Yong Zhao

Yong Zhao

Assistant Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Oxetane ring formation in taxol biosynthesis is catalyzed by a bifunctional cytochrome P450 enzyme

    Zhao, Yong, zpm303, zpm303, Xie, Yuman, Duan, Y. T., Andeadelli, A., Pateraki, Irini, Makris, A. M., Pomorski, Thomas Guenther, Stærk, Dan & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2024, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146, p. 801-810

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    Biosynthesis and biotechnological production of the anti-obesity agent celastrol

    Zhao, Yong, Hansen, N. L., Duan, Yaotao, Prasad, M., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Pateraki, Irini, Stærk, Dan, Bak, Søren, Miettinen, Karel & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2023, In: Nature Chemistry. 15, p. 1236–1246

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Orthogonal reversed-phase C18 and pentafluorophenyl HPLC separation for phytochemical profiling of serrulatanes in Eremophila denticulata

    Zhao, Yong, Li, T., Kjaerulff, Louise, Venter, H., Coriani, S., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Semple, S. & Stærk, Dan, 2023, In: Journal of Natural Products. 86, 12, p. 2638-2650

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  6. Published

    Polypharmacology-labeled molecular networking: An analytical technology workflow for accelerated identification of multiple bioactive constituents in complex extracts

    Zhao, Yong, Gericke, Oliver, Li, T., Kjaerulff, Louise, Kongstad, Kenneth Thermann, Heskes, A. M., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Jørgensen, Flemming Steen, Venter, H., Coriani, S., Semple, S. J. & Stærk, Dan, 2023, In: Analytical Chemistry. 95, 9, p. 4381-4389 9 p.

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  7. Published

    Widespread biosynthesis of 16-carbon terpenoids in bacteria

    Duan, Yaotao, Koutsaviti, A., Harizani, M., Ignea, C., Roussis, V., Zhao, Yong, Ioannou, E. & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2023, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 19, p. 1532-1539

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    A GPCR-based yeast biosensor for biomedical, biotechnological, and point-of-use cannabinoid determination

    Miettinen, Karel, Leelahakorn, Nattawat, Almeida Robles, A. R., Zhao, Yong, Hansen, L. R., Nikolajsen, I. E., Andersen, Jens Bo, Givskov, Michael, Stærk, Dan, Bak, Søren & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 16 p., 3664.

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  10. Published

    Biodiscoveries within the Australian plant genus Eremophila based on international and interdisciplinary collaboration: results and perspectives on outstanding ethical dilemmas

    Semple, S., Stærk, Dan, Buirchell, B., Fowler, R., Gericke, Oliver, Kjaerulff, Louise, Zhao, Yong, Pedersen, H. A., Petersen, M. J., Rasmussen, L. F., Bredahl, E. K., Pedersen, Gustav Blichfeldt, McNair, Laura M., Ndi, C., Hansen, N. L., Heskes, A., Bayly, M., Loland, Claus Juul, Heinz, Nanna & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2022, In: Plant Journal. 111, 4, p. 936-953 15866.

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  11. Published

    Expanding the terpene biosynthetic code with non-canonical 16 carbon atom building blocks

    Ignea, C., Raadam, Morten Hessellund, Koutsaviti, A., Zhao, Yong, Duan, Yaotao, Harizani, M., Miettinen, Karel, Georgantea, P., Rosenfeldt, M., Viejo-Ledesma, S. E., Petersen, Mikael Agerlin, Bredie, Wender, Stærk, Dan, Roussis, V., Ioannou, E. & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 16 p., 5188.

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  12. Published

    Serrulatane diterpenoids with unusual side chain modifications from root bark of Eremophila longifolia

    Rasmussen, L. F., Anton, Jennifer, Kjaerulff, Louise, Zhao, Yong, Semple, S. J., Ndi, C., Buirchell, B., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Stærk, Dan, 2022, In: Phytochemistry. 203, 14 p., 113408.

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  13. 2020
  14. Published

    Integrating pathway elucidation with yeast engineering to produce polpunonic acid the precursor of the anti-obesity agent celastrol

    Hansen, N. L., Miettinen, Karel, Zhao, Yong, Ignea, C., Andreadeli, A., Raadam, Morten Hessellund, Makris, A. M., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Stærk, Dan, Bak, Søren & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2020, In: Microbial Cell Factories. 19, 17 p., 15.

