A second-level professor and doctoral supervisor, serving as a permanent member of the State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources of Nanchang University. Recipient of the State Council Special Allowance, Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award, Jiangxi Province Most Beautiful Science and Technology Worker, Distinguished Contribution Expert of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Ganpo Elite 555 Project Talent, selected candidate for Jiangxi Province New Century Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project, Young and Middle-aged Academic Leader in Jiangxi Provincial Universities, Inaugural Jiangxi Province Excellent Master's Supervisor, Jiangxi Provincial Higher Education Teaching Master, Ministry of Education Excellent Young and Middle-aged Teacher (Supported), Jiangxi Province Major Discipline Academic and Technology Leader, and Key Discipline Leader in "Food Science" and "Nutrition and Food Hygiene." Serves on the National School Food Safety and Nutrition Health Work Expert Group, as a National "Three New" Food Judge, President of Jiangxi Nutrition Society, Vice President of the Trace Elements and Food Chain Branch of the Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies, Vice Director of the Nutrition Translational Medicine Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Vice President of Rice Oil Industry Alliance, and Executive Director of the Chinese Nutrition Society. Editorial board member of Food Science, China Oils and Fats, Dairy Science and Technology, Food Quality and Safety, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Food Biochemistry, European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, and International Journal of Food Science & Nutrition. Ranked among the top 100,000 scientists globally.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Natural Products / Antioxidants / Nutraceuticals Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Evaluation of Nutrition and Function

Lipids/ Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Health action

Published Paper

1)       L Zhu, Z Zhang, H Li, Z Deng*, J Li, L Zheng, J Liao, M Wang, B Zhang*. Cognitive and behavioral benefits of 2′-fucosyllactose in growing mice: the roles of 5-hydroxytryptophan and gut microbiota. Microbiome, 2025, 13：97

2)       Yangzheng He, Linhui Zeng, Han Liao, Jing Li, Yong Sun*, Hongyan Li, Ting Luo and Zeyuan Deng*, Human milk fat substitutes alleviate dextran sulfate sodium induced cognitive deficits in mice by modulating brain fatty acid and ether lipid metabolism, Food Bioscience, 2025, 107898.

3)       Yangzheng He, Xianbiao Liu, Jing Li, Liufeng Zheng, Yong Sun* and Zeyuan Deng*, Digestive and absorptive properties of human milk fat substitute evaluated by in vitro and in vivo models, Food Chemistry, 2025, 492, 145409.

4)       Wei Liu, Jing Li, Jingyi Ma, Yiping Xun, Xiaoying Feng, Yibing Ning*, Zeyuan Deng*. Digestibility of proteins and lipids in infant formulas: A comparison of cow and goat milk-based products with human milk. Food Bioscience. 2025: 72, 107363

5)       Liuying Zhu, Minghui Wang, Hongyan Li, Ting Luo, Zeyuan Deng*, Jing Li, Liufeng Zheng and Bing Zhang*, Supplementation of 3′-Sialyllactose During the Growth Period Improves Learning and Memory Development in Mice, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72, 24518-24529.

6)       Changmei Peng, Jing Li, Aixiu Zhao, Shaoqing Yu, Liufeng Zheng and Ze-Yuan Deng*, Non-oxidized and oxidized flaxseed orbitides differently induce HepG2 cell apoptosis: involvement of cellular uptake and membrane death receptor DR4, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2024, 104, 4296-4308.

7)       Qinghua Xi, Weixin Liu, Tianyuan Zeng, Xuan Chen, Ting Luo and Zeyuan Deng*. Effect of Different Dietary Patterns on Macronutrient Composition in Human Breast Milk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 2023, 15, 485.

8)       Chengwei Yu, Bin Peng, Ting Luo, Zeyuan Deng*. Bound lipase: an important form of lipase in rice bran (Oryza sativa). Food Science and Human Wellness. 2023, 12, 1779-1787

9)       Yuan Yuan, Shun Zhong, Zeyuan Deng *, Guangyan Li and Hongyan Li*. Impact of particle size on the nutrition release and antioxidant activity of rape, buckwheat and rose bee pollens. Food Funct., 2023, 14, 1897–1908

10)       Liuying Zhu, Hongyan Li, Ting Luo, Zeyuan Deng,* Jing Li, Liufeng Zheng, and Bing Zhang*. Human Milk Oligosaccharides: A Critical Review on Structure, Preparation, Their Potential as a Food Bioactive Component, and Future Perspectives. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2023, 71, 15908−15925.

11)       Xuan Chen, Zheng Liufeng, Zhang Bing, Deng Zeyuan*, Li Hongyan*. Synergistic protection of quercetin and lycopene against oxidative stress via SIRT1-Nox4-ROS axis in HUVEC cells [J]. Current research in food science, 2022, 5: 1985-1993.

12）     Shilu Deng, Li Jing, Luo Ting, Deng Zeyuan*. Flaxseed Cyclic Peptide 1-9-N alpha C -Linusorb B3 (CLA) Improves Oxidative Stability of Flaxseed Oil by Chelating Metal Ions and Intermediate Oxidative Products [J]. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022, 70(50): 15776-15786.

13)       Bin Peng, Ting Luo*, Fang Chen, Mei Wang, Liu-Feng Zheng, Jing Li and Ze-Yuan Deng*, Medium- and long-chain triglycerides attenuate lipid accumulation and regulate the expression of proteins related to lipid metabolism in oleic acid-induced lipid deposition in human hepatic LO2 cells, Journal of Functional Foods, 2021, 78. 104354

14)       Yong Sun, Fanghua Guo, Xin Peng, Kejun Cheng, Lu Xiao, Hua Zhang, Hongyan Li*, Li Jiang and Zeyuan Deng*, Metabolism of Phenolics of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Roots under In Vitro Digestion and Colonic Fermentation as Well as Their In Vivo Antioxidant Activity in Rats, Foods, 2021, 10, 2123

• 1981.09-1985.07 Jiangxi Agricultural University ，Undergraduate Education
• 1987.09-1990.07 Huazhong Agricultural University ，Master Degree，Graduate Education
• 1998.09-2002.07 Nanchang University ，Doctor Degree，Graduate Education

• [1] 1999.07-2024.07 Nanchang University
• [2] 1995.07-1999.07 Nanchang University
• [3] 1993.07-1995.07 Nanchang University
• [4] 1990.07- School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University
• [5] 1990.07-1993.07 Jiangxi University of Technology

• [1]The development of bioactive lipid enrichment and molecular modification technologies , a sub-project under the 14th Five-Year National Key R&D Program "Development and Industrialization Demonstration of Functional Dairy Products"
• [2]The screening and application technology research of functional food microorganisms
• [3]The development of different series of functional foods
• [4]The study on distribution, structure, and activity of free and bound lipases in rice bran
• [5]The study on antioxidant patterns and mechanisms of different flaxseed cyclopeptides in flaxseed oil