** Recent Selective Representative Publications **

Full List of publications in peer-reviewed SCI-indexed journals

2000

• Chen ZY, Bi YR, Su YL, Tsang SY & Huang Y (2000) Effect of baicalein and acetone extracts of Scutellaria baicalensis on canola oil oxidation. Journal of The American Oil Chemists’ Society 77:73-78

• Zhu QY, Huang Y & Chen ZY (2000) Interaction between flavonoids and a-tocopherol in human low-density lipoprotein. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 11:14-21

• Kwan HY, Huang Y & Yao XQ (2000) Store-operated calcium entry in vascular endothelial cells is inhibited by cGMP via a protein kinase G-dependent mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 6758-6763

• Ko WH, Yao XQ, Lau CW, Law WY, Chen ZY, Ho WKK & *Huang Y (2000) Vasorelaxant and antiproliferative effect of berberine. European Journal of Pharmacology 399:187-196

• *Huang Y, Yao XQ, Chan FL, Lau CW, Chen NWK & Chen ZY (2000) Abolition of endothelium-dependent relaxation in the rat aorta by tetraoctylammonium ions. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology 362 (2):152-159

• Chan NWK, Yao XQ, Ko WH & *Huang Y (2000) Nitric oxide mediates endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by glibenclamide in rat isolated aorta. Cardiovascular Research 46:180-187

• *Huang Y, Yao XQ, Lau CW, Chan FL, Chan NWK, Cheng YM & Chen ZY (2000) Role of endothelium in thapsigargin-induced arterial responses in rat aorta. European Journal of Pharmacology 392:51-59

• Sea MM, Fong WP Huang Y & Chen ZY (2000) Weight cycling-induced alteration in fatty acid metabolism. American Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 279:R1145-R1155

• Shen S, Huang Y & Bourreau J-P (2000) Efficacy of muscarinic stimulation and mode of excitation-contraction coupling in bovine trachealis muscle. Life Sciences 67(15):1833-1846

• Yao XQ, Kwan H, Chan NWK, Chan FL & Huang Y (2000) A protein kinase G-sensitive channel mediates Ca2+ entry in vascular endothelial cells. FASEB Journal 14(7):932-938

• Tsang SY, Chen ZY, Yao XQ & *Huang Y (2000) Potentiating effects on contractions by purified baicalin and baicalein in the rat mesenteric artery. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 36:263-269

• Chen ZY, Law WI, Ho WKK & *Huang Y (2000) Inhibitory effects of purified green tea epicatechins on contraction and proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 21(9) 835-840

• Su YL, Leung LK, Bi YR, Huang Y & Chen ZY (2000) Antioxidant activity of flavonoids isolated from Scutellaria rehderiana. Journal of The American Oil Chemists’ Society 77:807-812

• Yeung CH, Yang L, Huang Y, Wang J & Chen ZY (2000) Dietary conjugated linoleic acid mixture affects the activity of intestinal acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase in hamsters. British Journal of Nutrition 84(6):935-941

• *Huang Y, Yao XQ, Tsang SY, Lau CW & Chen ZY (2000) Role of endothelium in vascular response to flavonoids and epicatechins. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 21(12): 1119-1124 (Invited article). Special issue “Traditional Herbal Medicine Research”

• Chan FL, Choi HL, Chen ZY, Chen PSF & Huang Y (2000) Induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines by a flavonoid, baicalin. Cancer Letters 160(2):219-227

• Tao L, Huang Y & Bourreau J-P (2000) Control of the mode of excitation-contraction coupling by Ca2+ stores in bovine trachealis muscle. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 279:L722-L-732

• Yang L, Leung LK, Huang Y & Chen ZY (2000) Oxidative stability of conjugated linoleic acid isomers. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48:3072-3076

1999

• Chen Z, Su YL, Lau CW, Law WI & *Huang Y (1999) Endothelium-dependent contraction and direct relaxation induced by baicalein in rat mesenteric artery. European Journal of Pharmacology 374:41-47

• *Huang Y, Chung YW & Wong PYD (1999) K+ channel activity recorded from the apical membrane of the freshly isolated tubule of rat caudal epididymis. Biology of Reproduction 60:1509-1514

• *Huang Y, Ko WH, Chung YW & Wong PYD (1999) Identification of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in cultured equine sweat gland epithelial cells. Experimental Physiology 84: 881-895

• Chan PT, Fong WP, Cheung YL, Huang Y, Ho WKK & Chen ZY (1999) Jasmine green tea epicatechins are hypolipidemic in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) fed a high fat diet. Journal of Nutrition 129:1094-1110

• *Huang Y, Chan NWK, Lau CW, Yao XQ, Chan FL & Chen ZY (1999) Involvement of endothelium/nitric oxide in vasorelaxation induced by purified green tea (-)epicatechin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1427:322-328

• Chan FL, Poon HK, Huang Y & Choi HL (1999) The glycoconjugates of the ciliary body epithelium of the rat eye: a lectin histochemistry and protein blotting study. Histochemical Journal 31:95-107