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  15. 2019
  16. Published

    2(5H)-Furanone sesquiterpenes from Eremophila bignoniiflora: High-resolution inhibition profiling and PTP1B inhibitory activity

    Zhao, Yong, Kjaerulff, Louise, Kongstad, Kenneth Thermann, Heskes, A. M., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Stærk, Dan, 2019, In: Phytochemistry. 166, p. 1-8 112054.

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  17. Published

    Unraveling the complexity of complex mixtures by combining high-resolution pharmacological, analytical and spectroscopic techniques: Antidiabetic constituents in Chinese medicinal plants

    Zhao, Yong, Kongstad, Kenneth Thermann, Liu, Y., He, C. & Stærk, Dan, 2019, In: Faraday Discussions. 218, p. 202-218

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  18. 2018
  19. Published
  20. Published
  21. 2017
  22. Published

    Potential of Polygonum cuspidatum root as an antidiabetic food: Dual high-resolution α-glucosidase and PTP1B inhibition profiling combined with HPLC-HRMS and NMR for identification of antidiabetic constituents

    Zhao, Yong, Chen, M. X., Kongstad, Kenneth Thermann, Jäger, A. K. & Stærk, Dan, 2017, In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 65, p. 4421-4427

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2016
  24. Published

    The Regulation of Innate Immunity by Nutritional Factors

    Ren, W., Wang, K., Liao, P., Yang, G., Zhao, Yong & Zhou, Y., 2016, In: BioMed Research International. 5138706, p. 1-2 2 p., 5138706.

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  25. 2015
  26. Published

    Isolation, synthesis and anti-hepatitis B virus evaluation of p-hydroxyacephenone derivatives from Artemisia capillaris

    Zhao, Yong, Geng, C., Chen, H., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Cao, T., He, K., Wang, H., Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2015, In: Biooganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25, p. 1509-1514

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  27. Published

    LC-MS guided isolation of anti-HBV active sesquiterpenoids from the traditional Chinese medicine: rhizomes of Cyperus rotundus

    Xu, H., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Geng, C., Wang, H., Zhao, Yong, Yang, T., Yang, C., Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2015, In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 171, p. 131-140

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  28. Three new anti-HBV active constituents from the traditional Chinese herb of Yin-Chen (Artemisia scoparia)

    Geng, C., Huang, X., Chen, X., Ma, Y., Rong, G., Zhao, Yong, Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2015, In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 176, p. 109-117

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  29. 2014
  30. (±)-Paeoveitol, a pair of new norditerpene enantiomers from Paeonia veitchii

    Liang, W., Geng, C., Zhang, X., Chen, H., Yang, C., Rong, G., Zhao, Yong, Xu, H., Wang, H., Zhou, N., Ma, Y., Huang, X. & Chen, J., 2014, In: Organic Letters. 24, p. 424-427

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  31. Chemical constituents from the ethyl acetate extract of the flower of Albizia julibrissin

    Rong, G., Geng, C., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Wang, H., Zhao, Yong, Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2014, In: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica. 39, p. 1845-1851

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  32. Published

    Polyacetylenes and anti-hepatitis B virus active constituents from Artemisia capillaris

    Zhao, Yong, Geng, C., Sun, C., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Cao, T., He, K., Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2014, In: Fitoterapia. p. 187-193

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  33. Synthesis, Structure-activity relationships and biological evaluation of dehydro-andrographolide and andrographolide derivatives as novel anti-hepatitis B virus agents

    Chen, H., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Geng, C., Zhao, Yong, Wang, L., Guo, R., Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2014, In: Biooganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24, 10, p. 2353-2359

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  34. Published

    UFLC/MS-IT-TOF Guided isolation of anti-HBV active chlorogenic acid analogues from Artemisia capillaris as a traditional Chinese herb for the treatment of hepatitis

    Zhao, Yong, Geng, C., Chen, H., Ma, Y., Huang, X., Cao, T., He, K., Wang, H., Zhang, X. & Chen, J., 2014, In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 156, p. 147-154

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