博士（香港科技大学）

陈吉航博士，现任香港中文大学（深圳）医学院助理教授，深圳市孔雀计划高层次人才，香港中文大学（深圳）校长模范教学奖获得者、校长青年学者、独立PI，博士生/博士后导师。他的研究兴趣为中药与天然药物的药理活性、作用机理和药效物质基础，以及食品与营养方向，尤其注重对药食同源中药改善糖尿病及其并发症作用机制的研究。主持国家自然科学基金青年/面上项目、广东省面上项目、深圳市面上项目、国际合作项目、与企事业单位合作的科研项目等10余项课题，担任Phytomedicine, Phytotherapy Research, Journal of Food Biochemistry, eCAM等国际学术期刊客座编辑，具有丰富的中药分析、中药药理以及健康功能食品研究经验。

Selective Publications in the past five years

1. Daozheng Fang, Qixiang Shang, Zhihao Liu, Xinyue Li, Quanrun He, Yining Liu, Yong Zhu, Haimeng Li, Tong Wu, Yan-Fang Xian*, Jianping Chen* and Jihang Chen*, Exploring the protective effects of Schisandrin A and Schisandrin B against diabetic cardiomyopathy with possible mechanism involving complement inhibition, Phytotherapy Research. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.8437
2. Quanrun He^#, Xinhang Li^#, Haimeng Li, Aditya Tan, Yunlin Chi, Daozheng Fang, Xinyue Li, Zhihao Liu, Qixiang Shang, Yong Zhu, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek, Jihang Chen*, TGR5 Activation by Dietary Bioactives and Related Improvement in Mitochondrial Function for Alleviating Diabetes and Associated Complications, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2025, 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c10395 (Selected as supplementary cover)
3. Yong Zhu^#, Bingmin Wu^#, Songyan Xia^#, Guangzhen Zheng, Juanjuan Cheng, Song Huang, Qingping Xiong, Jing Chen, Hailun Li*, Hajime Hirao*, Yisheng He*, Jihang Chen* (2024). Toward separation and purification of chlorogenic acid from Lonicerae Japonicae Flo (honeysuckle) using melamine–formaldehyde aerogel: A green and efficient approach. Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, 157455 (Lead Contact)
4. Zhihao Liu^#, Qihao Li^#, Fu Zhao, Jihang Chen*, A decade review on phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.: Insights into metabolic syndrome, Phytomedicine, Volume 140, 2025, 156602, ISSN 0944-7113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2025.156602.
5. Yong Zhu^#, Jingrui Ma^#, Xinhang Li, Quanrun He, Bingmin Wu, Juanjuan Cheng, Song Huang, Jihang Chen*. A novel deproteinization method from crude polysaccharide of Meretrix meretrix L. based on palygorskite-chitosan composite aerogel sieving effect. eFood. 2025, 6(2), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1002/efd2.70014
6. Zhihao Liu^#, Qixiang Shang^#, Huali Zuo^#, Haimeng Li, Daozheng Fang, Zhang, J. and Huang, H.-D. * and Granato, D.*and Jianping Chen* and Jihang Chen*. Cynomorium songaricum: UHPLC/ESI-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS analysis and mechanistic study on insulin sensitivity of a flavonoid-enriched fraction, Phytomedicine, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155862
7. Emma Brennan, Carolina Girotto Pressete, Nima Mohammadi, Lusânia Maria Greggi Antunes, Qixiang Shang, Jihang Chen, Jason Bennett, Marcelo Franchin, Daniel Granato. Ultrasound-assisted recovery of blackcurrant press cake anthocyanins: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, bioaccessibility, and application in functional gummies. Food Chemistry: X, 2025.
8. Zhihao Liu^#, Qixiang Shang^#, Haimeng Li^#, Daozheng Fang, Zhuohuan Li, Yuqi Huang, Mimi Zhang, Kam Ming Ko, Jihang Chen* (2023). Exploring the possible mechanism(s) underlying the nephroprotective effect of Zhenwu Decoction in diabetic kidney disease: An integrated analysis, Phytomedicine, 119, 154988.
9. Ruipei Yang, Lifang Wei, Jie Wang, Shiying Huang, Pingli Mo, Qiugu Chen, Ping Zheng, Jihang Chen*, Shangbin Zhang*, Jianping Chen*. Chemical characterization and metabolic profiling of Xiao-Er-An-Shen Decoction by UPLC-QTOF/MS. Frontiers in Pharmacology, Volume 14, 2023
10. Yun Tang^#, Yi-Gang Chen^#, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Shang-Fu Li, Hua-Li Zuo, Ji-Hang Chen, Li-Ping Li, Run-Bo Mao, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin* and Hsien-Da Huang*. Panax notoginseng alleviates oxidative stress through miRNA regulations based on systems biology approach. Chinese Medicine, 2023:18, 74
11. Jihang Chen*, Pou Kuan Leong, Hoi Yan Leung, Wing Man Chan, Hoi Shan Wong & Kam Ming Ko*. Biochemical mechanisms of the anti-obesity effect of an ursolic acid-enriched extract of Cynomorium songaricum in high fat diet-induced obese mice. Phytomedicine 2020,73: 153038.
12. Jiayi Tian^#, Yuqi Huang^#, Tong Wu, Hsien-Da Huang, Kam Ming Ko*, Bao Ting Zhu*, Jihang Chen* (2021). The Use of Chinese Yang/Qi-Invigorating Tonic Botanical Drugs/Herbal Formulations in Ameliorating Chronic Kidney Disease by Enhancing Mitochondrial Function, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 622498.
13. Guangzhen Zheng^#, Yong Zhu^#, Bingmin Wu^#, Xiaoyuan Xu, Juanjuan Cheng, Yan Liu, Song Huang, Jing Chen, Qingping Xiong*, Jihang Chen*. Pilot study of toxicological biosafety evaluation in acute and chronic oral assessment of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogel nanomaterial in Kunming mice. Journal of Applied Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jat.4735
14. Jing Li, Yixian Huang, Jiatong Xu, Huali Zuo, Yun Tang, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Jihang Chen, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin*, Hsien-Da Huang*. Mechanism of Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (Kushen) in treating NSCLC: Insights from miRNA-mRNA network analysis. J Ethnopharmacol. 2024 Jan 30;319(Pt 3):117232. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117232. Epub 2023 Sep 25. PMID: 37757992
15. Jihang Chen, Wing Man Chan, Hoi Yan Leung, Pou Kuan Leong, Choly Tat Ming Yan and Kam Ming Ko*. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of a Cordyceps sinensis Mycelium Culture Extract (Cs-4) on Rodent Models of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma. Molecules 2020, 25(18), 4051