Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Jianli Gao  E-Mail | Website

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 310053 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Interests: organ degeneration; regeneration and regulation of traditional Chinese medicine; immunotherapy of breast cancer; anticancer activities of natural products

Marcello Iriti E-Mail | Website

Plant Biology and Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Milan State University, 20122 Milan, Italy

Interests: medicinal plants; plant secondary metabolites; bioactive phytochemicals; botanicals; plant extracts; essential oils; marine drugs; nutraceuticals; phytotherapeutics; herbal remedies; functional foods; mediterranean diet; traditional diets; ethnopharmacology; ethnoveterinary; ethnonutrition; antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance; cancer chemoprevention; anticancer agents; antineoplastic resistance; cardioprotection; neuroprotection; antidiabetic agents; anti-obesity agents; immunomodulatory agents; antiaging agents; antioxidant activity; bioavailability; pharmacokinetics; evidence-based phytotherapy; clinical trials

Editorial Board Members

Tong-Chuan He E-mail | Website

Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Interests: bone and skeletal biology; bone and soft tissue tumors; cancer drug resistance; cancer metastasis; gene/cell-based therapy; mesenchymal stem cells; noncoding RNAs; regenerative medicine; BMP signaling; WNT signaling

Ching-Liang Hsieh E-mail | Website

Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, 404327 Taichung City, Taiwan, China

Interests: Chinese Medicine treating stroke and epilepsy from basic to clinical; acupuncture physiology

Qingwen Zhang E-mail | Website

State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, 999078 Macau, China

Interests: natural products chemistry; natural products; traditional medicine; Chinese Medicine; phytochemistry; phytochemical analysis; quality control; health products

Xinhua Shu E-mail | Website

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), Glasgow G4 0BA, UK

Interests: neurodegenerative disorders; age related macular degeneration; Alzheimer’s disease; oxidative stress; inflammation; cholesterol homeostasis; traditional Chinese medicine; natural products

Peter Achunike Akah E-mail | Website

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, 410105 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

Interests: screening, authentication, verification and analysis of herbal drugs and natural medicines

Yi-Wen Lin E-mail | Website

College of Chinese Medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, 40402 Taichung, Taiwan, China

Interests: acupuncture; pain; depression; TRPV1; signaling pathway; brain sciences

Johannes van Staden E-mail | Website

Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus, 3209 Scottsville, South Africa

Interests: medicinal plants; plant biology; plant biotechnology; plant physiology; plant molecular biology; plant tissue culture; plant development; molecular plant physiology; plant biochemistry

Elaine Elisabetsky E-mail | Website

Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences (ICBS), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS 90010, Brazil

Interests: psycho neuropharmacology; ethnopharmacology

Tzu-Hurng Cheng E-mail | Website

Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, China Medical University, 40402 Taichung, Taiwan, China

Interests: molecular cardiology; natural product activity analysis; cardiovascular pharmacology; electrophysiology; traditional Chinese medicine

Ching-Mao Chang E-mail 1 | E-mail 2 | Website

Division of Integrative Medicine, Center for Traditional Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 11217 Taipei City, Taiwan, China

Interests: dry eye syndrome; rheumatology; complementary and alternative medicine

Mingjie Zi E-mail | Website

Institute of Clinical Pharmacology of Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100091 Beijing, China

Interests: clinical pharmacology; acupuncture; moxibustion

Tzung-Yan Lee E-mail | Website

Graduate Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 333323 Taoyuan City, Taiwan, China

Interests: traditional Chinese medicine; hepatology; geriatric medicine; ageing; sarcopenia

Zhaohuan Lou E-mail | Website

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 310053 Hangzhou, China

Interests: pharmacology studies; traditional Chinese medicine; metabolic disease; hyperlipemia; fatty liver disease; alcoholic liver disease; drug resistance; inflammatory bowel disease; new product development

William Chi-Shing Tai E-mail | Website

1. Mental Health Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 999077 Hong Kong, China

2. Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 999077 Hong Kong, China

Interests: pre-clinical development of anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory therapeutics from natural compounds and probiotics; functional role of exosomes in molecular pathogenesis of cancer and inflammatory diseases; BK polyomavirus in renal transplantation and outcomes

Yu-Huei Liu E-mail | Website

Drug Development Center, China Medical University, 40402 Taichung City, Taiwan, China

Interests: endocrine-exocrine interaction; immunology; metabolism; mechanisms of cancer progression; pancreatic cancer; breast cancer; functional genomics

Chan-Yen Kuo E-mail | Website

Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 231405 New Taipei City, Taiwan, China

Interests: role of VHL; development of ccRCC; LON protease; hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte death; effective nature products; inflammation induced cancer; atherosclerosis; vascular biology; oxidant stress; DNA damage and repair; microenvironment and tumorigenesis; human age-related disease; tissue-derived stem cells

Wanghui Jing E-mail | Website 1 | Website 2

School of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710061 Xi'an, China

Interests: pharmaceutical analysis; effectiveness and controllability of traditional Chinese medicine; development of new traditional Chinese medicines; drug metabolism/transport systems under disease conditions; intestinal flora

Ninghua Jiang E-mail | Website

Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, 314000 Jiaxing, China

Interests: traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of metabolic chronic disease; traditional Chinese medicine in  healthcare; personal health management; chronic disease management; female menstrual disease; menopause; postpartum disease management

Vivek P. Chavda E-mail | Website

Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, L.M. College of Pharmacy, 380009 Ahmedabad, India

Interests: formulation and process development for complex injectables, biologics, and immunotherapy for cancer and infectious diseases

Zhengming Qian E-mail | Website

HEC Company, HEC R&D Center, 523867 Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Interests: quality evaluation of herbal medicine; screening active ingredients from herbal medicine

Guozhen Cui E-mail | Website

Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, 519041 Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China

Interests: drug screening; drug targets; network medicine; multi-omics; data mining

Yongqiu Zheng E-mail | Website 1 | Website 2

Division of Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Screening and Re-evaluation of Active Compounds of Herbal Medicines in Southern Anhui, Wannan Medical College, 241001 Wuhu, Anhui, China

Interests: immunologic disease; cardiovascular disease; cerebral ischemia; neuroscience; potential molecular mechanisms of traditional Chinese compound; irritable bowel syndrome; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; vascular calcification; network pharmacology

Zhangfeng Zhong E-mail | Website

Macao Centre for Research and Development in Chinese Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, 999078, Macao S.A.R. China

Interests: Research and development of Chinese medicine; Discovery and application of natural products; Study of Plant-derived exosome like vesicles; Drug screening and lead compound analysis