Dr TSANG Nga Yi, Afra
Lecturer
TEACHING AREAS
- Macroscopic Authentication of Chinese Materia Medica
- Medicinal Botany
QUALIFICATIONS
| Doctor of Philosophy, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine (First Class), Hong Kong Baptist University |
EMPLOYMENT
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2024- present |
Lecturer, Department of Food and Health Sciences, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong |
| 2021-2024 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University |
| 2020-2021 | Senior Research Assistant, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Zhao Yang#, Tsang Nga Yi#, Xu Xin-Ya, Zhao Chen-Liang, Ku Chuen-Fai, Li Wan-Fei, Zhu Yu, Liu Kang-Unroof. Rong Lijun,Prof. Zhang Hong-Jie. Axial Chirality and Antiviral Activity Evaluation of Arylnaphthalene Lignan Glycosides from Justicia procumbens. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202200267
- Tsang Nga Yi#, Li Wan-Fei#, Varhegyi Elizabeth#, Rong Lijun, Zhang Hong-Jie. "Ebola Entry Inhibitors Discovered from Maesa perlarius" International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, (5), 2620. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052620
- Li Wan-Fei, Liang Zheng-Ming, Zhao Chen-Liang, Tsang Nga Yi., Li Ji-Xin, Liu Ya-Hua, He Kang, Pan Lu-Tai, Rong Lijun, Zou Juan, Zhang Hong-Jie. 3,4-Seco-Isopimarane Diterpenes from the Twigs and Leaves of Isodon Flavidus. Molecules, 2022, 27(10), 3098. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103098
- Chen Shuangcheng#, Tsang Nga Yi#, Jiang Haowen#, Zhang Hongjie, Ge Xiang, Wu Yanni, Shen Yu, Xie Wenxia, Li Jinlong*. Cytotoxic tigliane diterpenoids from Euphorbia neorubella. Natural Product Research, 2021 May 7;1-5. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1924712. Online ahead of print.
- Zhao Yang, Ku Chuen-Fai, Xu Xin-Ya, Tsang Nga Yi, Zhu Yu, Zhao Chen-Liang, Liu Kang-Lun, Li Chuang-Chuang, Rong Lijun, Zhang Hongjie*. Stable Axially Chiral Isomers of Arylnaphthalene Lignan Glycosides with Antiviral Potential Discovered from Justicia procumbens. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86(8), 5568–5583. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00068
- Tsang Nga Yi#, Chik Wai I#, Sze Lai Pan, Wang Ming-Zhong, Tsang Siu Wai, Zhang Hongjie*. The Use of Naphthoquinones and Furano-naphthoquinones as Anti-invasive Agents. Current Medical Chemistry, 2018, 25 (38, p. 5007-5056). doi:10.2174/0929867324666171006131927
- Tsang Nga Yi#, Zhao Lihan#, Tsang Siu Wai, Zhang Hongjie*. Antiviral Activity and Molecular Targets of Plant Natural Products against Avian Influenza Virus. Current Organic Chemistry, 2017, 21(18), p.1777-1804. doi: 10.2174/1385272821666170227120138
Award
| 2020 | Tianjiang Cup Li Shizhen Youth Outstanding Thesis Award |
| 2020 | Second Prize in Innovation (Life Science) Category in the 6th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition |
| 2019 | Second Prize of Innovation Nanshan 2019 Entrepreneurship Star Contest Hong Kong Final |
| 2019 | Second Prize of Entrepreneurship Proposal (Technology) in the 5th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition |