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Guangwen Tang, Ph.D.

Guangwen Tang Scientist I and Director
Carotenoids and Health Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: (617) 556-3236
Fax: (617) 556-3344
E-mail: guangwen.tang@tufts.edu
Education Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry
Rutgers University
Research Focus Phytonutrient metabolism, carotenoid absorption and metabolism using stable isotopes
Academic Appointments Associate Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Selected Professional Affiliations Member, American Chemical Society
Member, American Society for Nutritional Science

 

Featured HNRCA Research Publications

Ferreira, A.L.A., Yeum, K-J., Matsubara, L.S., Matsubara, B.B., Correa, C.R., Pereira, E.J., Russell, R.M. Krinsky, N.M., and Tang, G.  Doxorubicin as an antioxidant: Maintenance of myocardial levels of lycopene under doxorubicin treatment. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 2007;43;740-751.

Li, L., Qin, J., Yin, S., Tang, G.  Effects of Mobile Phase Ratios on the Separation of Plant Carotenoids by HPLC with a C30 Column. Chromatographia. 2007;65(1/2):91-94.

Ziouzenkova, O., Orasanu, G., Sukhova, G., Lau, E., Berger, J.P., Tang, G., Krinsky, N.I., Dolnikowski, G., Plutzky, J.  Asymmetric Cleavage of B-Carotene Yields a Transcriptional Repressor of Retinoid X Receptor and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Responses. Molecular Endocrinology. 2007;21(1):77-88.

Tang, G., Ferreira, A.A., Grusak, M.A., Quin, J., Dolnikowski, G.G., Russell, R.M., Krinsky, N.I.  Bioavailability of synthetic and biosynthetic deuterated lycopene in humans. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2005;16(4):229-235.

Preston, I.R., Tang, G., Tilan, J.U., Hill, N.S., Suzuki, Y.J.  Retinoids and pulmonary hypertension. Circulation. 2005;111:782-790.


Other Recent Publications

Cho Y-S, Yeum KJ, Chen C-Y, Beretta G, Tang G, Krinsky NI, Yoon S, Lee-Kim YC, Blumberg J, Russell RM. Phytonutrients Affecting Hydrophilic & Lipophilic Antioxidant Activities in Fruits, Vegetables and Legumes. J Sci Food Agricult. 2007;87(6):1096-1107.

Furr HC, Green MH, Haskell MJ, Nestel P, Newton S, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Tang G, Tanumihardjo S, Wasantwisut E. Stable isotope dilution techniques for assessing vitamin A status and bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids in humans. Public Health Nutr. 2005;8(6):596-607.

Tang G, Ferreira ALA, Grusak MA, Qin J, Dolnikowski GG, Russell RM, Krinsky NI. Bioavailability of synthetic and biosynthetic deuterated lycopene in humans. J Nutr Biochem. 2005;16(4):229-35.


Wang ZM, Yin S, Zhao X, Russell RM, Tang G. Beta-carotene–vitamin A equivalence in Chinese adults assessed by an isotope dilution technique.Br J Nutr. 2004;91:121-31.

Lienau A, Glaser T, Tang G, Dolnikowski GG, Grusak MA, Albert K.
Bioavailability of lutein in humans from intrinsically labeled vegetables determined by LC-APCI-MS. J Nutr Biochem. 2003;14:663-70.

Ferreira AL, Yeum KJ, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Tang G. Enzymatic and oxidative metabolites of lycopene. J Nutr Biochem. 2003;14:531-540.

Tang GW, Qin J, Dolnikowski GG, Russell RM. Short-term (intestinal) and long-term (whole-body) conversion of beta-carotene to vitamin A in adults using a stable isotope reference method. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;78:259-66.

Tang G, Qin J, Hao L, Yin S, Russell RM. Use of short term isotope dilution method for determining vitamin A status of children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002;76(2):413-8.

Tang G, Qin J, Hu S, Hao L, Xu Q, Gu X, Fjeld CR, Gao X, Yin S, Russell RM. Protection of vitamin A status of Chinese children by a dietary intervention with vegetables. Food Nutr Bull. 2001;21:161-4.

Ferreira ALA, Tang G, Grusak MA, Qin J, Dolnikowski G, Yeum K-J, Krinsky NI, Russell RM. Absorption and metabolism of synthetic and natural (tomato) deuterated lycopene. Intl Symposium on the Role of Tomato Products and Carotenoids. 2001;13.

To see more of Dr. Guangwen Tang's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Tang G."