Name: Zhang Hongcheng
Title: Associate Professor
Address: Room 110, Research building, Institute of Apicultural Research, CAAS, Xiangshan, Beijing, China, 100093
Tel: +86-10-62590442
Email: zhanghongcheng@caas.cn
Brief Introduction:
Mainly engaged in the research and development of bee products and functional food, including identification of phenolics of propolis, cell wall disruption of bee pollen, and inhibition of browning of royal jelly during storage.
Education Background:
1985.09-1989.07: Bachelor Degree. in Food Engineering,  Harbin University of Commerce.
1992.09-1995.07: M.S. in Food Engineering, Harbin University of Commerce.
1995.09-1998.07: Ph.D. in Food Science, South China University of Technology.
Research Area:
The main research areas include:
1. The quality control in the process of storage and processing of bee products.
2. Purification and identification of bioactive compounds in honey, propolis, royal jelly and bee pollen.
3. Nutrition assessment, biological activity evaluation and utilization of bee products.

Hiring graduate students:
(1) Evaluation of nutrition & absorption of wall-disruption bee pollen;
(2) Effect of phenolic compounds of propolis on glucose and lipid metabolism in vivo & in vitro;
(3) Browning of royal jelly
Achievements:
1. Zhang H C, Shao Y F, Bao J S, Beta T. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of breeding lines between the white and black rice. Food Chemistry, 172 (2015): 630–639
2. Jie D, Gao K, Wang K, Xu X, Zhang H C. Cell Wall Disruption of Rape Bee Pollen Treated with Combination of Protamex Hydrolysis. Food research international, 2015,75:123-130
3. Zhang H C, Wang G X, Beta T, Jie D. Inhibitory Properties of Aqueous Ethanol Extracts of Propolis on Alpha-Glucosidase. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Article ID 587383, 7 pages
4. Sun C L, Wu Z S, Wang Z Y, Zhang H C. Effect of ethanol/water solvents on phenolic profiles and antioxidant properties of Beijing propolis extracts. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Article ID 595393 , 9 pages
Zhang H C, Wang X, Wang K, Li C Y. Antioxidant and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Properties of Aqueous Ethanol Extracts from Monofloral Bee Pollen. Journal of apicultural science, 2015,59(1):119-128