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Publications

2026

  1. Liu-Yean Goh, Ching-Wen Chang, L-W. Antony Chen, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2026). Mild thermal inactivation kinetics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in sugarcane juice: Model validation under dilution and acidification conditions. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 19(1), 11.
    (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.1, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 34/182 = 18.7%) *corresponding author

2025

  1. Liu-Yean Goh, Ching-Wen Chang, L-W. Antony Chen, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2025, Dec). Quantitative microbial exposure assessment of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in ready-to-eat chicken: Consumer risk and mitigation strategies in Taiwan. Food Research International, 222, 117642. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 8.5, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 13/182 = 7.1%) *corresponding author

  2. Liu-Yean Goh, Tzu-Ping Kao, Yi-Chun Pan, Ching-Wen Chang, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2025, Nov). Growth modeling of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in raw and cooked beef as a function of storage temperature for shelf life predictions. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 442, 111359. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.3, Category: MICROBIOLOGY, Ranking: 27/163 = 16.6%) *corresponding author

  3. Yun-Ju Huang, Hsin-Yu Wu, Wan-Ting Chang, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yu-En Lin, Huai-Syuan Huang, Yun-Sheng Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2025, Jul). A formulation of combined Poria cocos and Cordyceps militaris rice ameliorates depressive-like effects by downregulating p38 MAPK signaling pathways. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 15, 414-422. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

  4. Liu-Yean Goh, Ching-Wen Chang, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2025, Feb). Modeling the growth and dynamics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in sugarcane juice for shelf life predictions. Food Research International, 201, 115603. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 8.5, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 13/182 = 7.1%) *corresponding author

  5. Yu-En Lin, Hui-Ping Lin, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yun-Ju Huang, Suraphan Panyod, Wei-Ting Liu, Yun-Sheng Lu, Mei-Hsing Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen (2025, Jan). Cordyceps militaris and Armillaria mellea formula alleviates depressive behaviors via microglia regulation in an unpredictable chronic mild stress animal model. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 15, 24-35. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%) 

2024

  1. Matthew Heras, Chia-Chi Huang, Ching-Wen Chang, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2024, Mar). Trends in chitosan-based films and coatings: A systematic review of the incorporated biopreservatives, biological properties, and nanotechnology applications in meat preservation. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 42, 101259. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 9.8, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 6/182 = 3.3%) *corresponding author 

2023

  1. Wei-Lun Huang, Chia-Jung Hsu, Jun Hao Wang, Zi-Han Hsu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Wen-Der Wang, Chia-Chi Huang (2023, Oct). Low-toxicity antibacterial carbon nanodots for wound dressings and food packaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(20), 19200–19209. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.6, Category: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 135/460 = 29.3%)

  2. Kuan-Hung Lu*, Anne Hsu, Yi-Chun Pan, Yun-Ju Huang, Liu-Yean Goh, Chun-Yi Kang, Lee-Yan Sheen (2023, Aug). Modeling the temperature effect on the growth of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in sous-vide chicken breast. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 20(8), 343-350. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 2.7, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 121/182 = 67.0%) *corresponding author

  3. Yun-Ju Huang, Min-Shiuan Tsai, Suraphan Panyod, Po-Yu Liu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Cheng-Yu Weng, Huai-Syuan Huang, Cheng-Chih Hsu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2023, Jul). Garlic essential oil ameliorates depression-like behaviors in unpredictable chronic mild stress by modulating the brain NLRP3 inflammasome pathway and influencing the gut barrier and microbiota. Food & Function, 14, 6998-7010. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 4.6, Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Ranking: 61/319 = 19.1%)

  4. Yun-Jung Lee, Yi-Chun Pan, Ching-Wen Chang, Kuan-Hung Lu* (2023, Feb). Thermal inactivation kinetics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in sous-vide processed chicken breast. Food Research International, 164, 112316. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 8.5, Category: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Ranking: 13/182 = 7.1%) *corresponding author

  5. Huai-Syuan Huang, Yu-En Lin, Suraphan Panyod, Rou-An Chen, Ying-Cheng Lin, Laura Min Xuan Chai, Cheng-Chih Hsu, Wei-Kai Wu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yun-Ju Huang, Lee-Yan Sheen (2023, Feb). Anti-depressive-like and cognitive impairment alleviation effects of Gastrodia elata Blume water extract is related to gut microbiome remodeling in ApoE−/− mice exposed to unpredictable chronic mild stress. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 302, 115872. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%)

