General

Lixin Wei 

Male, Ph.D, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, CAS 

E-mail: lxwei@nwipb.cas.cn
Correspondence  Address: 23# Xinning Road, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China

Research Areas

Tibetan Medicine Pharmacology and Toxicology

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

MM/YY

FIELD OF STUDY

China Agricultural University   (CAU), Beijing

B.S.

07/91

Microbiology

Graduate University of the   Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Ph.D.

08/01

Biochemistry

Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin

Postdoctor

09/13

Toxicology

Experience

   
Work Experience

1991-1994    Research Assistant, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xining, China

1994-1998    Research Associate, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

1998-2009    Associate Professor, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

2009-            ​Professor, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

2011-           Doctoral supervisor, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

2009- 2014   Deputy Director, Research Center of Traditional Tibetan Medicine, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

2009-            Director, Key Laboratry of Tibetan Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Qinghai Province, Xining, China

2012-            Chief Scientist, Tibetan Medicine Modernization -- Heavy Metal Safety Evaluation Technology Subject Group, NWIPB, CAS, Xining, China

2014-           Deputy Director, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xining, China

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2007-2010           Member, Ninth Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission

2007-                Excutive director, China Ethnic Medicine Association

2010-                Deputy, Tenth Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee

2011-                Excutive director, Chinese Association of Minority Medicine

2011-                Excutive director, Natural therapy research committee, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Society (WFCMS)

2011-                Editorial board member, China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica

2012-                Editorial board member, Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Materia Medica --World Science and Technology

2014               Presiding chairman, the 493rd Xiangshan Science Conferences

Publications


Papers

  1.  Lv P, Wei LX*, Du YZ, Yang HX, Peng M. Hepatoprotective and toxic characteristics of the whole herb of traditional Tibetan folk medicine Swertia mussotii Franch. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 2010, 4(8): 706-709.
  2. Li C, Yang HX, Wei LX*, Du YZ, Zhang GY. Determination of Total Mercury and Ionic Mercury in Artificial Gastric Juice of Tibetan Medicine Dangzuo by GAE-AFS. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis. 2011, 31(7): 1950-1953.

  3. Jia J, Li YL, Zhao XH, Xiao YC, Chen GC, You JM, Wei LX. Separation and Purification of Three Xanthones from Swertia Mussotti Franch by High Speed Counter-Current Chromatography. Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 2011, 39(4): 584-587.

  4. Li C, Lengben CR, Sang L, Gongbu DZ, Du YZ, Wei LX*. The Chemical and Structural Analysis of Tibetan Medicine Fanshi. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis. 2012, 32(1): 248-251.

  5. Li C, Sang L, Lengben CR, Xia ZJ, Du YZ, Wei LX*. The Chemical and Structural Analysis of Tibetan Medicine Zhuxi. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis. 2012, 32(6): 1671-1673.

  6. Ni WH, Gao TT, Wang HL, Du YZ, Li JY, Li C, Wei LX*, Bi HT. Anti-fatigue activity of polysaccharides from the fruits of four Tibetan plateau indigenous medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2013, 150, 529-535.

  7. Yang HX, Ma F, Du YZ, Sun SQ, Wei LX*. Study on the Tibetan medicine Swertia mussotii franch and its extracts by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2014, 31(11): 2973-2977.

  8. Wu DM, Gao TT, Yang HX, Du YZ, Li C, Wei LX. Zhou TY, Lu JM, Bi HT. Simultaneous microwave / ultrasonic -assisted enzymatic extraction ofantioxidant ingredients from Nitraria tangutorun Bobr. juiceby-products. Industrial Crops and Products. 2015, 66: 229-238.

  9. Li C, Wang DP, Duo J, Duojie LD, Chen XM, Du YZ, Yang HX, Zheng ZY, Yu MJ, Wei LX*. Study on safety of Tibetan medicine Zuotai and preliminary study on clinical safety of its compound Dangzuo. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica. 2014, 39(13):2573-2582.

  10. Li C, Wei LX. Safety Evaluation of Tibetan Medicine Zuotai in Mice. SOT 2014 Meeting Abstract: 2223.

Research Interests

To investigate the toxicity and efficacy relationship as well as harmful interactions for traditional Tibetan medicine in China.

Research Support

   
Ongoing Research Support

81374063                        Wei Lixin (PI)                                01/01/14-12/31/17

Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Chemical Valence , Coordination Form and Molecular Mechanism of Hg in Tibetan Medicine Zuotai in Intestinal Transmembrane Absorption.

This project is to provide new ideas and methods for elucidating the safety and efficacy of heavy metals in traditional medicines from the prospective of chemical valence, chemical speciation and dynamic.

Role: PI

 

Y25410                           Wei Lixin (PI)                                01/01/12-12/31/15

Major Breakthroughs Programs, ‘One-Two-Three’ Strategic Planning, NWIPB, CAS

Tibetan MedicineModernization: SafetyEvaluation Technology of Heavy Metals

This project is to overcome the safety evaluation technical bottleneck of Tibetan medicine containing heavy metals, and to construct the original safety evaluation technology system of traditional ethnic drug containing heavy metals.

Role: PI

Completed Research Support

2012BAI27B00                Wei Lixin (PI)                                01/01/12-12/31/14

National Key Technology Support Program

Ethnic medical treatment curative effect evaluation and platform technology research

This project was to establish the curative effect evaluation, safety evaluation and quality control technologies system of ethnic medical therapy and traditional national drug.

Role: PI

 

2012BAI27B05                Wei Lixin (PI)                                01/01/12-12/31/14

National Key Technology Support Program

Key techniques research on safety evaluation of ethnomedicine processed products containing heavy metals and their compound preparations

This project was carried out to do clinical safety evaluation of classical prescription preparations containing heavy metals in Tibetan and Mongolian medicine.

Role: PI

 

81274194                        Wei Lixin (PI)                                01/01/13-12/31/13

Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Converted Species and Transmembrance Absorption Mechanism of Mercuric Sulfide of Traditional Tibetan Medicine Zuotai in Gastrointestine.

This project was to reveal the mechanism of conversion and absorption of HgS in Zuotai in gastrointestine, with a new prospective to recognize the safety of traditional  medicine containing heavy metals.

Role: PI

Students

已指导学生

吕坪  02  19174  

靳有才  02  19174  

邹小艳  02  19174  

韩青  02  19174  

王萍萍  02  19174  

陈现民  02  19174  

王东平  02  19174  

夏振江  02  19174  

杨红霞  02  19174  

李岑  02  19174  

朱洪梅  02  20517  

张国英  02  20517  

全正香  02  20517  

姜建锋  02  19175  

杨红霞  01  19174  

李林帅  02  20517  

于明杰  02  20517  

李岑  01  19174  

郑植元  02  67200  

李梦园  01  19174  

赵静  02  67200  

现指导学生

陈海娟  01  19174  

张明  01  19174  

耿卢婧  01  19174  

谭巧珠  02  67200  

肖远灿  01  19174  

夏政华  01  19174  

Honors & Distinctions

2011    Contribution Award for Kuangcheng Wong Education Fund Program, Hong Kong

2011    Merit Scholar of The Dawn of West China’ Talent Training Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)China

2013    The State Council special government allowance winner, China

2014    First prize of Qinghai Province Science and Technology Progress Award, China