Yuan-Bin Cheng

TL;DR: 6-Paradol, the major metabolite of 6-shogaol, was utilized in an in vivo assay and significantly reduced blood glucose, cholesterol and body weight in high-fat diet-fed mice.

TL;DR: Four new sulfur-containing compounds, named clinamides A-C, and 2-cis-entadamide A (4), were isolated together with three known compounds from the bioactive ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Clinacanthus nutans.

TL;DR: Two novel triterpene dilactones, kadsuphilactones A and B, were isolated from the Taiwanese medicinal plant Kadsura philippinensis and exhibited in vitro anti-HBV activity with IC(50) values of 6 microg/mL by HBsAg enzyme immunoassay.

TL;DR: This work reports the first example of iron catalyzed selective C-O bond formation in the presence of a sensitive aldehyde moiety in moderate to excellent yields.

TL;DR: Cancer cell cytotoxicity-guided fractionation of the acetone extracts of two cultured marine-derived Streptomyces strains belonging to the MAR4 group yielded six new napyradiomycins, compounds A-F (1-6), together with three known compounds, napyrads B2-B4 (7-9), whose antibacterial activities against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA are presented.