2022

  1. Yu-En Lin, Meng-Hsuan Lin, Ti-Yen Yeh, Yi-Syuan Lai, Kuan-Hung Lu, Huai-Syuan Huang, Fu-Chuo Peng, Shing-Hwa Liu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2022, Nov). Genotoxicity and 28-day repeated dose oral toxicity study of garlic essential oil in mice. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 12, 536-544. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%) 

2021

  1. Yu-En Lin, Yi-Chun Chen, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yun-Ju Huang, Suraphan Panyod, Wei-Ting Liu, Shu-Hui Yang, Yun-Sheng Lu, Mei-Hsing Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen (2021, Aug). Antidepressant-like effects of water extract of Cordyceps militaris (Linn.) Link by modulation of ROCK2/PTEN/Akt signaling in an unpredictable chronic mild stress-induced animal model. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 276, 114194. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%) 

  2. Yun-Ju Huang, Le-Xin Chrystal Choong, Suraphan Panyod, Yu-En Lin, Huai-Syuan Huang, Kuan-Hung Lu, Wei-Kai Wu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2021, Jul). Gastrodia elata Blume water extract modulates neurotransmitters and alters the gut microbiota in a mild social defeat stress-induced depression mouse model. Phytotherapy Research, 35, 5133-5142. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 7.0, Category: PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY, Ranking: 30/352 = 8.5%) 

  3. Yu-En Lin, Hsiang-Lan Wang, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yun-Ju Huang, Suraphan Panyod, Wei-Ting Liu, Shu-Hui Yang, Mei-Hsing Chen, Yun-Shen Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2021, Jan). Water extract of Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm. Alleviates the depression-like behaviors in acute- and chronic mild stress-induced rodent models via anti-inflammatory action. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 265, 113395. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%) 

2020

  1. Kuan-Hung Lu, Yi-Jyun Sheen, Tsui-Ping Huang, Shu-Hui Kao, Chun-Lung Cheng, Cheng-An Hwang, Shiowshuh Sheen, Lihan Huang, Lee-Yan Sheen (2020, Aug). Effect of temperature on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus in ready-to-eat cooked rice with pork floss. Food Microbiology, 89, 103374. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.1, Category: BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, Ranking: 34/177 = 19.2%)

  2. Yun-Ju Huang, Nai-Yuan Hsu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yu-En Lin, Shih-Hang Lin, Yun-Sheng Lu, Wei-Ting Liu, Mei-Hsing Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen (2020, Aug). Poria cocos water extract ameliorates the behavioral deficits induced by unpredictable chronic mild stress in rats by down-regulating inflammation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 258, 112566. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%)  

  3. Kuan-Hung Lu, Guan-Ling Ou, Hui-Ping Chang, Wei-Cheng Chen, Shing-Hwa Liu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2020, Jul). Safety evaluation of water extract of Gastrodia elata Blume: Genotoxicity and 28-day oral toxicity studies. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 114, 104657. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.6, Category: MEDICINE, LEGAL, Ranking: 1/22 = 4.5%) 

  4. Kuan-Hung Lu, Yi-Chun Pan, Lee-Yan Sheen (2020, Mar). Combination of cut-log cultivated fruiting body and solid-state cultured mycelia of Taiwanofungus camphoratus ameliorates CCl4-induced liver injury in rats. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 10, 166-174. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

  5. Suraphan Panyod, Wei-Kai Wu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Chun-Ting Liu, Yung-Lin Chu, Chi-Tang Ho, Wen Luan Wendy Hsiao, Ming-Shiang Wu, Yi-Syuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Chen, Yu-En Lin, Shi-Hang Lin, Lee-Yan Sheen (2020, Feb). Allicin modifies the composition and function of the gut microbiota in alcoholic hepatic steatosis mice. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68, 3088-3098. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

2019

  1. Yun-Ju Huang, Kuan-Hung Lu, Yu-En Lin, Suraphan Panyod, Hsin-Yu Wu, Wan-Ting Chang, Lee-Yan Sheen (2019, Nov). Garlic essential oil mediates acute and chronic mild stress-induced depression in rats via modulation of monoaminergic neurotransmission and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels. Food & Function, 10, 8094-8105. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.1, Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Ranking: 61/319 = 19.1%)

  2. Kuan-Hung Lu, Huey-Yin Lee, Yung-Lin Chu, Chi-Tang Ho, Lee-Yan Sheen (2019, Sep). Bitter orange peel extract induces endoplasmic reticulum-mediated autophagy in human hepatoma cells. Journal of Functional Foods, 60, 103404. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 4.9, Category: NUTRITION & DIETETICS, Ranking: 31/112 = 27.7%)

2018

  1. Yu-En Lin, Kuan-Hung Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2018, Jun). Recent research progress on the antidepressant-like effect and neuropharmacological potential of Gastrodia elata Blume. Current Pharmacology Reports, 4, 220-237. (ESCI, IF: 2.2, Category: PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY, Ranking: 209/352 = 59.4%)

  2. Yu-En Lin, Shao-Ting Chou, Shih-Hang Lin, Kuan-Hung Lu, Suraphan Panyod, Yi-Syuan Lai, Chi-Tang Ho, Lee-Yan Sheen (2018, Apr). Antidepressant-like effects of water extract of Gastrodia elata Blume on neurotrophic regulation in a chronic social defeat stress model. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 215, 132-139. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%)

  3. Hsiang-Ling Huang, Swee-Ling Lim, Kuan-Hung Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2018, Jan). Antidepressant-like effects of Gan-Mai-Dazao-Tang via monoamine regulatory pathways on forced swimming test in rats. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 8, 53-59. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

2017

  1. Kuan-Hung Lu, Ching-Yi Weng, Wei-Cheng Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen (2017, Jul). Ginseng essence, a medicinal and edible herbal formulation, ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative stress and liver injury in rats. Journal of Ginseng Research, 41, 316-325. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.6, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 3/45 = 6.7%)

2016

  1. Suraphan Panyod, Wei-Kai Wu, Chi-Tang Ho, Kuan-Hung Lu, Chun-Ting Liu, Yung-Lin Chu, Yi-Syuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Chen, Yu-En Lin, Shi-Hang Lin, Lee-Yan Sheen (2016, Sep). Diet supplementation with allicin protects against alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice by improving anti-inflammation and antioxidative functions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64, 7104-7113. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

  2. 盧冠宏，沈立言 （2016, Aug）：〈藥食同源：臺灣藥食兩用中藥材之安全管理現況〉，《中國醫藥研究叢刊》 31期，84-88。

  3. Wei-Cheng Chen, Yi-Syuan Lai, Shih-Hang Lin, Kuan-Hung Lu, Suraphan Panyod, Chi-Tang Ho, Lee-Yan Sheen (2016, Apr). Anti-depressant effects of Gastrodia elata Blume and its compounds, gastrodin and 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, involve the monoaminergic system and neuronal cytoskeletal remodeling processes. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 182, 190-199. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%)

  4. 盧冠宏，潘怡君，沈立言 （2016, Apr）：〈臺灣食品安全事件的省思：從危機處理提升至風險管理〉，《中國飲食文化》 12.1期，245-271。（THCI; TSSCI）

  5. Yi-Syuan Lai, Wan-Ching Lee, Yu-En Lin, Chi-Tang Ho, Kuan-Hung Lu, Shih-Hang Lin, Suraphan Panyod, Yung-Lin Chu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2016, Feb). Ginger essential oil ameliorates hepatic injury and lipid accumulation in high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64, 2062-2071. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

2015

  1. Wei-Cheng Chen, Yi-Syuan Lai, Kuan-Hung Lu, Shih-Hang Lin, Li-Yun Liao, Lee-Yan Sheen (2015, Dec). Method development and validation for the HPLC assay of gastrodin in water extracts from different sources of Gastrodia elata Blume. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, 23, 803-810. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.1, Category: PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY, Ranking: 138/352 = 39.2%)

  2. Shih-Hang Lin, Mei-Ling Chou, Wei-Cheng Chen, Yi-Syuan Lai, Kuan-Hung Lu, Cherng-Wei Hao, Lee-Yan Sheen (2015, Dec). A medicinal herb, Melissa officinalis L. ameliorates depressive-like behavior of rats in the forced swimming test via regulating the serotonergic neurotransmitter. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 175, 266-272. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 5/45 = 11.1%) 

