1. Xianfeng Zhu, Hongxun Zhang and Raymond Lo.Three Di-O-caffeoylquinic Acid Derivatives from the Head of Cynara scolymus L. Natural Product Research. 2009, 23(6), 527–532.
2. Xianfeng Zhu, Hongxun Zhang and Raymond Lo.. Phenolic compounds from the leaf extract of artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) and their antimicrobial activities. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 2004, 52, 7272–7278.
3. Xian-Feng Zhu, Li-Zhi Zhang, Min Yang, Yan-Ke Li, Ming -Xue Li,Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity of a 7-Coordinate Diorganotin(IV) Complex of 2-Acetylpyrazine N4- methylthiosemicarbazone, Z. Naturforsch. 2012, 67(2):149–153.
4. X. F. Zhu, Y. H. Fan, Q. Wang, C. L. Chen, M. X. Li, J. W. Zhao. Biological activity of Co(III) and Ni(II) complexes of pyridine-2-carbaldehyde N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone: synthesis, characterization, crystal structure of Co(III) complex of pyridine-2-carbaldehyde N(4)–methylthiosemicarbazone. Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2012, 38(7): 478–483.
5. Xianfeng Zhu, Hongxun Zhang and Raymond Lo. Flavonoids of Cynara scolymus L.. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 2004, 6, 600–601.
6. Xianfeng Zhu, Hongxun Zhang, Ying Lu and Raymond Lo. Antimicrobial activities of Cynara scolymus L. leaf, head and stem extracts. Journal of Food Science. 2005, 70(2), 149-152.
7. Xianfeng Zhu, Hongxun Zhang and Raymond Lo. Antifungal activity of Cynara scolymus L. extracts. Fitoterapia. 2005, 76, 108–111.
8. Chun-Ling Chen, Xian-Feng Zhu, Ming-Xue Li, Hong-Mei Guo, Jing-Yang Niu, Antitumor Activity of Manganese (II) and Cobalt(III) Complexes of 2-Acetylpyridine Schiff bases Derived From S–Methyldithiocarbazate: Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structure of The Manganese (II) Complex of 2-Acetylpyridine S–Methyldithiocarbazate, Russ. J. Coord. Chem., 2011, 37(6), 433–436.
9. Li-Zhi Zhang, Guo-Yong An, Min Yang, Ming-Xue Li, Xian-Feng Zhu. Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and biological activities of the unusual main group 8-coordinate bismuth (III) complex derived from 2-acetylpyrazine N4- pyridylthiosemicarbazone. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2012, 20, 37–40.
Microbial Functional Genomics, Edited by Jizhong Zhou, Dorothea K. Thompson, Ying Xu, and James M. Tiedje. ISBN 0-471-07190-0, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.