Xu Hui, PhD, Lecturer

Contact number: 13776666683

E-mail: 9120191156@nufe.edu.cn

Educational work experience:

2016-2019, China Pharmaceutical University, College of Engineering, Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Engineering), PhD;

2005-2008, Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Food Science and Technology, Food Science, Master's degree;

2001-2005, Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Food Science and Technology, Bioengineering, bachelor's degree;

Research fields and directions:

(1) Food nutrition and the health function of biologically active substances

(2) Interactions among diet, intestinal microecology and immunity, inflammation and molecular mechanisms

Representative results:

(1) Hui Xu, Yuchen Wang, Peter W. Jurutka, Shen Wu, Yadong Chen, Chongjiang Cao, Guitang Chen, Bei Tian, Suilou Wang* and Shujie Cheng*. 16α-Hydroxytrametenolic acid from Poria cocos improves intestinal barrier function through the glucocorticoid receptor-mediated PI3K/Akt/NF-κB pathway. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2019, 67, 10871−10879.

(2) Hui Xu, Yuchen Wang, Junnan Zhao, Peter W. Jurutka, Liangyun Liu, Lange Zhang, Suilou Wang*, Yadong Chen* and Shujie Cheng*. Triterpenes from Poria cocos are revealed as potential retinoid X receptor selective agonists based on cell and in silico evidence. Chemical Biology & Drug Design 2019 24 August.

(3) Hui Xu, Liangyun Liu, Chongjiang Cao, Weisheng Lu, Zhenhan Zhu, Zijun Guo, Min Li, Xing Wang, Dechun Huang, Suilou Wang * & Shujie Cheng *. Wound Healing Activity of a Skin Substitute from Residues of Culinary- Medicinal Winter Mushroom Flammulina velutipes (Agaricomycetes) Cultivation. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 21(7):683–691 (2019)

(4) Chen Cui †, Hui Xu †, Hua Yang, Rui Wang, Ruijie Huang*, Shujie Cheng*. Antibacterial Activity of Fruiting Body Extracts from Culinary-Medicinal Winter Mushroom, Flammulina velutipes (Agaricomycetes) against Oral Pathogen Streptococcus mutans. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms