School of Chemical Science and Technology
Add:No.2 North Cuihu Road, Kunming, P. R. China
Le CAI
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Master Advisor
Office: Chemistry Building 305
Tel.: 86-(0)871-65033719
Email: caile@ynu.edu.cn
Address: School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, 2 North Cuihu Road, 650091 Kunming, P.R. China
Brief Introduction
Associate Professor, Yunnan University (2012 - )
Assistant Professor, Yunnan University (2007 - 2011)
Ph.D., Sichuan University (2003 - 2006)
M.S., Sichuan University (2000 - 2003)
B.S., West China University of Medical Sciences (1996 - 2000)
Research Interests
Fermented traditional Chinese medicine, biotransformation and natural pharmaceutical chemistry.
Foundation and Projects
NSFC 81460648 (2015 - 2018), responsible
NSFC 21002084 (2011 - 2013), responsible
Representative Publications
[1] Cai, Le; Zhao, Mian; Liu, Shi-Xi Yin, Tian-Peng Zhou, Hao; Dong, Jian-Wei; Yang, Ya-Bin; Ding, Zhong-Tao* Pashinintide A, the first plant cyclopeptide from Rosaceae, included a sucrose, suggests a new natural receptor for saccharide. Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 6231-6235.
[2] Dong, Jian-Wei; Cai, Le*; Xiong, Jie; Chen, Xiu-Hua Wang, Wei-Ying; Shen, Ni; Liu, Bei-Lei; Ding, Zhong-Tao* Improving the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of fermented Bletilla striata with Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium oxysporum. Process Biochemistry 2015, 50, 8-13.
[3] Dong, Jian-Wei; Cai, Le*; Zhu, Xiu-Fang, Huang, Xing, Yin, Tian-Peng, Fang, Hai-Xian; Ding, Zhong-Tao* Antioxidant activities and phenolic compounds of Cornhusk, Corncob and Stigma Maydis. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 2014, 25, 1956-1964.
[4] Cai, Le; Liu, Chuan-Shui; Fu, Xiao-Wei; Shen, Xiao-Jing; Yin, Tian-Peng; Yang, Ya-Bin; Ding, Zhong-Tao*. Two new glucosides from the pellicle of the walnut (Juglans regia). Natural Product and Bioprospecting 2012, 2, 150-153
[5] Cai, Le, Fang, Hai-Xian, Yin, Tian-Peng, Yu, Jing, Li, Zhen-Jie, Dong, Jian-Wei, Ding, Zhong-Tao*. Unusual C19-diterpenoid alkaloids fromAconitum vilmorinianum var. patentipilum. Phytochemistry Letters 2015, 14, 106-110.
[6] Yang, Ming-Hui; Fang, Yun-Shan; Cai, Le*; Li, Ying; Dong, Jian-Wei; Yin, Tian-Peng; Huang, Cai-Li; Ding, Zhong-Tao. A new flavone C-glycoside and a new bibenzyl from Bulbophyllum retusiusculum. Natural Product Research 2016, 30, 1617–1622.
[7] Cai, Le; Dong, Jian-Wei; Zhao, Li- Xing; Zhou, Hao; Xing, Yun; Li, Ying; Li, Zhen-Jie; Duan, Wei-He; Li, Xue-Jiao; Ding, Zhong-Tao. An improved water-soluble/stereospecific biotransformation of aporphine alkaloids in Stephania epigaea to 4R-hydroxyaporphine alkaloids byClonostachys rogersoniana. Process Biochemistry 2016, 51, 933-940.
[8] Xing, Yun; Cai, Le*; Yin, Tian-Peng; Chen, Yang; Yu, Jing; Wang, Ya-Rong; Ding, Zhong-Tao*. Improving the antioxidant activity and enriching salvianolic acids by the fermentation of Salvia miltiorrhizae with Geomyces luteus. Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology) 2016, 17, 391-398.
[9] Dong, Jian-Wei; Cai, Le*; Xing, Yun; Yu, Jing; Ding, Zhong-Tao. Re-evaluation of ABTS*+ Assay for Total Antioxidant Capacity of Natural Products. Natural product communications 2015, 10, 2169-2172.
[10] Yin, Tian-Peng, Cai, Le, Fang, Hai-Xian, Fang, Yun-Shan, Li, Zhen-Jie, Ding, Zhong-Tao*. Diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum vilmorinianum. Phytochemistry 2015, 116, 314-319.
[11] Li, Ying, Cai, Le, Dong, Jian-Wei, Xing, Yun, Duan, Wei-He, Zhou, Hao, Ding, Zhong-Tao*. Innovative approach to the accumulation of rubrosterone by fermentation of Asparagus filicinus with Fusarium oxysporum. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2015, 63, 6596-6602.
Patents