Research Areas
Molecular Chinese Medicine Laboratory
http://www.med.hku.hk/mcmlab
Can we explain the actions of Chinese medicine in a scientific way?
Is the combination of Western and Chinese medicine better and safer?
Research Areas
- Natural product chemistry and cell signalling
- Mechanisms underlying the biological effects of medicinal herbs
- Development of technology platform (high throughout and high content analysis) for natural products and traditional Chinese medicine research
- Drug Discovery: Applying a combination of molecular techniques for the purification and identification of bioactive molecules in medicinal herbs
- Isolation and structure elucidation of biologically active components with therapeutic interest from traditional Chinese medicine
- Biology of interferon and cytokines in microbial infections - signalling pathways and gene regulation (e.g. HIV, mycobacterium and other pathogens)
Contact Person(s)
Professor G.C.F. Chan
Tel: (852) 2255 4481
Email: gcfchan@hku.hk