem. 2019, 59, 439‒445.

  44. Chi-Ying Li, I-Wen Lo, Yen-Ping Hsueh, Yu-Ming Chung, Shih-Wei Wang, Michal Korinek, Yi- Hong Tsai, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tsong-Long Hwang, Clay C. C. Wang, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang- Chang Wu*, “Epigenetic Manipulation Induces the Production of Coumarin-Type Secondary Metabolite from Arthrobotrys foliicola”, Isr. J. Chem. 2019, 59, 432‒438.

  45. Szu-Yin Yu, Shin-Wei Wang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Bai-Luh Wei, Chien-Jung Su, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Components from the Leaves and Twigs of Mangrove Lumnitzera racemosa with Anti-Angiogenic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects”, Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 404.

  46. Fang-Rong Chang, Pei-Shian Li, Rosa Huang Liu, Hao-Chun Hu, Tsong-Long Hwang, Jin-Ching Lee, Shu-Li Chen, Yang-Chang Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Bioactive Phenolic Components from the Twigs of Atalantia buxifolia”, J. Nat. Prod. 2018, 81, 1534‒1539.

  47. Chon-Kit Chou, Wangta Liu, Yu-Jie Hong, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Chen-Hao Chiu, Wen-Tsan Chang, Ching-Ming Chien, Chia-Hung Yen, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Chien-Chih Chiu*, “Ethyl Acetate Extract of Scindapsus cf. hederaceus Exerts the Inhibitory Bioactivity on Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells through Modulating ER Stress”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 1832.

  48. Shu-Rong Chen†, Shih-Wei Wang†, Chien-Jung Su, Hao-Chun Hu, Yu-Liang Yang, Chi-Ting Hsieh, Chia-Chi Peng, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Anti-Lymphangiogenesis Components from Zoanthid Palythoa tuberculosa”, Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 47.

  49. Yuan-Bin Cheng†, Fan-Jin Liu †, Chih-Hsin Wang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yung-Fong Tsai, Chia-Hung Yen, Hui-Chun Wang, Yen-Hsueh Tseng, Ching-Te Chien, Yi-Ming Arthur Chen, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Bioactive Triterpenoids from the Leaves and Twigs of Lithocarpus litseifolius and L. corneus”, Planta Med. 2018, 84, 49‒58.

  50. Erna Sulistyowati, Jong-Hau Hsu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Fang-Rong Chang, Ying-Fu Chen*, Jwu-Lai Yeh*, “Indonesian Herbal Medicine Prevents Hypertension-induced Left Ventricular Hypertrophy by Diminishing NADPH Oxidasedependent Oxidative Stress”, Oncotarget 2017, 8, 86784‒86798.

  51. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Hao-Chun Hu, Yu-Chi Tsai, Shu-Li Chen, Mohamed El-Shazly, Maribel G. Nonato, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Isolation and absolute configuration determination of alkaloids from Pandanus amaryllifolius”, Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 3423‒3429.

  52. Mo Da-Sang Hua, Rajendran Senthil Kumar, Lie-Fen Shyur, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Zhihong Tian, Ralf Oelmüller, Kai-Wun Yeh*, “Metabolomic Compounds Identified in Piriformospora indica-Colonized Chinese Cabbage Roots Delineate Symbiotic Functions of the Interaction"Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 9291.

  53. Vitthal D. Wagh, Michal Korinek, I-Wen Lo, Yu-Ming Hsu, Shu-Li Chen, Hsue-Yin Hsu, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yang-Chang Wu, Bing-Hung Chen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Inflammation Modulatory Phorbol Esters from the Seeds of Aquilaria malaccensis", J. Nat. Prod. 2017, 80, 1421‒1427.

  54. Chi-Ying Li, I-Wen Lo, Shih-Wei Wang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yu-Ming Chung, Yuan-Bin Cheng,  Sung-Pin Tseng, Yi-Hung Liu, Yu-Ming Hsu, Shu-Rong Chen, Hao-Chun Hu, Fang-Rong Chang*,  Yang-Chang Wu*, “Novel 11-norbetaenone isolated from an entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium antillanum", Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 201727, 1978‒1982.