  3. Yi-Syuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Chen, Tien-Chueh Kuo, Chi-Tang Ho, Ching-Hua Kuo, Yufeng J. Tseng, Kuan-Hung Lu, Shih-Hang Lin, Suraphan Panyod, Lee-Yan Sheen (2015, Aug). Mass-spectrometry-based serum metabolomics of a C57BL/6J mouse model of high-fat-diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 63, 7873-7884. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

  4. 盧冠宏，沈立言 （2015, Jan）：〈面對食安風暴，民眾該如何自保〉，《司法新聲》 113期，25 - 29。​

2014

  1. Shih-Hang Lin, Wei-Cheng Chen, Kuan-Hung Lu, Pei-Ju Chen, Shu-Chen Hsieh, Tzu-Ming Pan, Shui-Tein Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen (2014, Sep). Down-regulation of Slit-Robo pathway mediating neuronal cytoskeletal remodeling processes facilitates the antidepressive-like activity of Gastrodia elata Blume. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62, 10493-10503. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

  2. Yi-Syuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Chen, Chi-Tang Ho, Kuan-Hung Lu, Shih-Hang Lin, Hui-Chun Tseng, Lee-Yan Sheen (2014, May). Garlic essential oil protects against obesity-triggered nonalcoholic fatty liver disease through modulation of lipid metabolism and oxidative stress. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62, 5897-5906. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.4, Category: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY, Ranking: 7/94 = 7.4%)

  3. Kuan-Hung Lu, Hui-Chun Tseng, Chun-Ting Liu, Ching-Jang Huang, Jong-Ho Chyuan, Lee-Yan Sheen (2014, Feb). Wild bitter gourd protects against alcoholic fatty liver in mice by attenuating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. Food & Function, 5, 1027-1037. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 6.1, Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Ranking: 61/319 = 19.1%)

2013

  1. Yung-Lin Chu, Raghu Rajasekaran, Kuan-Hung Lu, Chun-Ting Liu, Shu-Hsi Lin, Yi-Syuan Lai, Wei-Cheng Cheng, Shih-Hang Lin, Lee-Yan Sheen (2013, Jul). Autophagy therapeutic potential of garlic in human cancer therapy. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 3, 159-162. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

2012

  1. Yen-Wenn Liu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Chi-Tang Ho, Lee-Yan Sheen (2012, Oct). Protective effects of Antrodia cinnamomea on liver injury. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2, 284-294. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

  2. Raghu Rajasekaran, Kuan-Hung Lu, Lee-Yan Sheen (2012, Jul). Recent research progress on garlic (大蒜 dàsuàn) as a potential anticarcinogenic agent against major digestive cancers. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2, 192-201. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

  3. Kuan-Hung Lu, Chun-Ting Liu, Raghu Rajasekaran, Lee-Yan Sheen (2012, Apr). Therapeutic potential of Chinese herbal medicines in alcoholic liver disease. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2, 115-122. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.7, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 13/45 = 28.9%)

2011

  1. Kuan-Hung Lu, Hui-Ju Lee, Min-Li Huang, Shang-Chih Lai, Yu-Ling Ho, Yuan-Shiun Chang, Chin-Wen Chi (2011, July). Synergistic apoptosis-inducing antileukemic effects of arsenic trioxide and Mucuna macrocarpa stem extract in human leukemic cells via a reactive oxygen species-dependent mechanism. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012, 921430. (SCIE) 

2010

  1. Kuan-Hung Lu, Yuh-Fang Chang, Pen-Hui Yin, Ting-Ting Chen, Yu-Ling Ho, Yuan-Shiun Chang, Chin-Wen Chi (2010, Sep). In vitro and in vivo apoptosis-inducing antileukemic effects of Mucuna macrocarpa stem extract on HL-60 human leukemia cells. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 9, 298-308. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 3.4, Category: INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, Ranking: 16/45 = 35.6%)

2008

  1. Kuan-Hung Lu*, Ching-Yuan Chen, Ru-Liang Shih, Fwu-Show Chin, Chun-Sheng Chien (2008, Dec). Method development and validation for the GC-FID assay of ethanol in reservoir-type fentanyl transdermal patches. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, 16(2), 9. (SCIE, 5-year IF: 5.1, Category: PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY, Ranking: 138/352 = 39.2%) *corresponding author

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