Dr. Chi-Tang Ho

Education and Professional Experience
BS, Chemistry, National Taiwan University
MA, Organic Chemistry, Washington University
PhD, Organic Chemistry, Washington University

Dr. Chi Tang Ho received his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1974 and immediately started working professionally as a researcher and professor in the Food Science Department at Rutgers University. He is now Director of the food science graduate program at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Accomplishments
Dr. Ho has written over 140 book chapters on different topics related to science and nutrition. Additionally he has received 5 U.S. patents related to nutrition. He has been an associate editor for the Journal of Food Science, and served on the editorial boards of many food industry publications. He is currently the senior editor at Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. From the year 2000 Dr. Ho has been an honorary professor at universities in China. Currently he is an honorary professor at the China Agricultural University in Beijing.

Awards
IFT Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science:  Institute of Food Technologists

Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Rutgers University

Cited as “Highly Cited Researcher” in Agricultural Sciences: Institute for Scientific Information

Spotlight Award for Research Excellence: Cook College, Rutgers University

Fellow Award:  Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society Newsmaker for Research in an ACS Journal Award

Distinguished Service Award:  Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society

Platinum Award:  Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 1994 & 1995

Publications
Dr. Wong is widely published having written over 334 publications in scientific and medical journals. He has specialized in nutraceutical discovery and development including the unique properties of the noni plant. The following is a list of publications Dr. Ho has published which contribute to noni research.

Wang, Mingfu; Kikuzaki, Hiroe; Csiszar, Katalin; Boyd, Charles D.; Maunakea, Alika; Fong, Sheri F. T.; Ghai, Geetha; Rosen, Robert T.; Nakatani, Nobuji; Ho, Chi-Tang. Novel trisaccharide fatty acid ester identified from the fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1999, 47, 4880−4882.

Wang, Mingfu; Kikuzaki, Hiroe; Jin, Yi; Nakatani, Nobuji; Zhu, Nanqun; Csiszar, Katalin; Boyd, Charles D.; Rosen, Robert T.; Ghai, Geetha; Ho, Chi-Tang. Novel glycosides from noni (Morinda citrifolia). Journal of Natural Products 2000, 63, 1182−1183.

Sang, Shengmin; He, Kan; Liu, Guangming; Zhu, Nanqun; Wang, Mingfu; Jhoo, Jin-woo; Zheng, Qunyi; Dong, Zigang; Ghai, Geetha; Rosen, Robert T.; Ho, Chi-Tang. Citrifolinin A, a new unusual iridoid with inhibition of Activator Protein-1 (AP-1) from the leaves of noni (Morinda citrifolia L.). Tetrahedron Letters 2001, 42, 1823−1825.

Sang, Shengmin; He, Kan; Liu, Guangming; Zhu, Nanqun; Cheng, Xiaofang; Wang, Mingfu; Zheng; Qunyi; Dong, Zigang; Ghai, Geetha; Rosen, Robert T.; Ho, Chi-Tang. A new unusual iridoid with inhibition of Activator Protein-1 (AP-1) from the leaves of Morinda citrifolia L. Organic Letters 2001, 3, 1307−1309.

Sang, Shengmin; Cheng, Xiaofeng; Zhu, Nanqun; Wang, Mingfu; Jhoo, Jin-Woo; Stark, Ruth E.; Badmaev, Vladimir; Ghai, Geetha; Rosen, Robert T.; Ho, Chi-Tang. Iridoid glycosides from the leaves of Morinda citrifolia. Journal of Natural Products 2001, 64, 799−800.

Liu, Guangming; Bode, Ann; Ma, Wei-Ya; Sang, Shengmin; Ho, Chi-Tang; Dong, Zigang. Two novel glycosides from the fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) inhibit AP-1 transactivation and cell transformation in the mouse epidermal JB6 cell line. Cancer Research 2001 61, 5749−5756.

Sang, Shengmin; Liu, Guangming; He, Kan; Zhu, Nanqun; Dong, Zigang; Zheng, Qunyi; Rosen, Robert T.; Ho, Chi-Tang. New unusual iridoids from the leaves of noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) show inhibitory effect on ultraviolet B-induced transcriptional Activator Protein-1 (AP-1) activity. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2003, 11, 2499−2502.

Noni Research
Dr. Ho’s research is related to the studying of noni. He has identified chemical components of noni fruit, leaves, and roots.