  55. Chien-Kei Wei, Yi-Hong Tsai, Michal Korinek, Pei-Hsuan Hung, Mohamed El-Shazly, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yang-Chang Wu, Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh,* Fang-Rong Chang*, “6-Paradol and 6-Shogaol, the Pungent Compounds of Ginger, Promote Glucose Utilization in Adipocytes and Myotubes, and 6-Paradol Reduces Blood Glucose in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18, 168.

  56. Yu-Ming Hsu, Fang-Rong Chang, I-Wen Lo, Kuei-Hung Lai, Mohamed El-Shazly, Tung-Ying Wu, Ying-Chi Du, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Zoanthamine-Type Alkaloids from the Zoanthid Zoanthus kuroshio Collected in Taiwan and Their Effects on Inflammation”, J. Nat. Prod. 2016, 79, 2674‒2680.

  57. Fang-Rong Chang, Shih-Ting Huang, Chih-Chuang Liaw, Ming-Hong Yen, Tsong-Long Hwang, Ching-Yeu Chen, Ming-Feng Hou, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Diterpenes from Grangea maderaspatana”, Phytochemistry 2016, 129, 124‒129.

  58. Jin-Ching Lee†, Fang-Rong Chang†, Shu-Rong Chen, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Hao-Chun Hu, Yang-Chang Wu, Anders Backlund, Yuan-Bin Cheng*, “Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa mutuki”, Marine Drugs 2016, 14, 151.

  59. Abdel Nasser B. Singaba*, Iriny M. Ayouba, Mohamed El-Shazly, Michal Korinek, Tung-Ying Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Fang-Rong Chang, Yang-Chang Wu, “Shedding the light on Iridaceae: Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and biological activity”, Ind. Crops Prod. 2016, 92, 308‒335.

  60. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jin-Ching Lee, I-Wen Lo, Shu-Rong Chen, Hao-Chun Hu, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Ecdysones from Zoanthus spp. with inhibitory activity against dengue virus 2”, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 2016, 26, 2344‒2348.

  61. I-Wen Lo, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chen-Chang Haung, Tsong-Long Hwang, Chin-Chung Wu, Jing-Ru Liou, Ming-Feng Hou, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Fang-Rong Chang,* Yang-Chang Wu*, “Constituents of the Leaves of Pandanus utilis”, Nat. Prod. Comm2016, 11, 173‒176.

  62. I-Wen Lo, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yi-Jin Hsieh, Tsong-Long Hwang, Deng-En Shieh, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Chemical Constituents and LC-profile of Fresh Formosan Lonicera japonica Flower Buds”, Nat. Prod. Comm2016, 11, 1‒4.

  63. Michal Korinek, Vitthal D. Wagh, I-Wen Lo, Yu-Ming Hsu, Hsue-Yin Hsu, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yang-Chang Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Bing-Hung Chen*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Antiallergic phorbol ester from the seeds of Aquilaria malaccensis”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 398.

  64. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Rosa Huang Liu, Meng-Chi Ho, Tung-Ying Wu, Ching-Yeu Chen, I-Wen Lo, Ming-Feng Hou, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Alkylamides of Acmella oleracea”, Molecules 2015, 20, 6970‒6977.

  65. Yuan-Bin Cheng†, Yi-Hong Tsa†, I-Wen Lo, Chen-Chang Haung, Yu-Chi Tsai, Ludger Beerhues, Mohamed El-Shazly, Ming-Feng Hou, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Chin-Chung Wu, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Pandalisines A and B, novel indolizidine alkaloids from the leaves of Pandanus utilis”, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 2015, 25, 4333‒4336.

  66. Yuan-Bin Cheng, I-Wen Lo, Lie-Fen Shyur, Chung-Chih Yang, Yu-Ming Hsu, Jui-Hsin Su, Mei-Chin Lu, Shu-Fen Chiou, Chih-Chin Lan, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “New alkaloids from Formosan zoanthid Zoanthus kuroshio”, Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 8601‒8606.

  67. Shih-Sheng Wang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Chi Lin, Chia-Ching Liaw, Jiun-Yang Chang, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Nitrogen-Containing Diterpenoids, Sesquiterpenoids, and Nor-Diterpenoids from Cespitularia taeniata”, Marine Drugs 2015, 13, 5796‒5814.

