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Jun Ma

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).