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Previously published results

§  Zhang, X., Mouri C., Mikage M., and Laursen, R. A., Identification of Sources of Protoberberine -Alkaloids Used as Yellow Dyes in Asian Objects of Historical Interest. Studies in Conservation 55 177-185 (2010).

§  Zhang, X., Cardon D., Cabrera J. L., and Laursen, R. A., On the Role of Glycosides in the Light-stabilization of 3-Hydroxyflavone (flavonol) Dyes as Revealed by HPLC-MS. Microchimica Acta 169, 327-334 (2010).

§  Zhang, X., and Laursen R. A., Application of LC-MS to the Analysis of Dyes in Objects of Historical Interest. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 284, 108-114 (2009).

§  Zhang, X., Boytner, R., Cabrera, J. L., and Laursen, R. A., Identification of Yellow Dye Types in pre-Columbian Andean Textiles. Analytical Chemistry 79, 1575-1582 (2007).

§  Zhang, X., and Laursen, R. A., Development of Mild Extraction Methods for the Analysis of Natural Dyes in Textiles of Historical Interest Using LC-Diode Array Detector-MS. Analytical Chemistry 77, 2022-2025 (2005).

§  Zhang, X., Good, I., and Laursen, R. A., Characterization of Dyestuffs in Ancient Textiles from Xinjiang. Journal of Archaeological Science 35(4), 1095-1113 (2008).

§  Zhang, X., Corrigan, K., MacLaren, B., Leveque, M., and Laursen, R. A., Characterization of Yellow Dyes in Nineteenth Century Chinese Textiles. Studies in Conservation 52, 211-220 (2007).

§  Price, B., Malenka, S., Sutherland, K., Paul, K., Kingery, A., and Zhang, X., A Tibetan Polychrome Domestic Altar and Four Six-Panel Cabinets: Materials Analysis, Dating, and Conservation. ICOM-CC, New Delhi, India, September, 919-925 (2008).

§  Zhang, X., Osipova S., and Laursen, R. A., Analysis of Dyes in Some 19th Century Uzbek Suzanis. Dyes in History and Archaeology J. Kirby, Ed., Archetype Publications, London, 2017, pp. 339-348. 

§  Rao, K. V. K., Samikkannu, T., Dakshayani, K. B., Zhang, X., Saiyed, Z. M., Gandhi, N., Sathaye S., Indap M. A., and Madhavan, P. N., Chemopreventive Potential of Ethyl Acetate Fraction From Curcuma Longa is Associated with Up-Regulation of p57kip2 and Rad9 in PC-3M Prostate Cancer Cell Line. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 13, 1031-038 (2012).

§  Hadian, M., Good, I., Pollard, A. M., Zhang, X. & Laursen, R. (2012) Textiles from Douzlakh Salt Mine in ChehrAbad, Iran: A Technical and Contextual Study of Late pre-Islamic Iranian Textiles. International Journal of Humanities 19(3), 152-16

§  C. Mouri, V. Mozaffarian, X. Zhang and R. Laursen, Characterization of Flavonols in Plants used for Textile Dyeing and the Significance of Flavonol Conjugates, Dyes Pigments 100, 135-141(2014).

§  C. Mouri, A. Aali, X. Zhang and R. Laursen, Analysis of Dyes in Textiles from the Chehrabad Salt Mine in Iran, Heritage Sci., 2, 20 (2014)