This program carried out systematic studies on chemical components and biological activity of some higher fungi in Yunnan. Studies on chemical components of over 50 kinds of wild higher fungi and screening of medicinal activity of higher-fungi fruit bodies and fermentation broth extract have been completed. Through this study, over 300 kinds of compounds have been identified, 100 of which ...
In Sep. 2007, a post-evaluation was carried out on the CAS 'ninth-five' key and special-support program, R&D of New Natural Drugs against Several Serious Diseases, co-chaired by Prof. Hao Xiaojiang from KIB, Prof. Ding Jian from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS and Prof. Li Boliang from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, CAS. The post-evaluation conducted by CAS Program Evaluatio...
Plants have evolved multiple mechanisms to selectively suppress pathogens by production of secondary metabolites. Therefore, direct selections for antiviral compounds from plants can be used to identify new agents with potent antiviral activity but not toxic to hosts. In collaboration with CAS Institute of Microbiology, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for...
