Zeng-Xue Wu MSc

Lab Technician of Pesticide Science

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides 

Contact details

205, Building A, East Campus, Guizhou University

Email wuzx@gzu.edu.cn

Phone +86 851-88292090 

Qualifications

BSc – Southwest Minzu University, China 2013

MSc – Guizhou University, China 2017

Positions held

2021– present Lab Technician – Guizhou University, China

Profile

Zengxue Wu is a laboratory technician in pesticide science. Since 2021, she has focused on the design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of green pesticides. She has participated in two National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. She has published more than 10 SCI papers in internationally renowned journals.

Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)

Wu, Z. X., Zhang, J., Chen, J. X., Pan, J. K., Zhao, L., Liu, D. Y., Zhang, A. W., Chen, J., Hu, D. Y* and Song, B. A*. (2017) Design, synthesis, antiviral bioactivity and three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship study of novel ferulic acid ester derivatives containing quinazoline moiety. Pest Management Science 73: 2079–2089

Cui, H. H^#., Wu, Z. X^#., Zhang, L. M., Ma, Q. Q., Cai, D., Hu, D. Y* and Zhang, J* (2024) Discovery of pyrido[1,2-α] pyrimidinone mesoionic compounds as potential control agents against potato virus Y. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c09867.

Cui, H. H., Wu, Z. X., Zhang, L. M., Ma, Q. Q., Cai, D., Zhang, J* and Hu, D. Y *(2023) Design, synthesis, antibacterial activity, and mechanism of novel mesoionic compounds based on natural pyrazole isolated from an endophytic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 71: 10018−10027.

Zhang, J., Song, R. J., Wu, S., Cai, D., Wu, Z. X., Liu, Z. J., Hu, D. Y and Song, B. A* (2021) Discovery of pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidinone mesoionic compounds incorporating a dithioacetal moiety as novel potential insecticidal agents. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 69: 15136-15144.

Zhang, J., Zhao L., Zhu, C., Wu, Z. X., Zhang, G. P., Gan, X. H., Liu, D. Y., Pan, J. K., Hu, D. Y and Song, B. A* (2017) Facile synthesis of novel vanillin derivatives incorporating a bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithhioacetal moiety as antiviral agents. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 65: 4582-4588.