男，1942年2月生，藥物化學(xué)、有機(jī)化學(xué)和化學(xué)生物學(xué)教授（二級(jí)）。1964年畢業(yè)于華中師范大學(xué)化學(xué)系，畢業(yè)后留校任教，1980年赴美國(guó)State University of New York at Albany化學(xué)系學(xué)習(xí)，1981年轉(zhuǎn)入Oklahoma State University生化系任Research associate，1983年回國(guó)。1998年調(diào)入中山大學(xué)化學(xué)系，1992年任教授，1993年任博士生導(dǎo)師（國(guó)務(wù)院學(xué)位委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn)）�，F(xiàn)為中山大學(xué)藥學(xué)院藥物化學(xué)研究所所長(zhǎng)。1986，1989，1993，1995和1998年又先后應(yīng)邀赴美進(jìn)行合作研究。1997年以后，多次應(yīng)邀到香港科技大學(xué)、香港中文大學(xué)和香港理工大學(xué)講學(xué)和合作研究。從1983年開始，一直進(jìn)行有關(guān)藥物化學(xué)、有機(jī)化學(xué)和化學(xué)生物學(xué)和的研究和教學(xué)。主持多項(xiàng)國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金重點(diǎn)和面上項(xiàng)目，部省基金重大、重點(diǎn)和面上項(xiàng)目。在國(guó)內(nèi)外重要刊物發(fā)表論文200多篇，專利15項(xiàng)(包括國(guó)內(nèi)外專利)，著作4部。主持的化學(xué)專業(yè)本科《有機(jī)化學(xué)》課程于2004年被評(píng)選為國(guó)家級(jí)精品課程�，F(xiàn)為中國(guó)化學(xué)會(huì)Chinese Chemical Letters 編委。

1.《生物有機(jī)化學(xué)》（第一作者），高等教育出版社和施普林格出版社，1998�？萍紙D書股份有限公司（臺(tái)灣，繁體字版），2001。

2.《生物化學(xué)》（第一作者），高等教育出版社，2000。 21世紀(jì)教材系列, 獲得2002年全國(guó)普通高等學(xué)校教材二等獎(jiǎng)）。

3. 《有機(jī)化學(xué)》（第一作者），高等教育出版社，2008。

4. 《化學(xué)生物學(xué)》（第二作者），化工出版社，2006。

（2004－2009）

1. Isaindigotone Derivatives: A New Class of Highly Selective Ligands for Telomeric G-quadruplex DNA，200952，2825-2835.

2. 5-N-Methylated Quindoline Derivatives as Telomeric G-Quadruplex Stabilizing Ligands: Effects of 5-N Positive Charge on Quadruplex Binding Affinity and Cell Proliferation,. 2008, , 6381- 6392.

3. Stabilization of G-quadruplex DNA and down-regulation of oncogene c-myc by quindoline derivatives，2007, , 1465-1474.

4. Synthesis and evaluation of quindoline derivatives as G-quadruplex inducing and stabilizing ligands and potential inhibitors of telomerase，2005, , 7315.

5. Senesence and telomere shortening induced by novel potent G-quadruplex interactive agents, quindoline derivatives, in human cancer cell lines. , 2006, , 503.

6. Inhibition of myc promoter and telomerase activity and induction of delayed apoptosis by SYUIQ-5, a novel G-quadruplex interactive agent in leukemia cells, 2007, 1-3.

7. G-quadruplexes: a target for anti-cancer drug design, 2008, , 690-713

8. Synthesis and evaluation of curcumin analogues as potential thioredoxin reductase inhibitors, ., 2008, , 8035-8041.

9. Synthesis, cytotoxic activities and structure-activity relationships of topoisomerase I inhibitors: Indolizinoquinoline-5,12-dione derivatives, . 2008, , 4617-4325.

10. 9-N-Substituted berberine derivatives: Stabilization of G-quadruplex DNA and down-regulation of oncogene c-myc, ., 2008,, 7582-7591.

11. 9-Substituted berberine derivatives as G-quadruplex stabilizing ligands in telomeric DNA, . 2007, , 5493-5501.

12. Synthesis and evaluation of 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives containing aza-aromatic terminal group as highly selective telomeric G-quadruplex stabilizing ligands, ., 2009, , 3414-3417.

13. Synthesis and antimultidrug resistance evaluation of icariin and its derivatives, ., 2009, , 4237-4240.

14. Inhibition of thioredoxin reductase by curcumin analogs, ., 2008, , 2214-2218.

15. Design, synthesis and evaluation of isaindigotone derivatives as acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors, ., 2008,, 3790-3793.

16. A Facile Synthesis of Novel Heteropolycyclic Pyrazines and Oxazoles Mechanistic Studies of 2,3-Dihydrobenzo[de]chromene-7,8-dione with Amines, , 2008, , 1773-1778.

17. Oxoisoaporphine Alkaloid Derivatives: Synthesis, DNA Binding Affinity and Cytotoxicity, ., 2008, , 973-980.

18. Synergetic inhibition of metal ions and genistein on a-glucosidase，2004, , 46-50.

19. Derivatives of oxoisoaporphine alkaloids: A novel class of selective acetycholinesterase inhibitors, .. 2007, 3765-3768.

20. Synergetic inhibition of genistein and a-glucose on a-glucosidase，.. 2004, , 2947-2950.

21. Synthesis of Zwitterionic 4-Hydroxycoumarin Derivatives through a Unique Reaction of 4-Hydroxycoumarins with - Benzoquinone and Pyridine，, 2004, , 4853.

22. Novel synthesis of -nephthothiophenequinone derivatives Regioselective via regioselective Diels-Alder reaction, , 2005, 9097-9101.

23. An intriguing reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarins with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone，, 2005, , 3087-3090.

24. The unique regioselectivity in the formation of disubstituted-1,4-benzoquinones generated from the reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarins with 1,4-benzoquinone， 2006, , 6757u20136760.

25. Facile preparation of new unsymmetrical curcumin derivatives by solid-phase synthesis strategy，2006, 4085-4089.

26. One-pot synthesis of 5,6-dihydroxylated benzofuran derivatives，2006, 47, 2615-2618.

27. Synthesis of novel dihydrofuro pyridinone derivatives : oxidation coupling of 3-hydroxy-4(1H)-pyridinone with β-dicarbonyl compounds， 2005, , 5085-5088.

28. Oxoisoaporphine alkaloid derivatives:synthesis, DNA bimding affinity and cytotoxicity, 2007, .

29. Spectroscopic studies of DNA binding modes of cation-substituted anthrapyrazoles derived from emodin, 2007, 1169-1175.

30. Synthesis, DNA binding and cytotoxity of new pyrazole emodin derivatives，2006, 1041-1047.

31. a-Glucosidase inhibition of natural curcuminoids and curcumin analogs,2006, , 213-218.

32. Synthesis and biological evaluation of functionalized coumarins as acetycholinesterase inhibitors，2005, , 1307-1315.

33. The Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Cytotoxicity of Alkannin Derivatives2005, , 1341-1345.

34. Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Study of Alkannin Derivatives， 2004, , 755-764.

35. Apoptosis-inducing activity of new pyrazole emodin derivatives in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma HepG2 cells, . 2007,, 1113-1116.

36. Synthesis and Cytotoxicity of 9-Substitued benzo[de]chromene-7,8-dione and 5-benzyl-9-Substitued benzo[de]chromene-7,8-dione，2006, , 769-772.