Fachuang Lu

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Fachuang Lu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Fachuang Lu has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Fachuang Lu's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (85 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (63 papers) and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (33 papers). Fachuang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (85 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (63 papers) and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (33 papers). Fachuang Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Fachuang Lu's co-authors include John Ralph, Hoon Kim, Wout Boerjan, Sally A. Ralph, Ronald D. Hatfield, Jane M. Marita, Shawn D. Mansfield, Paul F. Schatz, John H. Grabber and Kris Morreel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Fachuang Lu

114 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Lignins: Natural polymers from oxidative coupling of 4-hydroxyphenyl- propanoids

2004 1.2k citations John Ralph, Fachuang Lu et al. profile →
Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

2012 584 citations Shawn D. Mansfield, Hoon Kim et al. profile →
Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

2011 422 citations Thomas Elder, Fachuang Lu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Fachuang Lu	7.6k	4.8k	3.8k	2.1k	1.7k	115	10.6k
Hoon Kim	7.7k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	115	10.9k
Catherine Lapierre	5.9k 0.8×	6.7k 1.4×	6.5k 1.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	157	12.6k
Ana Gutiérrez	7.2k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	5.9k 1.6×	3.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	233	12.3k
Jorge Rencoret	5.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	3.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	139	7.5k
Ruben Vanholme	4.4k 0.6×	4.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	781 0.4×	67	8.1k
Clint Chapple	5.5k 0.7×	9.4k 2.0×	7.0k 1.8×	2.4k 1.1×	954 0.5×	132	14.8k
Kris Morreel	3.6k 0.5×	5.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	888 0.5×	68	8.7k
Maija Tenkanen	6.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	242	11.3k
Hou‐min Chang	6.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	957 0.5×	167	7.6k
Bernard B. Monties	2.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	832 0.4×	974 0.6×	106	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fachuang Lu

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All Works

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Lu, Fachuang, Gerald Presley, Diana L. Bedgar, et al.. (2025). Elucidation of a bacterial pathway for catabolism of the β–β-linked dilignol pinoresinol. mBio. 16(11). e0201025–e0201025.

Lu, Fachuang, et al.. (2024). PagMYB128 regulates secondary cell wall formation by direct activation of cell wall biosynthetic genes during wood formation in poplar. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66(8). 1658–1674. 9 indexed citations

Ralph, Sally A., John Ralph, & Fachuang Lu. (2024). NMR Database of Lignin and Cell Wall Model Compounds.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Han, et al.. (2024). UV Resistance Properties of Lignin Influenced by Its Oxygen-Containing Groups Linked to Aromatic Rings. Biomacromolecules. 26(1). 428–436. 5 indexed citations

Yoshioka, Koichi, Hoon Kim, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2023). Hydroxycinnamaldehyde-derived benzofuran components in lignins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 194(3). 1370–1382. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Rebecca A., et al.. (2022). Manipulation of Lignin Monomer Composition Combined with the Introduction of Monolignol Conjugate Biosynthesis Leads to Synergistic Changes in Lignin Structure. Plant and Cell Physiology. 63(6). 744–754. 19 indexed citations

Ohnuki, Shinsuke, Kaori Itto‐Nakama, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2022). High-throughput platform for yeast morphological profiling predicts the targets of bioactive compounds. npj Systems Biology and Applications. 8(1). 3–3. 7 indexed citations

Padmakshan, Dharshana, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of hydroxycinnamoyl shikimates and their role in monolignol biosynthesis. Holzforschung. 76(2). 133–144. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Han, Lanlan Shi, Wu Lan, et al.. (2021). Ferulate-sinapyl alcohol cross-coupling reaction improves the understanding of grass cell wall lignification. Industrial Crops and Products. 168. 113587–113587. 7 indexed citations

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Ando, Daisuke, Fachuang Lu, Hoon Kim, et al.. (2021). Incorporation of catechyl monomers into lignins: lignification from the non-phenolic endviaDiels–Alder cycloaddition?. Green Chemistry. 23(22). 8995–9013. 8 indexed citations

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Grabber, John H., Yuki Tobimatsu, Hoon Kim, et al.. (2019). Structural features of alternative lignin monomers associated with improved digestibility of artificially lignified maize cell walls. Plant Science. 287. 110070–110070. 17 indexed citations

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Lan, Wu, Fengxia Yue, Jorge Rencoret, et al.. (2018). Elucidating Tricin-Lignin Structures: Assigning Correlations in HSQC Spectra of Monocot Lignins. Polymers. 10(8). 916–916. 29 indexed citations

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Lan, Wu, Jorge Rencoret, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2016). Tricin‐lignins: occurrence and quantitation of tricin in relation to phylogeny. The Plant Journal. 88(6). 1046–1057. 125 indexed citations

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Wagner, Armin, Yuki Tobimatsu, Lorelle Phillips, et al.. (2015). Syringyl lignin production in conifers: Proof of concept in a Pine tracheary element system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(19). 6218–6223. 98 indexed citations

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Rı́o, José C. del, Jorge Luiz Colodette, Cláudio F. Lima, et al.. (2015). Differences in the chemical structure of the lignins from sugarcane bagasse and straw. Biomass and Bioenergy. 81. 322–338. 229 indexed citations

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Lan, Wu, Fachuang Lu, Matthew Regner, et al.. (2015). Tricin, a Flavonoid Monomer in Monocot Lignification . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 167(4). 1284–1295. 267 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Curtis G., Shawn D. Mansfield, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2014). Monolignol Ferulate Transferase Introduces Chemically Labile Linkages into the Lignin Backbone. Science. 344(6179). 90–93. 299 indexed citations

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Lu, Fachuang, et al.. (2012). Identification of Grass-specific Enzyme That Acylates Monolignols with p-Coumarate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(11). 8347–8355. 124 indexed citations

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Varbanova, Marina, Katie J. Porter, Fachuang Lu, et al.. (2011). Molecular and Biochemical Basis for Stress-Induced Accumulation of Free and Boundp-Coumaraldehyde in Cucumber . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 157(3). 1056–1066. 24 indexed citations

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Hedenström, Mattias, Fachuang Lu, Lorenz Gerber, et al.. (2009). Identification of Lignin and Polysaccharide Modifications in Populus Wood by Chemometric Analysis of 2D NMR Spectra from Dissolved Cell Walls. Molecular Plant. 2(5). 933–942. 76 indexed citations

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