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Maonian Xu - Adjunct Lecturer

Maonian Xu

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School of Health Sciences

Maonian Xu

Adjunct Lecturer

phytochemistry and molecular taxonomy

Location
Hagi / Ha-206
Email
maonian [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-8020
Research portal – Maonian Xu

Show Published works

2025

Functionalized regioisomers of the natural product phenazines myxin and iodinin as potent inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human acute myeloid leukemia cellsEuropean Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

2024

A critical review of the edible seaweed Palmaria palmata (L.) Weber & Mohr and its bioactive compounds in the “omics” eraAlgal Research
The algal partnership is associated with quantitative variation of lichen specific metabolites in Cladonia foliacea from Central and Southern EuropeSymbiosis

2023

Mycobiont-specific primers facilitate the amplification of mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal DNAMycoKeys
Physiological and molecular insights into adaptive evolution of the marine model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum under low-pH stressJournal of Cleaner Production

2022

Comparative monosaccharide profiling for taxon differentiationBiochemical Systematics and Ecology
Novel methods to characterise spatial distribution and enantiomeric composition of usnic acids in four Icelandic lichensPhytochemistry
The Anti-Proliferative Lichen-Compound Protolichesterinic Acid Inhibits Oxidative Phosphorylation and Is Processed via the Mercapturic Pathway in Cancer CellsPlanta Medica
Travel Tales of a Worldwide Weed: Genomic Signatures of Plantago major L. Reveal Distinct Genotypic Groups With Links to Colonial Trade RoutesFrontiers in Plant Science

2021

Phylogenetic patterns suggest frequent multiple origins of secondary metabolites across the seed-plant 'tree of life'National Science Review
Sugaring-outJournal of Applied Phycology

2020

Phylogenetic diversity of the lichenized algal genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): a new lineage and novel insights from fungal-algal association patterns of Icelandic cetrarioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

2019

Alkaloids fingerprinting resolves Huperzia selago genotypes in Iceland.Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Ethnopharmacology of the club moss subfamily Huperzioideae (Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiophyta)Journal of Ethnopharmacology

2018

Authentication of Iceland Moss (Cetraria islandica) by UPLC-QToF-MS metabolite profiling and DNA barcoding.Food Chemistry
Infraspecific Variation of Huperzine A and B in Icelandic Huperzia selago ComplexPlanta Medica

2017

Bioactive Compounds From Microalgae
DNA barcoding and LC-MS metabolite profiling of the lichen-forming genus Melanelia: Specimen identification and discrimination focusing on Icelandic taxaPLoS ONE
Exploring valuable lipids in diatomsFrontiers in Marine Science

2016

Effect of physical, chemical mutagenesis and adaptive evolution on the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for enhanced carotenoid accumulationPlanta Medica
Molecular inhibition mechanisms of cell migration and invasion by coix polysaccharides in A549 NSCLC cells via targeting S100A4Molecular Medicine Reports
Secondary metabolites from cetrarioid lichensPhytomedicine

2015

Photo-oxidative stress-driven mutagenesis and adaptive evolution on the marine diatom phaeodactylum tricornutum for enhanced carotenoid accumulationMarine Drugs

2014

Antioxidative Dietary Compounds Modulate Gene Expression Associated with Apoptosis, DNA Repair, Inhibition of Cell Proliferation and MigrationInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

2013

Protective Roles of Gadd45 and MDM2 in Blueberry Anthocyanins Mediated DNA Repair of Fragmented and Non-Fragmented DNA Damage in UV-Irradiated HepG2 CellsInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

Keywords for Specialisation:

Lichen-derived compounds

Phylogenetic analysis

Analytical chemistry

Fungal and microalgal cultivation

Club moss chemistry and taxonomy

Supercritical fluid chromatography