  68. Ho-Hsi Cheng, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yao-Haur Kuo, Chung-Hsiung Chen, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Randainins A−D, Based on Unique Diterpenoid Architectures, from Callicarpa randaiensis”, J. Nat. Prod. 2015, 78, 1823‒1828.

  69. Balaji D. Barve, Yang-Chang Wu, Mohamed El-Shazly, Michal Korinek, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jeh-Jeng Wang*, Fang-Rong Chang*, Copper-Catalyzed Selective C-O Bond Formation by Oxidative a-C(sp3)-H/O-H Coupling between Ethers and Salicylaldehydes. Tetrahedron 201571, 2290‒2297.

  70. Chiu-Li Kao, Joshua Cho, Ya-Zhe Lee, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chih-Yen Chien, Chung-Feng Hwang, Yi-Ren Hong, Chao-Neng Tseng*, Chung-Lung Cho*, “Ethanolic Extracts of Pluchea indica Induce Apoptosis and Antiproliferation Effects in Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells”, Molecules 201520, 11508‒11523.

  71. Yu-Chi Tsai, Meng-Lun Yu, Mohamed El-Shazly, Ludger Beerhues, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Lei-Chin Chen, Tsong-Long Hwang, Hui-Fen Chen, Yu-Ming Chung, Ming-Feng Hou, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Alkaloids from Pandanus amaryllifolius: Isolation and Their Plausible Biosynthetic Formation”, J. Nat. Prod. 201578, 2346‒2354.

  72. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yi-Ting Chien, Jin-Ching Lee, Chin-Kai Tseng, Hui-Chun Wang, I-Wen Lo, Yi-Hung Wu, Sheng-Yang Wang, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Limonoids from the Seeds of Swietenia macrophylla with Inhibitory Activity against Dengue Virus 2”, J. Nat. Prod. 2014, 77, 2367‒2374.

  73. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chih-Chin Lan, Wei-Chun Liu, Wan-Chun Lai, Yu-Chi Tsai, Michael Y. Chiang, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Kuroshines A and B, new alkaloids from Zoanthus kuroshio”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 5369–5372.

  74. Tung-Ying Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Fu-Ting Cheng, Yu-Ming Hsu, Thang Tran Dinh, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Chemical Constituents of the Leaves of Desmos cochinchinensis var. fulvescens Ban”, Helv. Chim. Acta 2014, 97, 1714–1718.

  75. Chia-Ching Liaw, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yun-Sheng Lin, Yao-Haur Kuo, Tsong-Long Hwang, Ya-Ching Shen*, “New Briarane Diterpenoids from Taiwanese Soft Coral Briareum violacea”, Marine Drugs 2014, 12, 4677–4692.

  76. Yao-Ching Tsai, Yuan-Bin Cheng, I-Wen Lo, Ho-Hsi Cheng, Ching-Jie Lin, Tsong-Long Hwang, Yuh-Chi Kuo, Shorong-Shii Liou, Yi-Zsau Huang, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Seven New Sesquiterpenoids from the Fruits of Schisandra sphenanthera”, Chem. & Biodiv. 2014, 11, 1053–1068.

  77. Balaji D. Barve, Yang-Chang Wu, Mohamed El-Shazly, Michal Korinek, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jeh-Jeng Wang*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Iron-catalyzed oxidative direct α-C-H bond functionalization of cyclic ethers: selective C-O bond formation in the presence of a labile aldehyde group”, Org. Lett. 201416, 1912–1915.

  78. Balaji D. Barve, Yang-Chang Wu, Mohamed El-Shazly, Da-Wei Chuang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jeh-Jeng Wang*, Fang-Rong Chang*. “Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Formamides with Salicylaldehydes: Synthesis of Carbamates in the Presence of a Sensitive Aldehyde Group”. J. Org. Chem. 201479, 3206–3214.

  79. Mohamed El-Shazly, Balaji D. Barve, Michal Korinek, Jing-Ru Liou, Da-Wei Chuang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ming-Feng Hou, Jeh-Jeng Wang, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Insights on the isolation, biological activity and synthetic protocols of enyne derivatives”, Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 201414, 1076–1093.

