Publications by authors named "Wei-hong Sun"

In 2019, the newly revised Drug Administration Law of the People's Republic of China was issued and implemented,clearly proposing that China should establish a pharmacovigilance system. As a new traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) dosage form created in China, TCM injections have been widely used in clinic, and its pharmacovigilance has attracted much attention. In response to this situation, the project team convened a group of clinical, pharmaceutical and evidence-based medicine experts from all over the country to form an expert group, which formulated the Pharmacovigilance guidelines for clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine injections in strict accordance with the requirements of the group standards of the Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine.

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Monocots are a major taxon within flowering plants, have unique morphological traits, and show an extraordinary diversity in lifestyle. To improve our understanding of monocot origin and evolution, we generate chromosome-level reference genomes of the diploid Acorus gramineus and the tetraploid Ac. calamus, the only two accepted species from the family Acoraceae, which form a sister lineage to all other monocots.

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To improve our understanding of the origin and evolution of mycoheterotrophic plants, we here present the chromosome-scale genome assemblies of two sibling orchid species: partially mycoheterotrophic Platanthera zijinensis and holomycoheterotrophic Platanthera guangdongensis. Comparative analysis shows that mycoheterotrophy is associated with increased substitution rates and gene loss, and the deletion of most photoreceptor genes and auxin transporter genes might be linked to the unique phenotypes of fully mycoheterotrophic orchids. Conversely, trehalase genes that catalyse the conversion of trehalose into glucose have expanded in most sequenced orchids, in line with the fact that the germination of orchid non-endosperm seeds needs carbohydrates from fungi during the protocorm stage.

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The marvelously diverse Orchidaceae constitutes the largest family of angiosperms. The genus Cymbidium in Orchidaceae is well known for its unique vegetation, floral morphology, and flower scent traits. Here, a chromosome-scale assembly of the genome of Cymbidium ensifolium (Jianlan) is presented.

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Melastomataceae has abundant morphological diversity with high economic and ornamental merit in Myrtales. The phylogenetic position of Myrtales is still contested. Here, we report the chromosome-level genome assembly of Melastoma dodecandrum in Melastomataceae.

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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of hot air drying (HD), microwave rolling-bed drying (MRD), hot air microwave rolling-bed drying (HMRD), pulse-spouted microwave vacuum drying (PSMVD) and freeze-drying (FD) on the drying characteristics, quality properties and microstructure of edamame. Six models were fitted the drying curves, and quality attributes were analyzed. Results indicated that Page model was the most suited model for edamame drying.

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The genetic diversity of germplasm is critical for exploring genetic and phenotypic resources and has important implications for crop-breeding sustainability and improvement. However, little is known about the factors that shape and maintain genetic diversity. Here, we assembled a high-quality chromosome-level reference of the Chinese common apricot 'Yinxiangbai', and we resequenced 180 apricot accessions that cover four major ecogeographical groups in China and other accessions from occidental countries.

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Malvids is one of the largest clades of rosids, includes 58 families and exhibits remarkable morphological and ecological diversity. Here, we report a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly for Euscaphis japonica, an early-diverging species within malvids. Genome-based phylogenetic analysis suggests that the unstable phylogenetic position of E.

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Background: Understanding plant genetic diversity is important for effective conservation and utilization of genetic resources. (Thunb.) Dippel, is a monotypic species with high phenotypic diversity, narrow distribution, and small population size.

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As one of the largest families of angiosperms, the Orchidaceae family is diverse. Dendrobium represents the second largest genus of the Orchidaceae. However, an assembled high-quality genome of species in this genus is lacking.

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Background: The Orchid family is the largest families of the monocotyledons and an economically important ornamental plant worldwide. Given the pivotal role of this plant to humans, botanical researchers and breeding communities should have access to valuable genomic and transcriptomic information of this plant. Previously, we established OrchidBase, which contains expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from different tissues and developmental stages of Phalaenopsis as well as biotic and abiotic stress-treated Phalaenopsis.

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The Orchidaceae is of economic and ecological importance and constitutes ˜10% of all seed plant species. Here, we report a genome physical map for Cymbidium sinense, a well-known species belonging to genus Cymbidium that has thousands of natural variation varieties of flower organs, flower and leaf colours and also referred as the King of Fragrance, which make it arose into a unique cultural symbol in China. The high-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly was 3.

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Article Synopsis
  • Wolfberry Lycium, part of the Solanaceae family with about 80 species, has been underexamined in terms of genome sequencing, especially for its woody species.
  • The study sequenced the genomes of 13 perennial Lycium species, revealing evidence of a whole-genome triplication event that occurred after the divergence of related plant families.
  • Findings suggest that specific gene expressions differ between Lycium and herbaceous plants like tomato, indicating unique evolutionary traits, as well as migration patterns from Africa to Asia and North America.
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The oomycete genus includes devastating plant pathogens that are found in almost all ecosystems. We sequenced the genomes of two quarantined species- and . Comparing these species and related genera allowed reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationships within the genus and revealed genomic features associated with infection and pathogenicity.

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The Rosids are characterized by remarkable morphological and ecological diversity. Here, we provide the completed plasmid genome of The complete chloroplast size of is 160,111 bp, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 89,631 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,247 bp, a pair of invert repeats (IR) regions of 26,120 bp. Plastid genome contains 131 genes, 86 protein-coding genes, 37 genes, and eight genes.

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, belong to Tapisciaceae, is endangered tree endemic to China. Here, we provide the complete plastid genomic data of with the aim of providing data for future conservation efforts research and revealing its phylogenetic position. The complete chloroplast sequence is 161,093 bp, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 87,782 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,517 bp, a pair of invert repeats (IR) regions of 27,387 bp.

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Lauraceae includes the genus , and the family is linked to the evolution of magnoliids. We sequenced the genome of Nanmu. The assembled genome size was 989.

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The mangrove (Rhizophoraceae) is an important coastal shelterbelt and landscape tree distributed in tropical and subtropical areas across East Asia and Southeast Asia. Herein, a chromosome-level reference genome of based on PacBio, Illumina, and Hi-C data is reported. The high-quality assembled genome size is 177.

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Background: Quantitativereal-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction is the common method to quantify relative gene expression. Normalizating using reliable genes is critical in correctly interpreting expression data from qRT-PCR. is a medicinal plant with a long history in China, which has various chemical compounds in fruit.

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Antarctic krill () is one of the important bioresources in Antarctic waters, containing many bioactives (e.g., astaxanthin), which have a highly potential value for commercial exploitation.

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is not only an ideal ornamental plant, but also a traditional medicinal plant, which is an extremely valuable species to study. We determined the complete chloroplast genome sequence for using Illumina sequencing technology. The complete chloroplast sequence is 160,467 bp in length, including a large single-copy (LSC) region of 88,716 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,614 bp, and a pair of invert repeats (IR) regions of 26,568 bp.

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