Huijuan Yang

Dr. Huijuan Yang


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 November 2013 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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HSHongzhi Shi
Hongzhi Shi
RWRuiyun Wang
Ruiyun Wang
LBLowell P. Bush
Lowell P. Bush
JZJun Zhou
Jun Zhou
HYHuijuan Yang
Huijuan Yang
RBRuoshi Bai
Ruoshi Bai

HYHuijuan Yang
Huijuan Yang
YCYan Chen
Yan Chen
JSJennifer Shido
Jennifer Shido
RHRandall T. Hamasaki
Randall T. Hamasaki
WIWayne T. Iwaoka
Wayne T. Iwaoka
QLQing X. Li
Qing X. Li
Tea plants can accumulate aluminum (Al) in their leaves to a greater extent than most other edible plants. Few studies, however, address the Al concentration in leaves at different positions, which is important information for tea quality control. Leaves from four different cultivars of Camellia sinensis L. grown in Hawaii were analyzed for Al concentrations at 10 different leaf positions. Each cultivar was harvested in the winter and summer to determine seasonal variations of Al concentrations in the leaves. The results showed that Al concentrations in the winter leaves were an average of 1.2-fold higher than those in the summer leaves, although the seasonal variations were not statistically significant. The total Al concentration of successively lower leaves showed an exponential increase (R2 ≥ 0.900) for all four cultivars in the summer season, whereas those of the winter leaves fit a bi-phase linear regression (R2 ≥ 0.968). The regression of the Al concentrations against the top-5 leaf positions in the winter season fit one linear regression, while that against leaf positions 6–11 fit another linear regression. The average Al concentrations between the third leaf and the shoot plus first two leaves increased approximately 2.7-fold and 1.9-fold for all cultivars in the winter and summer months, respectively. The Al concentrations in the rest of the leaves increased approximately 1.5-fold in a sequential order. The target hazard quotient being between 1.69 × 10−2 and 5.06 × 10−1 in the tea leaf samples of the four cultivars in Hawaii were all less than 1, suggesting negligible health risks for consumers. The results of this study may be useful for directing harvest practices and estimating tea quality.

1 December 2016 in Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
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HYHuijuan Yang
Huijuan Yang
FSFei Su
Fei Su
JWJing Wang
Jing Wang
HSHongzhi Shi
Hongzhi Shi

23 October 2017 in Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
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HYHuijuan Yang
Huijuan Yang
JWJing Wang
Jing Wang
LZLi Zhao
Li Zhao
YZYan Zhou
Yan Zhou
HSHongzhi Shi
Hongzhi Shi