  80. Chien-Ming Chen, Chao-Neng Tseng, Jonathan J. Cho, Ya-Zhe Lee, Chiu-Li Kao, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yi-Ren Hong, Chung-Lung Cho*, “Heat shock induces expression of OSTC/DC2, a novel subunit of oligosaccharyltransferase, in vitro and in vivo”, Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. 201430, 219–213.

  81. Wan-Chun Lai, Yang-Chang Wu, Balazs Danko, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh, Chi-Ting Hsieh, Yu-Chi Tsai, Mohamed El-Shazly, Ana Martins, Judit Hohmann, Attila Hunyadi*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Bioactive Constituents of Cirsium japonicum var. australe”, J. Nat. Prod. 201477, 1624–1631.

  82. Jing-Ru Liou, Tung-Ying Wu, Tran Dinh Thang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Chin-Chun Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Michael Y. Chiang, Yu-Hsuan Lan, Mohamed El-Shazly, Shwu-Li Wu, Ludger Beerhues, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Ming-Feng Hou, Shu-Li Chen, Fang-Rong Chang*, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Bioactive 6S‑Styryllactone Constituents of Polyalthia parviflora”, J. Nat. Prod. 201477, 2626–2632.

  83. Yii-Huei Yen, Ammad Ahmad Farooqi, Kun-Tzu Li, Ghazala Butt, Jen-Yang Tang, Chang-Yi Wu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ming-Feng Hou, Hsueh-Wei Chang*, “Methanolic Extracts of Solieria robusta Inhibits Proliferation of Oral Cancer Ca9-22 Cells via Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress”, Molecules 201419, 18721–18732.

  84. Shu-Fen Tu, Rosa Huang Liu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Ming Hsu, Ying-Chi Du, Mohamed El-Shazly, Yang-Chang Wu*, Fang-Rong Chang*, “Chemical Constituents and Bioactivities of Clinacanthus nutans Aerial Parts”, Molecules 201419, 20382–20390.

  85. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Paul R. Jensen, and William Fenical*, “Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Napyradiomycins from Two Marine-Derived Streptomyces Strains”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 3751–3757.

  86. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ahmed Eid Fazary, Yu-Chi Lin, I-Wen Lo, Seow-Chin Ong, Shun-Ying Chen,Ching-Te Chien, Yen-Jung Lin, Wan-Wan Lin, Ya-Ching Shen*, "Hyperinakin, A New Anti-inflammatory Phloroglucinol derivatives from Hypericum nakamurai", Nat. Prod. Res. 2013, 27, 727–734.

  87. Yu-Chi Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ching Liaw, I-Wen Lo, Yao-Haur Kuo, Michael Y. Chiang, Chang-Hung Chou, Ya-Ching Shen*, “New Lignans from the Leaves and Stems of Kadsura philippinensis”, Molecules 2013, 18, 6573–6583.

  88. Fang-Rong Chang, Chiao-Ting Yen, Mohamed El-Shazly, Cheng-Ying Yu, Ming-Hong Yen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Shu-Li Chen, Yang-Chang Wu*, “Spirostanoids with 1,4-dien-3-one or 3b,7a-diol-5,6-ene moieties”, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 201323, 2738–2742.

  89. Yu-Chen Chen, Chia-Ching Liaw, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Chi Lin, Chung-Hsiung Chen, Yi-Tasu Huang, Shorong-Shii Liou, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Guo-Chi Lee, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Anti-liver fibrotic lignans from the fruits of Schisandra arisanensis and Schisandra sphenanthera”, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett. 201323, 880–885.

  90. Yuan-Wei Liu, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ching Liaw, Chung-Hsiung Chen, Jih-Hwa Guh, Tsong-Long Hwang, Ji-Shu Tsai, Won-Bo Wang, Ya-Ching Shen*,  “Bioactive Diterpenes from Callicarpa longissima”, J. Nat. Prod. 201275, 689–693.

  91. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Chi Lin, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Shorong-Shii Liou, Guo-Chi Lee, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Seven New Lignan Esters from Kadsura philippinensis”, Helv. Chim. Acta 201194, 148–158.