• *Huang Y, Lau CW, Chan FL & Yao X (1999) Contribution of nitric oxide and K+ channel activation to vasorelaxation of isolated rat aorta by procaine. European Journal of Pharmacology 367:231-237

• Zhu QY, Huang Y, Tsang D & Chan ZY (1999) Regeneration of a-tocopherol in human low-density lipoprotein by green tea catechin. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 47:2020-2025

• Yao XQ & *Huang Y (1999) Endothelium-dependent relaxation by tetraoctylammonium ions in rat isolated aortic rings. Pharmacology Letters. 66:PL13-19

• Wong JK, Choi HL, Huang Y & Chan FL (1999) Ultrastructural and biochemical observations on the early changes in apoptotic epithelial cell of the rat prostate induced by castration. Cell & Tissue Research 298:123-136

1998

• Kwok KH & *Huang Y (1998) s-Adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation inhibited by tetrapentylammonium ions in rat mesenteric artery. Pharmacology Letters 62:PL19-PL25

• Yao XQ, Huang Y, Kwan HY, Chan P & Desir G (1998) Characterization of a regulatory region in the N-terminum of rabbit Kv1.3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 249:492-498

• Chen ZY, Zhang ZS, Ho WKK, Zhu M, Kwan KY & *Huang Y (1998) Endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by hawthorn extract in the rat isolated mesenteric artery. Life Sciences 63:1983-1991

• *Huang Y, Lau CW, Chan NWK, Yao XQ & Chan FL (1998) Prejunctionally mediated inhibition of neurotransmission by isoprenaline in rat vas deferens. Life Sciences 63(23) 2107-2113

• *Huang Y & Lau CW (1998) Unique effect of tetrapentylammonium ions on sympathetic transmission in rat vas deferens. Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology 18:189-194

• *Huang Y (1998) Role of K+ channels in endothelium-independent relaxation induced by hydroxylamine in isolated rat aortic rings. European Journal of Pharmacology 349:53-60

• *Huang Y, Zhang AQ, Lau CW & Chen ZY. (1998) Vasorelaxant effects of purified green tea epicatechin derivatives in rat mesenteric artery. Life Sciences 63:275-283

• Kwok KH, Lau CW, Chan NWK & *Huang Y (1998) Contractile and relaxant effects of tetrapentylammonium ions in isolated rat mesenteric artery. Pharmacology 57:188-195

• *Huang Y, Kwok KH, Chan NWK, Lau CW & Chen ZY (1998) Role of endothelium and K+ channel in dobutamine-induced relaxation in rat mesenteric artery. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 25:405-411

• *Huang Y & Chan NWK (1998) Involvement of endothelium in relaxant action of glibenclamide on the rat mesenteric artery. European Journal of Pharmacology 343:27-33

1997

• Zhu QY, Zhang AQ, Tsang D, Huang Y & Chen ZY (1997) Stability of green tea catechins. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 45:4624-4628

• *Huang Y (1997) Studies on vasorelaxation by tetrapentylammonium ions in rat aortic rings. Life Sciences 61:1811-1817

• *Huang Y & Cheung KK (1997) Endothelium-dependent rhythmic contractions induced by cyclopiazonic acid in rat mesenteric artery. European Journal of Pharmacology 332:167-172

• *Huang Y, Lau CW & Ho IHM (1997) Involvement of ATP-sensitive K+ channels in inhibitory effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on neurotrnasmission in rat vas deferens. European Journal of Pharmacology 327:209-214

• *Huang Y, Lau CW. & Ho IHM (1997) NS 1619 activates K+ channels in the rat vas deferens. European Journal of Pharmacology 325:21-27

• *Huang Y (1997) Influence of endothelium in contraction induced by phorbol ester in rat isolated aortic rings. Life Sciences 60:1749-1756

• *Huang Y (1997) Inhibition of contractions by tricyclic antidepressants and xylamine in rat isolated vas deferens. European Journal of Pharmacology 327:41-47

• *Huang Y & Lau CW (1997) Inhibitory effect of amitriptyline on contraction of the rat isolated trachea. Pharmacology 54:312-318

• *Huang Y & Kwok KH (1997) Effects of putative K+ channel blockers on s-adrenoceptor-mediated vasorelaxation of rat isolated mesenteric artery. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 29:515-519

• *Huang Y & Lau CW (1997) Differential effects of pinacidil, cromakalim and NS 1619 on electrically evoked contractions in rat vas deferens. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 18:293-298

1996

• *Huang Y (1996) Inhibitory effects of noradrenaline uptake blockers on contractions of the rat aorta. British Journal of Pharmacology 117:533-539

• *Huang Y & Wong PDY (1996) Inhibitory effect of ATP-sensitive K+ channel regulators on the forskolin-stimulated short-circuit current across the isolated mucosa of the rat colon. Journal of Cellular Physiology 168: 678-684

• *Huang Y & Ho IHM (1996) Separate activation of the voltage-dependent and receptor-operated Ca2+ channels in rat aortic smooth muscle. Chinese Journal of Physiology 39:1-8

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