Full-time researcher, Shenzhen Samii Medical Center

Postdoctor of Chemicobiology, Peking University

Doctor of Pharmacochemistry, Peking Union Medical College

Main Research Field

(1) Basic research on traditional Chinese medicinal materials

(2)Screening and molecular mechanism of active natural products for anti-depression and anti-glioma

Representative Research Achievements

1. Isolation, identification and activity screening of active ingredients of natural products; published 3 SCI papers in J Nat Prod, RSC Adv, Acta Pharm Sin B and other journals as the first author or co-first author; applied for 2 national invention patents.

2.Screening and mechanisms of therapeutic drugs for depression, addictions and other mental disorders, pathogenesis and therapeutic drug screening of glioma, etc.; published 6 papers in Brain Behav Immun and other journals as the first author or corresponding author.

Representative Publications

1. Yang Yanan#,An Yawen#, Wang Wenjie, Du Ning, Zhang Jinghua, Feng Ziming, Jiang Jianshuo, Zhang Peicheng*. Nine compounds from the root bark of Lycium chinense and their anti-inflammatory activities. Acta pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2017, 7(4): 491– 495. (IF=11.413)。

2. Yuan Bo#, Li Weixin#, Liu Hanqing, Cai Xin, Song Shuo, Zhao Jia, Hu Xiaopeng, Li Zhiwen, Chen Yongxin, Zhang Kai, Liu Zhiyong, Peng Jing, Wang Cheng, Wang Jianchun*,An Yawen*. Correlation between immune response and self-reported depression during convalescence from COVID-19, Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 2020, 88:39-43. (IF=7.217)。