  92. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tzu-Ching Liao, Yi-Wen Lo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yuh-Chi Kuo, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Tsong-Long Hwang, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Nortriterpene Lactones from the Fruits of Schisandra arisanensis”, J. Nat. Prod. 201073, 1228–1233.

  93. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Tzu-Ching Liao, Yi-Wen Lo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yuh-Chi Kuo, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien,  Ya-Ching Shen*, “Arisandilactone A, a New Triterpenoid from the Fruits of Schisandra arisanensis”, Org. Lett. 201012, 1016–1019.

  94. Chin-Cheng Liu, Mohamed H. Abd El-Razek, Chia-Ching Liaw, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chien-Kuang Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Yao-Haur Kuo, Shorong-Shii Liou, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Arisanschinins A-E, Lignans from Schisandra arisanensis Hay”, Planta Medica 20104, 1605–1610.

  95. Jiun-Yang Chang, Mohamed H. Abd El-Razek, Yu-Hui Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Phytoquinoids and Secoprezizaane-Type Sesquiterpenes from Illicium arborescens”, Helv. Chim. Acta 201093, 123–132.

  96. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Meng-Ting Chang, Yi-Wen Lo, Ching-Jen Ho, Yuh-Chi Kuo, Ching-Te Chien, Shun-Ying Chen, Shorong-Shii Liou, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Oxygenated Lignans from the Fruits of Schisandra arisanensis”, J. Nat. Prod. 2009, 72, 1663–1668.

  97. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ching-Yeu Chen, Ya-Ching Shen*, “New Nitrogen-containing Sesqiterpenoids from the Taiwanese Soft Coral Cespitularia taeniata May”, Chem. & Biodiv. 20096, 1266–1272.

  98. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yu-Chi Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Michael Y. Chiang, Shorong-Shii Liou, Ashraf Taha Khalil,  “Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis”, Phytochemistry 200970, 114–120.

  99. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Kuang-Liang Lo, Ching-Yeu Chen, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Ya-Ching Shen*, “New Verticillane-type Diterpenoids from the Taiwanese Soft Coral Cespitularia hypotentaculata”, Helv. Chim. Acta 200891, 2308–2315.

  100. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ya-Ching Shen*, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “Cembrane Diterpenoids from the Taiwanese Soft Coral Sarcophyton stolidotum”, J. Nat. Prod. 200871, 1141–1145.

  101. Yun-Sheng Lin, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Shih-Hwa Chiou, Yuh-Chi Kuo, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ching Liaw, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Bioactive Marine Prostanoids from Octocoral Clavularia viridis”, Chem. & Biodiv. 20085, 784–792.

  102. Ya-Ching Shen, Yu-Chi Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ju Chang, Ting-Wei Lan, Shorong-Shii Liou, Ching-Te Chien, Chia-Ching Liaw, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “New Oxygenated Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis”, Helv. Chim. Acta 200891, 483–494.

  103. Ching-Yu Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Yao-Haur Kuo, Jih-Hwa Gu, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Ya-Ching Shen*, “New Bioactive Clerodane Diterpenoids from the Roots of Casearia membranacea”, Chem. & Biodiv. 20085, 162–167.

  104. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jun’ichi Kobayashi, T akaaki Kubota, Yohei Takahashi, Yuzuru Mikami, Junji Ito, Yun-Sheng Lin, “Nitrogen-Containing Verticillene Diterpenoids from the Taiwanese Soft Coral Cespitularia taeniata”, J. Nat. Prod. 200770, 1961–1965.

  105. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yu-Hui Chen, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yao Haur Kuo, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “Two New Xeniolides from a Taiwanese Xenia soft coral”, Nat. Prod. Res.  200713, 1171–1177.

  106. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ting-Wei Lan, Chia-Ching Liaw, Shorong-Shii Liou, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “Kadsuphilols A-H, Oxygenated Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis”, J. Nat. Prod. 200770, 1139–1145.

  107. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yu-Chi Lin, Atallah F. Ahmed, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ching Liaw, Yao-Haur Kuo, “Four New Nonaoxygenated C18 Dibenzocylcooctadiene Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis” Chem. Pharm. Bull. 200755, 280–283.

