Qitong Feng

Currently pursuing a PhD in Drug Delivery at Monash University's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Sciences. Research focuses on developing NIR-responsive linkers based on BODIPY scaffolds for targeted drug delivery using nanoparticle systems.

• Zhou B, Yang Z, Feng, Q., et al. Aurantiamide acetate from baphicacanthus cusia root exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects via inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway in Influenza A virus-infected cells [J]. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2017, 199: 60-67. (Times Cited 49)
• Zhou, B., Liang, X., Feng, Q., Li, J., Pan, X., Xie, P., ... & Yang, Z. (2019). Ergosterol peroxide suppresses influenza A virus-induced pro-inflammatory response and apoptosis by blocking RIG-I signaling. European journal of pharmacology, 860, 172543. (Times Cited 14)
• Feng, Q., Zhu, G., Gao, W., et al. Two New Alkaloids from the Roots of Baphicacanthus cusia [J]. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 2016, 64(10): 1505. (Times Cited 16)
• Mi, J., Jia, K. P., Balakrishna, A., Feng, Q., & Al-Babili, S. (2019). A Highly Sensitive SPE Derivatization–UHPLC–MS Approach for Quantitative Profiling of Carotenoid-Derived Dialdehydes from Vegetables. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 67(20), 5899-5907. (Times Cited 10)
• Wang, J. R., Yau, L. F., Tong, T. T., Feng, Q., Bai, L. P., Ma, J., ... & Jiang, Z. H. (2015). Characterization of oxygenated metabolites of ginsenoside Rb1 in plasma and urine of rat. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 63 (10), 2689-2700. (Times Cited 12)
• Ablazov, A., Mi, J., Jamil, M., Jia, K.P., Wang, J.Y ., Feng, Q. and Al-Babili, S., 2020. The Apocarotenoid Zaxinone Is a Positive Regulator of Strigolactone and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Roots. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, p.578. (Times Cited 26)
• Jia, K. P., Mi, J., Ablazov, A., Ali, S., Yang, Y ., Balakrishna, A., ... & Al-Babili, S. (2021). Iso-anchorene is an endogenous metabolite that inhibits primary root growth in Arabidopsis. Plant J, 10(10), 15271. (Times Cited 9)

• Jing-Rong W, Jiang Z, Feng Q, et al. Method of isolating anti-viral ingredients from baphicacanthus cusia, compositions comprising them and their medical use: U.S. Patent Application US 2017/0281702. 2017-10-5.
• Jiang Zhi-hong, Zhong Nanshan, Yang Zifeng, Wang Jing-Rong, Feng Qitong, et al. Compounds and methods for treating influenza, Australia Patent Application, AU 2020103878. 2021-01-27
• Zifeng Yang, Beixian Zhou, Feng Q, et al. Application of peroxy-ergosterol in drug resisting influenza virus infection and preparation of peroxy-ergosterol; China Patent Application CN106432400A. 2017-02-22.
• Zifeng Yang, Beixian Zhou, Feng Q, et al. Application of aurantiamide acetate in anti-influenza virus medicine and preparation of aurantiamide acetate; China Patent Application CN106431960A. 2017-02-22.
• Jing-Rong W, Jiang Z, Feng Q, et al. Method of isolating anti-viral ingredients from baphicacanthus cusia, compositions comprising them and their medical use: U.S. Patent Application AU 2016100366 A4. 2016-5-12.
• Jiang Zhi-hong, Zhong Nanshan, Yang Zifeng, Wang Jing-Rong, Feng Qitong, et al. Compounds and methods for treating influenza, U.S. Patent Application, US9345690B2. 2022-04-8.