Drug discovery
- Professor, Teaching and Research Division
Biography 
Prof. Simon Quan-Bin Han obtained his PhD in natural product chemistry at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy Sciences in 2003 and was granted “The President Award” by the Academy. 2004-2009, he was a Scientist at Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine. 2009-6.2011, he worked for the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Research Assistant Professor. Now he leads a research team which research interests are focused on quality analysis and mechanism of bioactive polysaccharides. Prof. Han has published 200+ research papers in scientific journals such as Natural Product Reports, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Carbohydrate Polymers, Organic Letter, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Natural Products, etc, being the first author for forty of them. His research got financial support from several government funding agencies, like National Natural Sciences Foundation in China (NSFC), General Research Fund (GRF), HKSAR Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), and Health and Health Services Research Fund (HMRF), etc.
+ More InformationResearch Interests
His research interests are focused on natural product chemistry, quality control methodology, HSCCC’s application in drug discovery.
Google Scholar (Feb 1, 2023)
- Citations: 8,259
- h-index: 52
- i10-index: 159
Selected Publications
Quanwei Zhang, Lifeng Li, Shuang Hao, Man Liu, Chuying Huo, Jianjun Wu, Wanrong Bao, Hongbing Liu, Wanrong Bao, Hongming Zheng, Zhipeng Li, Huiyuan Cheng, Hauyee Fung, Tinlong Wong, Pingchung Leung, Shunchun Wang, Ting Li, Ge Zhang, Min Li, Wei Jia, Zhaoxiang Bian, Timothy Mitchison, Jingchao Zhang*, Aiping Lyu*, Quanbin Han*, Handong Sun, A lymphatic route for a hyperbranched heteroglycan from Radix Astragali to trigger immune responses after oral dosing, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022, 292,119653. （IF10.38）
Xianrui Chen, Ting Huang, Zhibing Huang, Quanbin Han, Development of an immunochromatographic test strip for the rapid detection of aristolochic acid A in herbal medicinal materials, Phytochemistry Analysis, 2022, 22, 441-451.
Wen-Jie Wu, Li-Feng Li, Hui-Yuan Cheng, Hau-Yee Fung, Hau-Yee Kong, Tin-Long Wong, Quan-Wei Zhang, Man Liu, Wan-Rong Bao, Chu-Ying Huo, Quan-Bin Han*, Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Edible Bird's Nest based on peptide markers by LC-QTOF-MS/MS, Molecules, 2022, 27, 2945.
Quanwei Zhang, Man Liu, Lifeng Li, Miaomiao Chen, Pema Tenzin Puno, Wanrong Bao, HongmingZheng, Xin Wen, Huiyuan Cheng, Hauyee Fung, Tinlong Wong, Zhongzhen Zhao, Aiping Lyu*, Quanbin Han*, Handong Sun, Cordyceps polysaccharide marker CCP modulates immune responses via highly selective TLR4/MyD88/p38 axis, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021, 271, 118443.(IF9.38)
Li-Feng Li, Grace Wing-Chiu But, Quan-Wei Zhang, Miao-Miao Chen, Xin Wen, Hoi-Yan Wu, Hui-Yuan Cheng, Pema-Tenzin Puno, Ji-Xia Zhang, Hau-Yee Fung, Man Liu, Su-Ping Bai, Tin-Long Wong, Zhong-Zhen Zhao, Hui Cao, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, Pang-Chu Shaw*, Quan-Bin Han*, Han-Dong Sun, A specific and bioactive polysaccharide marker for the quality analysis of Cordyceps, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021, 269, 118343. (IF9.38)