  108. Ya-Ching Shen*, Chia-Ching Liaw, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Atallah F. Ahmed, Mei-Chou Lai, Shorong-Shii Liou Tian-Shung Wu, Yao-Haur Kuo, Yu-Chi Lin, “C18 Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis” J. Nat. Prod. 200669, 963–966.

  109. Yuan-Bin Cheng, Jiun-Yang Jang, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ya-Ching Shen*, “Xenicane-Type Diterpenes with Cytotoxicity from Xenia florida”, J. Nat. Prod. 2006, 69, 675–678.

  110. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yu-Chi Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yao-Haur Kuo, Chia-Ching Liaw, “Taiwankadsurins A, B, and C, Three New C19 Homolignans from Kadsura philippinensis”, Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 5297–5300.

  111. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Atallah F. Ahmed, Cheng Lin Lee, Shun-Ying Chen, Ching-Te Chien, Yao-Haur Kuo, Guo-Lin Tzeng “Cytotoxic Clerodane Diterpenoids from Casearia membranacea”, J. Nat. Prod. 2005, 68, 1665–1668.

  112. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Hui Chen, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Chin-Lien Ko, “Three New Clerodane Diterpene Derivatives from Casearia membranacea”, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2005, 52, 1263–1268.

  113. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yun-Sheng Lin, Yao-Haur Kuo, Yuan-Bin Cheng, “Cespitulactams A, B, and C, Three New Nitrogen-Containing Diterpenes from Cespitularia taeniata May”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 7893–7897.

  114. Ya-Ching Shen*, Shaw-Man Hsu, Yun-Sheng Lin, Kuen-Ching Cheng, Ching-Te Chien, Chang-Hung Chou, Yuan-Bin Cheng, “New Bicyclic Taxane Diterpenoids from Taxus sumatrana”, Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2005, 53, 808‒810.

  115. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yu-Chi Lin, Michael Y. Chiang, Sheau Farn Yeh, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Chia-Ching Liao, “Kadsuphilactones A and B, Two New Triterpene Dilactones from Kadsura philippinensis”, Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3307‒3310.

  116. Ya-Ching Shen*, Cheng Lin Lee, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ching-Te Chien, Yao-Haur Kuo, “New Clerodane Diterpenoids from Casearia membranacea”, Helv. Chim. Acta 2005, 88, 68‒77.

  117. Ya-Ching Shen*, Kuen-Ching Cheng, Yun-Chi Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Jih-Hwa Guh, Ching-Te Chien, Che-Ming Teng, Yao-To Chang, “Three New Taxane Diterpenoids from Taxus sumatrana”, J. Nat. Prod. 2005, 68, 90‒93.

  118. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yun-Sheng Lin, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Kuen-Ching Cheng, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Yao-Haur Kuo, Ching-Te Chien, Yu-Chi Lin, “Novel Taxane Diterpenes from Taxus sumatrana with the First C-21 Taxane Ester”, Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 1345‒1352.

  119. Ya-Ching Shen*, Chin-Lien Ko, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Michael Y. Chiang, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “New Regio- and Stereoselective O-Deacetylated and Epoxy Products of Taxanes Isolated from Taxus mairei”, J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67, 2136‒2140.

  120. Ya-Ching Shen*, Li-Tang Wang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Ashraf Taha Khalil, Meng-Hsien Chen, Yu-Chi Lin,  “Clavulazols A and B, Two New Pyrazine Derivatives from Clavularia viridis”, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2004, 51, 1421‒1424.

  121. Ya-Ching Shen*, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Yu-Chi Lin, Jih-Hwa Guh, Che-Ming Teng, Chin-Lien Ko, “New Prostanoids with Cytotoxic Activity from Taiwanese Octocoral Clavularia viridis”, J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67, 542‒546.

  122. Ya-Ching Shen*, Chih-Hsin Wang, Yuan-Bin Cheng, Li-Tung Wang, Jih-Hwa Guh, Ching-Te Chien, Ashraf Taha Khalil, “New Cytotoxic Clerodane Diterpenoids from the Leaves and Twigs of Casearia membranacea”, J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67, 316‒321.

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