1. Collection of bioactive materials and the associated data from natural products
2. Isolation and structure elucidation of biologically active natural products, focusing on anti-obesity and anti-diabetic compounds
3. Molecular mechanism study of anti-obesity and anti-diabetic constituents from terrestrial plants

Selected Publications

1. Min Hye Yang, Zulfiqar Ali, Ikhlas A. Khana, Shabana I. Khan (2014) Antiinflammatory activity of constituents isolated from Terminalia chebula. Natural Product Communications, 9, 965-968
2. Min Hye Yang, Young-Won Chin, Kee Dong Yoon, Jinwoong Kim (2014) Phenolic compounds with pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity from Korean yam(Dioscoreaopposita). Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 29, 1-6.
3. Min Hye Yang, Bharathi Avula, Troy Smillie, Ikhlas A. Khan, and Shabana I. Khan (2013) Screening of medicinal plants for PPAR and PPAR activation and evaluation of their effects on glucose uptake and 3T3-L1 adipogenesis. Planta Medica79, 1084-1095.
4. Min Hye Yang, Yelkaira Vasquez, Zulfiqar Ali, Ikhlas A. Khana, Shabana I. Khan (2013) Constituents from Terminalia species activate PPAR and PPARγ, and stimulate glucose uptake without enhancing adipocyte differentiation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 149, 490-498.
5. Min Hye Yang, Kee Dong Yoon, Young-Won Chin, Ju Hyun Park, Jinwoong Kim (2009) Phenolic compounds with radical scavenging and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)inhibitory activities from Dioscorea opposita. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 17, 2689-2694.