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Jun Ma, Postdoctoral Associate

Education

  • Ph. D. in Biology, The City University of New York, August, 2004

  • M. S. in Genetics, Shandong Agricultural University (China), August, 1990

  • B. S. in Botany, Shandong University (China), August, 1987

Publications

Published Journal Papers

  1. Ma, J., B. M. Schmidt, A. Poulev, I. Raskin. (2007) Determination of tripdiolide in root extracts of Tripterygium wilfordii by solid phase extraction and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Phytochemical Analysis, accepted, 2007.

  2. Ma, J., Dey, M., Yang, H., Poulev, A., Pouleva, R., Dorn, R., Lipsky, P., Kenelly, E. J., and Raskin, I. (2007) Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive compounds from Tripterygium wilfordii. Phytochemistry, Vol. 68, No. 8, 1172-1178.

  3. Brinker, A. M., J. Ma, P. E. Lipsky, and I. Raskin. Medicinal chemistry and pharmacology of genus Tripterygium (Celastraceae). Phytochemistry, Vol. 68, No. 6, 732-766, 2007.

  4. S. Logendra, D. M. Ribnicky, H. Yang, A. Poulev, J. Ma, E. J. Kennelly, and I. Raskin. Bioassay-guided fractionation and isolation of aldose reductase inhibitors from Artemisia dracunculus. Phytochemistry, 67, 1539-1546, 2006.

  5. Ma, J.; Yang, H.; Basile, M. J.; Kennelly, E. J. Analysis of polyphenolic antioxidants from the fruits of three Pouteria species by Selected Ion Monitoring Liquid
    Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2004, 52, 5873-5878.

  6. Ma, J.; Luo, X.; Protiva, P.; Yang, H.; Ma, C.; Basile, M. J.; Weinstein, I. B.;
    Kennelly, E. J. Bioactive novel polyphenols from the fruit of Manilkara zapota (Sapodilla). Journal of Natural Products 2003, 66, 983-986.

  7. Acuña, U. M.; Atha, D. E.; Ma, J.; Nee, M. H.; Kennelly, E. J. Antioxidant capacities of ten edible North American plants. Phytotherapy Research 2002, 16, 63-65.

  8. Yu, Y.; Yin, C.; Ma, J.; Shen, F.; Huang, Q. Variation of characters in upland cotton (G. hirsutum) after introduction of exogenous DNA from other families. Journal Shandong Agricultural University (China) 1991, 22, 335-340.

Presentations at Scientific Conferences

  • Dmitry Govorko, Sithes Logendra, David M. Ribnicky, Alexander Poulev, Jun Ma, Hui Yang, Edward J. Kennelly, and Ilya Raskin. Bioactivity-guided isolation of anti-diabetic compounds from an extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. using a novel PEPCK gene expression assay. Abstract for the 66th Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association, June 9 – 13, 2006, Washington DC, USA.

  • Sithes Logendra, David M. Ribnicky, Alexander Poulev, Jun Ma, Hui Yang, Edward J. Kennelly, and Ilya Raskin. Isolation of novel inhibitors of human aldose reductase activity from an anti-diabetic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. Abstract for the 66th Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association, June 9 – 13, 2006, Washington DC, USA.

  • Zhong Q. Wang, David M. Ribnicky, Sithes Logendra, Alexander Poulev, Jun Ma, Hui Yang, Edward J. Kennelly, Ilya Raskin, and William T. Cefalu. Bioactives from an extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. exhibit potent inhibitory activities for PTP-1B in human skeletal muscle culture. Abstract for the 66th Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association, June 9 – 13, 2006, Washington DC, USA.

  • Ma, J.; Yang, H.; Basile, M. J.; Kennelly, E. J. 2004 International Congress of
    Natural Product Research (ICNPR-2004) (Phoenix, AZ, July, 2004), Analysis of polyphenolic
    antioxidants from the fruits of three Pouteria species by SIM LC-MS (Presented By H. Yang).

  • Alvarez, M.; Reynertson, K. A.; Baggett, S. Ma, J.; Basile, M. J.; Kennelly, E. J. 2004
    International Congress of Natural Product Research (ICNPR-2004) (Phoenix, AZ, July, 2004), Antioxidant
    activity and epicatechin content of eight cultivars of taro (Colocasia esculenta) (Presented by K. A.
    Reynertson).

  • Ma, J.; Yang, H.; Basile, M. J.; Kennelly, E. J. American Society of Pharmacognosy: 44th
    Annual Meeting (Chapel Hill, NC, July, 2003), Polyphenolic antioxidants from the fruits of three
    Pouteria species.

  • Ma, J.; Basile, M. J. Kennelly, E. J. American Society of Pharmacognosy: 43rd Annual
    Meeting and 3rd Monroe Wall Symposium (New Brunswick, NJ, July, 2002), Polyphenolic antioxidants from
    the fruits of Manilkara zapota (sapodilla).

  • Alvarez, M.; Kennelly, E. J.; Ma, J.; Basile, M. J. Annual Biomedical Research
    Conference for Minority Students (Orlando, FL, November, 2001), Antioxidant capacities of twenty-four
    tropical fruits and vegetables (Presented by M. Alvarez).

  • Caban, J.; Ma, J.; Basile, M. J.; Campbell, R.; Rollins, C.; Kennelly, E. J. National
    Minority Research Symposium (Washington, D.C., November, 2000), Antioxidant capacities of seven
    tropical fruits (Presented by J. Caban).

  • Kennelly, E. J.; Ma, J.; Basile, M. J. Sigma Xi Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, NM,
    November, 2000), Antioxidant capacities of twenty-one tropical fruits and vegetables (Presented by E.
    J. Kennelly).

  • Kennelly, E. J.; Ma, J.; Basile, M. J. American Society of Pharmacognosy: 41st Annual
    Meeting (Seattle, WA, July, 2000), Antioxidant capacities of exotic fruits and vegetables (Presented
    by E. J. Kennelly).