Irwin K. Cheah

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Irwin K. Cheah is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Irwin K. Cheah has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Irwin K. Cheah's work include Fungal Biology and Applications (13 papers), Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds (8 papers) and Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (7 papers). Irwin K. Cheah is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Biology and Applications (13 papers), Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds (8 papers) and Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (7 papers). Irwin K. Cheah collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Australia and United States. Irwin K. Cheah's co-authors include Barry Halliwell, Richard M. Y. Tang, Keith H.C. Lim, Jan Gruber, Lei Feng, Chester Lee Drum, Li Fang Ng, Sheng Fong, Sebastian Schaffer and Steven J. Langford and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Scientific Reports and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Irwin K. Cheah

48 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Ergothioneine; antioxidant potential, physiological function and role in disease

2011 372 citations Irwin K. Cheah, Barry Halliwell Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease profile →
Ergothioneine – a diet‐derived antioxidant with therapeutic potential

2018 218 citations Barry Halliwell, Irwin K. Cheah et al. FEBS Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irwin K. Cheah Singapore	26	1.1k	889	430	370	280	51	2.5k
Zahurin Mohamed Malaysia	34	1.4k 1.3×	415 0.5×	472 1.1×	607 1.6×	291 1.0×	165	4.5k
Omar M. E. Abdel‐Salam Egypt	33	651 0.6×	497 0.6×	384 0.9×	477 1.3×	258 0.9×	212	3.4k
Karam F. A. Soliman United States	34	1.7k 1.6×	477 0.5×	301 0.7×	542 1.5×	434 1.6×	250	4.6k
Ali Roohbakhsh Iran	29	1.1k 1.1×	525 0.6×	363 0.8×	337 0.9×	343 1.2×	117	3.5k
Sheikh Azimullah United Arab Emirates	29	1.1k 1.1×	427 0.5×	273 0.6×	349 0.9×	428 1.5×	51	3.4k
Sairam Krishnamurthy India	31	656 0.6×	645 0.7×	216 0.5×	376 1.0×	376 1.3×	123	2.7k
Kwang Ho Ko South Korea	36	1.6k 1.5×	477 0.5×	224 0.5×	464 1.3×	406 1.4×	107	3.7k
Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran United States	32	1.0k 1.0×	498 0.6×	149 0.3×	751 2.0×	427 1.5×	126	3.3k
Glauce Socorro de Barros Viana Brazil	36	1.1k 1.0×	486 0.5×	431 1.0×	392 1.1×	448 1.6×	151	3.9k
Kumar Vaibhav United States	33	1.1k 1.0×	593 0.7×	292 0.7×	535 1.4×	578 2.1×	64	3.5k

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Wang, Ziyin, Yanmei Liu, Richard M. Y. Tang, et al.. (2025). Ergothioneine Treatment Ameliorates the Pathological Phenotypes of Parkinson's Disease Models. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(7). e70168–e70168.

Tang, Richard M. Y., et al.. (2024). Ergothioneine and mitochondria: An important protective mechanism?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 726. 150269–150269. 7 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., Rathi Mahendran, Richard M. Y. Tang, et al.. (2024). Investigating the efficacy of ergothioneine to delay cognitive decline in mild cognitively impaired subjects: A pilot study. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 102(3). 841–854. 13 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2024). Ergothioneine-Mediated Neuroprotection of Human iPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons. Antioxidants. 13(6). 693–693. 5 indexed citations

Gidi, Yasser, Terri C. Lovell, Viktorija Glembockyte, et al.. (2023). Superior Photoprotection of Cyanine Dyes with Thio-imidazole Amino Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(36). 19571–19577. 12 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2023). Protective Effect of Ergothioneine against 7-Ketocholesterol-Induced Mitochondrial Damage in hCMEC/D3 Human Brain Endothelial Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5498–5498. 13 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., Richard M. Y. Tang, Xiaoyuan Wang, et al.. (2023). Protection against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity by Ergothioneine. Antioxidants. 12(2). 320–320. 14 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2022). Does Lactobacillus reuteri influence ergothioneine levels in the human body?. FEBS Letters. 596(10). 1241–1251. 9 indexed citations

Cheah, Irwin K., Joyce R. Chong, Xin Xu, et al.. (2022). Low Plasma Ergothioneine Predicts Cognitive and Functional Decline in an Elderly Cohort Attending Memory Clinics. Antioxidants. 11(9). 1717–1717. 37 indexed citations

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Yu, Junhong, Iris Rawtaer, Lei Feng, et al.. (2021). Mindfulness intervention for mild cognitive impairment led to attention-related improvements and neuroplastic changes: Results from a 9-month randomized control trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 135. 203–211. 34 indexed citations

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Cheah, Irwin K. & Barry Halliwell. (2021). Ergothioneine, recent developments. Redox Biology. 42. 101868–101868. 137 indexed citations

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Ng, Ted Kheng Siang, Lei Feng, Johnson Fam, et al.. (2021). Mindfulness Awareness Practice (MAP) to Prevent Dementia in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial and Implementation Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(19). 10205–10205. 6 indexed citations

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Cheah, Irwin K. & Barry Halliwell. (2020). Could Ergothioneine Aid in the Treatment of Coronavirus Patients?. Antioxidants. 9(7). 595–595. 52 indexed citations

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Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2019). Specificity of the ergothioneine transporter natively expressed in HeLa cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 513(1). 22–27. 29 indexed citations

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Halliwell, Barry, Irwin K. Cheah, & Chester Lee Drum. (2016). Ergothioneine, an adaptive antioxidant for the protection of injured tissues? A hypothesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 470(2). 245–250. 95 indexed citations

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Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2016). Administration of Pure Ergothioneine to Healthy Human Subjects: Uptake, Metabolism, and Effects on Biomarkers of Oxidative Damage and Inflammation. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 26(5). 193–206. 133 indexed citations

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Ng, Ted Kheng Siang, Lee Gan Goh, Crystal Tze Ying Tan, et al.. (2016). P4‐373: Mindful Awareness Practice (MAP) to Improve the Cognition of Singaporean Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). Alzheimer s & Dementia. 12(7S_Part_24). 5 indexed citations

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Cheah, Irwin K., et al.. (2013). Knockout of a putative ergothioneine transporter inCaenorhabditis elegansdecreases lifespan and increases susceptibility to oxidative damage. Free Radical Research. 47(12). 1036–1045. 36 indexed citations

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Ye, Peng, Irwin K. Cheah, & Barry Halliwell. (2012). High fat diets and pathology in the guinea pig. Atherosclerosis or liver damage?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1832(2). 355–364. 37 indexed citations

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Turner, Bradley J., Irwin K. Cheah, Elizabeth C. Lopes, et al.. (2003). Antisense peptide nucleic acid‐mediated knockdown of the p75 neurotrophin receptor delays motor neuron disease in mutant SOD1 transgenic mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 87(3). 752–763. 79 indexed citations

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