Zhonghua Liu

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Zhonghua Liu is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhonghua Liu has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Zhonghua Liu's work include Tea Polyphenols and Effects (90 papers), Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (26 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (23 papers). Zhonghua Liu is often cited by papers focused on Tea Polyphenols and Effects (90 papers), Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (26 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (23 papers). Zhonghua Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Estonia. Zhonghua Liu's co-authors include Jianan Huang, Yushun Gong, Ligui Xiong, Kunbo Wang, Mingzhi Zhu, Juan Li, Jian‐Lin Wu, Fang Zhou, Yijun Chen and Na Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Cell Biology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhonghua Liu

137 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Microbial bioconversion of the chemical components in dark tea

2019 306 citations Mingzhi Zhu, Na Li et al. Food Chemistry profile →
UPLC–QQQ–MS/MS-based widely targeted metabolomic analysis reveals the effect of solid-state fermentation with Eurotium cristatum on the dynamic changes in the metabolite profile of dark tea

2022 144 citations Yu Xiao, Zongjun Li et al. Food Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhonghua Liu China	35	1.9k	1.1k	1.0k	766	339	145	3.5k
Jian‐Liang Lu China	35	1.6k 0.9×	751 0.7×	718 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	400 1.2×	83	3.1k
Daxiang Li China	28	1.3k 0.7×	678 0.6×	821 0.8×	645 0.8×	344 1.0×	102	2.8k
Jian‐Hui Ye China	38	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	822 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	524 1.5×	110	3.7k
Jianan Huang China	38	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	512 1.5×	167	4.6k
Xin‐Qiang Zheng China	37	1.6k 0.9×	861 0.8×	859 0.9×	914 1.2×	622 1.8×	93	3.3k
Mingzhi Zhu China	26	1.0k 0.6×	665 0.6×	804 0.8×	477 0.6×	319 0.9×	98	2.3k
Weidong Dai China	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	324 1.0×	101	3.6k
Zhonghua Liu China	28	1.1k 0.6×	841 0.8×	666 0.7×	569 0.7×	394 1.2×	100	2.4k
Fumio Nanjo Japan	26	1.5k 0.8×	452 0.4×	713 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	231 0.7×	33	2.7k
Guoyi Tang China	24	671 0.4×	611 0.6×	726 0.7×	652 0.9×	446 1.3×	49	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhonghua Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhonghua Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhonghua Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhonghua Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhonghua Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhonghua Liu. Zhonghua Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jia, Yu, Chaoxi Zeng, Gaofeng Jia, et al.. (2025). Phytochemicals from fractioned dark tea water extract enhance the digestive enzyme inhibition, antioxidant capacities and glucose-lipid balance. Food Research International. 204. 115957–115957. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yangbo, et al.. (2025). Relationship Between Depression and Epigallocatechin Gallate from the Perspective of Gut Microbiota: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 17(2). 259–259. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Zhuohan, Zhongqin Wu, Yan Li, et al.. (2025). In Vitro Inhibitory Effects and Molecular Mechanism of Four Theaflavins on Isozymes of CYP450 and UGTs. Foods. 14(16). 2822–2822.

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2025). Characterization of Volatile Substances in Pu-erh Tea (Raw Tea) at Different Storage Times. Foods. 14(5). 840–840. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Ting, Xinyu Li, Biao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Cloning and functional characterization of the caffeine oxidase gene CsCDH from Camellia sinensis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 302. 140429–140429. 1 indexed citations

Li, Fangliang, et al.. (2024). Natural α-glucosidase inhibitors from Aquilaria sinensis leaf-tea: Targeted bio-affinity screening, identification, and inhibition mechanism. Food Chemistry. 463(Pt 2). 141329–141329. 9 indexed citations

Zuo, Hao, Ping Li, Juan Li, et al.. (2024). Strigolactones Regulate Secondary Metabolism and Nitrogen/Phosphate Signaling in Tea Plants via Transcriptional Reprogramming and Hormonal Interactions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(46). 25860–25878. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Ling, et al.. (2024). Investigation on Quality Characteristics and Antidiabetic Properties of Mulberry Leaf Fu Brick Tea. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2024. 1–15. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Jianan, et al.. (2024). The Protective Effects of L-Theanine against Epigallocatechin Gallate-Induced Acute Liver Injury in Mice. Foods. 13(7). 1121–1121. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yilong, Fang Zhou, Tian Xiao, et al.. (2024). Insight into the chemical compositions of Anhua dark teas derived from identical tea materials: A multi-omics, electronic sensory, and microbial sequencing analysis. Food Chemistry. 441. 138367–138367. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Maiquan, Mingzhi Zhu, Wei Quan, et al.. (2023). Acteoside palliates d-galactose induced cognitive impairment by regulating intestinal homeostasis. Food Chemistry. 421. 135978–135978. 20 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaofen, Tetsuo Ozawa, Yinhua Li, et al.. (2021). Effect of fermentation time and temperature on the of polyphenol compounds change of different Congou black tea. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 45(10). 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Jianan, et al.. (2020). Research progress of black tea thearubigins: a review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 61(9). 1556–1566. 67 indexed citations

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Zhu, Mingzhi, Beibei Wen, Hao Wu, et al.. (2019). The Quality Control of Tea by Near-Infrared Reflectance (NIR) Spectroscopy and Chemometrics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2019. 1–11. 48 indexed citations

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Zhu, Mingzhi, Na Li, Fang Zhou, et al.. (2019). Microbial bioconversion of the chemical components in dark tea. Food Chemistry. 312. 126043–126043. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Mingzhi, et al.. (2018). Recent development in mass spectrometry and its hyphenated techniques for the analysis of medicinal plants. Phytochemical Analysis. 29(4). 365–374. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Yongdi, et al.. (2017). Quality changes of Fuzhuan Tea during processing period based on principal component and cluster analysis. 食品工业科技. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xinhe, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Fraction 5 of Theabrownin from Pu-erh Tea on 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte Proliferation and Differentiation. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2(12). 1000–1006. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Jianan, Yushun Gong, Juan Li, et al.. (2011). Inhibiting effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on the formation of age pigment in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 5(23). 5470–5478. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhonghua, et al.. (2005). Effects of pH modification on activity of polyphenol oxidases and formatation of theaflavins. JOURNAL OF HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY. 31(5). 524–525. 1 indexed citations

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