Meei-Cho Lai

Name / Position

Meei-Cho Lai, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor

 

Office Address

No.20, Weixin Rd., Yanpu Township, Pingtung County 90741, Taiwan, R.O.C.

E-mail: meei@tajen.edu.tw

Tel: (886-8) 762-4002 ext 2709

Fax: 08-7624002 # 2709

賴美州

 

Academic career

2019-

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy & Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tajen University

2013-2019

Rsearch and Development Director, Biotechnology Division,

Kingland Property Co., Ltd.

2012-2013

Associate researcher, Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry Technology and Development Center

2010-2012

Adjunct assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy & Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tajen University

 

Education

Ph.D.

Graduate Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy,

China Medical University (2005-2011)

 

Teaching Courses

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pharmacognosy

Pharmaceutical plant

 

Research Area

Chinese herbal medicine

Natural matter activity evaluation,

Chinese medicine processing

Composition analysis

 

Recent Publications

  1. Liou SS, Liu IM, Lai MC, Cheng JT (2005) Comparison of the antinociceptive action of crude Fuzei, the root of Aconitum, and its processed products. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 99(3):379-383.
  2. Shen YC, Liaw CC, Cheng YB, Ahmed AF, Lai MC, Liou SS, WU TS, Kuo YH and Lin YC (2006) C18 Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans from Kadsura  philippinensis. Journal of Natural Products 69(6):963-966.
  3. Liou SS, Liu IM, Lai MC (2006) The plasma glucose lowering action of Hei-Shug-Pian, the fire-processed product of the root of Conitum Aconitum (Aconitum carmichaeli), in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.Journal of  Ethnopharmacology106(2):256-262.
  4. Lai MC, Liu IM, Liou SS, Chang YS(2011) Mesaconitine plays the major role in the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of radix Aconiti Carmichaeli (Chuan Wu), Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 19(3):362-368.
  5. Lai MC, Liu IM, Liou SS, Chang YS(2011) Radix Aconitum Kusnezoffii Exhibits an Antinociceptive Activity Involvement at Central and Peripheral Nervous System, Journal of Food and Drug Analysis.

 

 Journal Papers

  • 1. Liou SS, Liu IM, Lai MC, Cheng JT (2005) Comparison of the antinociceptive action of crude Fuzei, the root of Aconitum, and its processed products. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 99(3):379-383.
  • 2. Shen YC, Liaw CC, Cheng YB, Ahmed AF, Lai MC, Liou SS, WU TS, Kuo YH and Lin YC (2006) C18 Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans from Kadsura philippinensis. Journal of Natural Products 69(6):963-966.
  • 3.Liou SS, Liu IM, Lai MC (2006) The plasma glucose lowering action of Hei-Shug-Pian, the fire-processed product of the root of Conitum Aconitum carmichaeli）, in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.Journal of Ethnopharmacology106(2):256-262.
  • 4. Lai MC, Liu IM, Liou SS, Chang YS(2011) Mesaconitine plays the major role in the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of radix Aconiti Carmichaeli (Chuan Wu), Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 19(3):362-368.
  • 5. Lai MC, Liu IM, Liou SS, Chang YS(2012) Radix Aconitum Kusnezoffii Exhibits an Antinociceptive Activity Involvement at Central and Peripheral Nervous System, Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 20(2):501-509.
  • 6. Lai MC, Liu W Y., Liou S S, Liu IM. (2020). The protective effects of moscatilin against methylglyoxal-induced neurotoxicity via the regulation of p38/JNK MAPK pathways in PC12 neuron-like cells, Food and Chemical Toxicology140:111369.
  • 7. Lai MC, Liu WY, Liou S S, Liu IM. (2020). A Bibenzyl component Moscatilin mitigates Glycation-mediated damages in an SH-SY5Y cell model of neurodegenerative diseases through AMPK activation and RAGE/NF-κ B pathway suppression, Molecules 25(19): 4574.
  • 8. Lin CH, ChangYT, Lai MC, Chiou T Y, Liao CS (2021). Continuous biodiesel production from waste soybean oil using a nano -Fe3O4 micro wave catalysis, Processes 9(5): 756.
  • 9. Lai MC, Liu WY, Liou S S, Liu IM(2022)The Citrus Flavonoid Hesperetin Encounters Diabetes-Mediated Alzheimer-Type Neuropathologic Changes through Relieving Advanced Glycation End-Products Inducing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Nutrients 14(4): 745
  • 10. Lai MC, Liu WY, Liou S S, Liu IM (2022). Diosmetin targeted at peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma alleviates advanced glycation end products induced neuronal injury, Nutrients14(11): 2248.
  • 11.劉宇琦、賴美州、黃靜妃（2023）藥林射虎－寓教於樂的中藥教學策略,藥學雜誌，39(1)147-151。
  • 12. Lee YR, Lai MC, Liu H H, Chen JR (2023)The Tetrahymena Paradigm: Genetic Insights and Ecotoxicity Assessment ,Austin Journal of Environmental Toxicology 9(1):1044.
  • 13. Lai MC, Liu WY, Liou SS, Liu IM (2023)Hispidin in the Medicinal Fungus Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from JNK Activation-Regulated Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptosis in an MPP+-Induced In Vitro Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Nutrients 15(3): 549.
  • 14. Chen LC, Lai MC, Hong TY, & Liu I M (2024) γ-Oryzanol from Rice Bran Antagonizes Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity in an In Vitro Model of Differentiated HT-22 Cells, Nutrients 16(8): 1237.
  • 15. Lai MC, Lee YR, Tsai MH, Chen JR(2024) The Lipolytic Effect of Cassia obtusifolia L Seeds on 3T3-L1 Adipocytes, Journal of Pharmacology& Clinical Research 10(2) DOI: 10.19080/JPCR.2024.10.555783.
  • 16. Liu YS, Lai MC, Tzeng YC, Liu IM(2025)Polyphenolic Hispolon Derived from Medicinal Mushrooms of the Inonotus and Phellinus Genera Promotes Wound Healing in Hyperglycemia-Induced Impairments,Nutrients 17(2):266.
  • 17. Lai MC, Liu WY, Tzeng YC, Liu IM(2025)Protective Effects of Coixol Against Nε-Carboxymethyllysine-Induced Injury in IMR-32 Neuronal Cells: Modulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Amyloidogenic Pathways, Nutrients17(18):2939.