Subscribe now for exclusive offers, scientific breakthroughs, and groundbreaking insights.
Please check the Spam folder after signup for the discounts.
First-Time Buyer Special - Risk-Free Trial, Limited Time Offer!
As a first-time buyer, purchase any full-size product and receive a matching travel-size product free. If you're not satisfied with the travel size, simply return the full-size product within 30 days for a full refund, no questions asked.
Dr. Xi’s Publications
More than 130 years of research confirms that iron produces harmful free radicals that can contribute to a number of disease states as well as the visible signs of skin aging.
“Iron and Menopause: Does increased iron play a role in menopause-related osteoporosis and skin aging?” Article reported by Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, OBGYN & Reproduction Week, and Women's Health Weekly
“Role of bioavailable iron in coal dust-induced activator protein-1 and nuclear factor of activated T cells activation: Difference between the Pennsylvania and Utah coal dusts.”
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A, 2003, 66: 1249-1265.
Hu, W., Zhang, Q., Su, W. C., Feng, Z., Rom, W. N., Chen, L. C., Tang, M-s., and Huang, X.
“Gene expression of primary cultured normal human bronchial epithelial cells in response to coal dust with different prevalence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.”
Dai, J. S., Huang, C., Wu. J., Yang, C. F., Frenkel, K., and Huang, X.
“Iron-induced interleukin-6 gene expression is mediated through the extracellular signal-related kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.”
“Addition of calcite reduces iron’s bioavailability in the Pennsylvania coals – Potential use of calcite for the prevention of coal workers’ lung injury.”
“Sensitive biomarker of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide in relation to smoking and low ambient levels of exposure.”
Huang, X., Dai J. S., Huang, C. S., Zhang, Q., O. Bhanot, and Pelle, E.
“Deferoxamine synergistically enhances iron-mediated AP-1 activation: A showcase of the interplay between extracellular-signal-regulated kinase and tyrosine phosphatase.”
Aladdin, M., Jian, J., Yang, Q., Chen, L.C., Finkelman, R.B., and Huang, X.
“Laboratory studies of the impact of calcite on in vitro and in vivo effects of coal dust: A potential preventive agent for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis?”
1. Huang X., Xiao X. G., Shi J. N. et al. "General aspect of French agricultural education." In "Modern French Agriculture" (Eds. Sun B. Q., Cao M. Q), Beijing Agricultural University Press, Beijing, 1993, pp. 37-55.
2. Costa M., Zhuang Z. X., Huang X., Costentino S., Klein C. B., and Salnikow K. “Molecular mechanism of nickel carcinogenesis.” Sci. Total Environ. 1994, 148: 191-199.
3. Costa M., Costentino S., Salnikow K., Huang X., and Zhuang Z. X. "Molecular mechanism of nickel carcinogenesis." Environ. Health Perspect. 1994, 102: 127-130.
4. Huang X.* “Iron overload and its association with cancer risk in human: Evidence for iron as a carcinogenic metal.” Mutation Res. 2003, 533: 153-171. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14643418/
6. Huang, X.*, and Finkelman R. B. “Understanding the chemistry of macerals and minerals in coal dusts and its potential application for occupational lung disease prevention.” J. Toxicol. Environ. Health, Part B, 2008, 11: 45-67. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10937400701600552
8. Xu, Y. J., and Huang X. “Decreasing iron overload: A new approach for prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.” Chin. J. Osteoporosis & Bone Miner. Res., 2012, 5: 1-6.
9. Huang, X.,* Luo, Y. Zhang, Z. L., Dong, S.N., and Luxbacher, K. “Increased prevalence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis: What should we do now?” April 2013, Coal Age, April issue, page 54-56.
10. Huang, X.,*, Xu, Y.J., and Partridge, N., “Dancing with sex hormones, could iron contribute to gender differences in osteoporosis?” Bone, 2013, 55: 458-460. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038444/
11. Xu, Y. J., and Huang, X. “Roles of iron and sex hormones in the gender differences of osteoporosis.” Natl Med. J. China, 2013:, 93: 3809-3911. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24548439/
12. Li, G.F., Pan, Y.Z., Sirois, P., Li, K., and Xu, Y.J. “Iron homeostasis in osteoporosis and its clinical implications.” Osteop. Int. 2012, 23: 2403-2408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-1982-1
13. Chen, B., Li, G.F., Shen, Y., Huang, X., and Xu, Y.J. “Reducing iron accumulation: A potential approach for the prevention and treatment of postmenopaual osteoporosis (Review). Exp. Therap. Med., 2015, 10: 7-11. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2484
14. Tenenbein, M and Huang, X.. “Iron”, Chapter 17, In Handbook on the Toxicology of the Metals, Volume II (Editors: Nordberg, G., and Costa, M.), 5th Edition, 2021, pp. 391-417.
15. Huang X. "Properties of coal dust may play a role in the mechanisms of anthracosis, emphysema and gastric cancer" Thesis of the University of Paris VII, Defended in November, 1991.
Letters to the Editors
1. Huang, X.* and Katz, S. “Intakes of dietary iron and heme-iron and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study.” Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 2011, 94: 613-614. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21775570/
3. Huang X., Zalma R. et Pezerat H., "Role of free radicals and redox reactions in the toxicity of coal dusts" In "Mechanisms in occupational lung diseases" (Ed. P. Sébastien) Colloque INSERM , 1991, 203 : 169-174.