主持国家自然科学基金青年基金和教育部博士点基金各一项，参与和主要完成国家自然科学基金、中医药行业科研专项和国家药典委员会等项目多项。先后对细辛类、青叶胆类、钩藤类、豨莶草类、老鹳草类、油松节类和马兜铃类等同属易混伪品药材的资源、性状、显微鉴定和质量分析等进行了研究

Yaoli Li,Mingying Shang, Jijun Chen, Shaoqing Cai*. Application of microscopy for discrimination of eight Swertia species utilized in the traditional Chinese medicine ‘Qingyedan’. Microscopy Research and Technique, 2013, 76(3): 296-310.

　　2 Yaoli Li, Min Tian, Jie Yu, Mingying Shang, Shaoqing Cai*. Studies on morphology and aristolochic acid analogue constituents of Asarum campaniflorum and a comparison with two official species of Asari Radix et Rhizoma. Journal of Natural Medicines, 2010, 64 (4): 442-451.

　　3 李耀利, 俞捷, 曹晨, 谢百波, 张翠英, 刘忠, 尚明英, 王璇, 蔡少青*. 细辛类药材原植物资源和市场品种调查. 中国中药杂志, 2010, 35(24): 3237-3241.

　　4 李耀利, 尚明英, 耿长安, 张雪梅, 陈纪军*, 蔡少青*. 云南产青叶胆及习用品药材中5种成分的HPLC含量测定. 中国中药杂志, 2013, 38（9）: 1394-1400.

　　5 Shen Yan, Yaoli Li, Yixu Song*, Li Lin, Peifa Jia, Shaoqing Cai*. Identification of Chinese Materia Medicas in microscopic powder images. Tsinghua Science and technology, 2012, 17(2): 209-217.

　　6 Jun Li, Yixu Song*, Yaoli Li, Shaoqing Cai, Zehong Yang. Automatic Target Segmentation based on Texture for Microscopic Images of Natural Medical Herbal Powders. J Sign Process Syst, 2015, 78: 139-146.

　　7 李耀利,王梦达,尚明英,蔡少青. 斜茎獐牙菜化学成分指纹图谱研究. 中国药学杂志, 2017, 52(17): 1493-1496.

　　8 Misato OTA, Feng XU, Yaoli Li, Mingying Shang, Toshiaki Makino, Shaoqing Cai*. Comparison of chemical constituents among licorice, roasted licorice, and roasted licorice with honey. Journal of Natural Medicines, 2018, 72(1): 80-95.