Dr Wong Pei Lou

Dr Wong Pei Lou

  • Research Fellow
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  • Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr. Wong Pei Lou holds a Ph.D. in Food Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia, where her research centered on the metabolomics-based chemical profiling of medicinal plants for antidiabetic applications. She further advanced this line of research on natural product innovation for antidiabetic therapies during her postdoctoral tenure at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her core expertise lies in metabolomics, natural product pharmacology, and functional food research, leveraging advanced analytical platforms. Her current research interests include bioactive metabolite identification, phytochemical fingerprinting, and multivariate data analysis for biomarker discovery, targeting metabolic disease intervention to drive translational outcomes in nutraceutical and therapeutic development.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • BSc. (Hons) in Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia (2018)
  • PhD in Food Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2023)

Research Interests

  • Metabolomics
  • Natural Products
  • Phytochemicals
  • Functional food
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Biomarkers analysis

Teaching Areas

  • Metabolomics in nutrition and health
  • Natural product pharmacology
  • Functional foods and nutraceuticals
  • Food chemistry

Courses Taught

  • Metabolomics in natural products
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Food microbiology
  • Sensory evaluation

Notable Publications

  1. Zubaidi, S. N.1, Wong, P. L.1, Qadi, W. S. M., Dawoud, E. A. D., Hamezah, H. S., Baharum, S. N., Jam, F. A., Abas, F., Moreno, A., & Mediani, A. (2025). Deciphering the mechanism of Annona muricata leaf extract in alloxan-nicotinamide induced diabetic rat model with 1H-NMR-based metabolomics approach. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 260, 116806.
  2. Fitri, N., Chan, S. X. Y., Qadi, W. S., Wong, P. L., Hellal, K., Hamezah, H. S., Mediani, A. & Abas, F. (2025). A comprehensive review on the processing, composition, and safety of fermented rice products and advanced methods for improving its quality. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 107184.
  3. Wong, P. L., Zolkeflee, N. K. Z., Ramli, N. S., Tan, C. P., Azlan, A., & Abas, F. (2024). Acute toxicity profiling of medicinal herb Ardisia elliptica leaf extract by conventional evaluations and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 14(4), 456-466.
  4. Wong, P. L., Ramli, N. S., Tan, C. P., Azlan, A., & Abas, F. (2024). NMR-based metabolomics and UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS profiling of Syzygium jambos in relation to their antioxidant and anti-hyperglycemic activities. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 17(2), 105546.
  5. Wong, P. L., Zolkeflee, N. K. Z., Ramli, N. S., Tan, C. P., Azlan, A., Tham, C. L., Shaari, K. & Abas, F. (2024). Antidiabetic effect of Ardisia elliptica extract and its mechanisms of action in STZ-NA-induced diabetic rat model via 1H-NMR-based metabolomics. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 318, 117015.
  6. Zolkeflee, N. K. Z., Wong, P. L., Maulidiani, M., Ramli, N. S., Azlan, A., Mediani, A., Tham, C. L., & Abas, F. (2024). Revealing metabolic and biochemical variations via 1H NMR metabolomics in streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats treated with metformin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 708, 149778.
  7. Wong, P. L., Ahmat, N. & Abas, F. (2023). Pinocembrin: Insights into the resources, biosynthesis, bioavailability, safety, biological activities and pharmacology. In Xiao, J, Handbook of Dietary Flavonoids (pp 1-63). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
  8. Zolkeflee, N. K. Z., Wong, P. L., Ramli, N. S., Azlan, A., & Abas, F. (2023). Metabolic alterations in streptozotocin–nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats treated with Muntingia calabura L. extract via 1H-NMR-based metabolomics. Planta Medica, 89(09), 916-934.
  9. Wong, P. L., Ramli, N. S., Tan, C. P., Azlan, A., & Abas, F. (2021). Metabolomic analysis reveals the valuable bioactive compounds of Ardisia elliptica. Phytochemical Analysis, 32(5), 685-697.
  10. Wong, P. L., Fauzi, N. A., Mohamed Yunus, S. N., Abdul Hamid, N. A., Abd Ghafar, S. Z., Azizan, A., Zolkeflee, N. K. Z. & Abas, F. (2020). Biological activities of selected plants and detection of bioactive compounds from Ardisia elliptica using UHPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. Molecules, 25(13), 3067.