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Hiroshi Hikino

Hiroshi Hikino

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10577
World Ranking
11681
National Ranking
868

Overview

Hiroshi Hikino is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, focusing on research at the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work extensively covers the fields of oncology and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed to the following topics in their research:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

Recent publications by Hiroshi Hikino include the paper titled "The impact of the gut microbiota on neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: the Setouchi Breast Project-14," published in 2024 in the European Journal of Cancer.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hiroshi Hikino include:

  • Yukiko Kajiwara
  • Shu Nakamoto
  • Akira I. Hida
  • K Taniguchi
  • Yasuro Miyoshi

Their work has appeared primarily in the European Journal of Cancer.

Hiroshi Hikino's academic focus spans:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within subfields, their research is categorized under oncology and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of antihepatotoxic activity of glycyrrhizin. I: Effect on free radical generation and lipid peroxidation.

    Yoshinobu Kiso;Masahiro Tohkin;Hiroshi Hikino;Masao Hattori

  • Antihepatotoxic principles of Curcuma longa rhizomes.

    Yoshinobu Kiso;Yuriko Suzuki;Noriko Watanabe;Yoshiteru Oshima

  • Isolation and hypoglycemic activity of ganoderans A and B, glycans of Ganoderma lucidum fruit bodies.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Chohachi Konno;Yoshiaki Mirin;Teruaki Hayashi

  • Structure of Mugineic Acid, a New Amino Acid Possessing an Iron-Chelating Activity from Roots Washings of Water-Cultured Hordeum vulgare L

    Tsunematsu Takemoto;Kyosuke Nomoto;Shinji Fushiya;Reiko Ouchi

  • Arthropod molting hormones.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Yasuko Hikino

  • Antihepatotoxic actions of flavonolignans from Silybum marianum fruits.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Yoshinobu Kiso;Hildebert Wagner;Manfred Fiebig

  • Structure of kukoamine A, a hypotensive principle of Lycium chinense root barks1

    Shinji Funayama;Kozue Yoshida;Chohachi Konno;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Structures of cleomiscosins, coumarinolignoids of cleome viscosa seeds

    Anil B. Ray;Sunil K. Chattopadhyay;Sandeep Kumar;Chohachi Konno

  • Antihepatotoxic actions of lignoids from Schizandra chinensis fruits

    Hiroshi Hikino;Yoshinobu Kiso;Heihachiro Taguchi;Yukinobu Ikeya

  • Isolation and hypoglycemic activity of panaxans Q, R, S, T and U, glycans of Panax ginseng roots.

    Yoshiteru Oshima;Chohachi Konno;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Antiinflammatory principles of Caesalpinia sappan wood and of Haematoxylon campechianum wood.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Takashi Taguchi;Hajime Fujimura;Yasuzo Hiramatsu

  • Hypotensive Principles of Diospyros kaki Leaves

    Shinji Funayama;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Antiinflammatory principles of Atractylodes rhizomes.

    Katsuya Endo;Takashi Taguchi;Fumiko Taguchi;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Antihepatotoxic actions of Formosan plant drugs

    Ling-Ling Yang;Kun-Ying Yen;Yoshinobu Kiso;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Antiinflammatory principles of Aconitum roots.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Chohachi Konno;Hiroshi Takata;Yoko Yamada

  • Structure of Senbusine A, B and C, Diterpenie Alkaloids of Aconitum carmichaeli Roots From China

    Chohachi Konno;Masayoshi Shirasaka;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Ampelopsins A, B and C, new oligostilbenes of Ampelopsis Brevipedunculata var. Hancei

    Yoshiteru Oshima;Yuji Ueno;Hiroshi Hikino;Yang Ling-Ling

  • Assay method for antihepatotoxic activity using carbon tetrachloride induced cytotoxicity in primary cultured hepatocytes.

    Y. Kiso;M. Tohkin;H. Hikino

  • Isolation and hypoglycemic activity of quinquefolans A, B, and C, glycans of Panax quinquefolium roots.

    Yoshiteru Oshima;Kuniko Sato;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Partial structure of panaxan A, a hypoglycaemic glycan of Panax ginseng roots

    Masashi Tomoda;Kazuyo Shimada;Chohachi Konno;Kazuhiko Sugiyama

  • Glycan structures of ganoderans b and c, hypoglycemic glycans of ganoderma lucidum fruit bodies

    Masashi Tomoda;Ryoko Gonda;Yoshimasa Kasahara;Hiroshi Hikino

  • Isolation and hypoglycemic activity of moran A, a glycoprotein of Morus alba root barks.

    Hiroshi Hikino;Takakazu Mizuno;Yoshiteru Oshima;Chohachi Konno

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiteru Oshima
Yoshiteru Oshima Tohoku University
Yasushi Ohizumi
Yasushi Ohizumi Tohoku University
Tomihisa Ohta
Tomihisa Ohta Kanazawa University
Chizuko Kabuto
Chizuko Kabuto Tohoku University
Hildebert Wagner
Hildebert Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Haruki Yamada
Haruki Yamada Kitasato University
Takashi Yoshida
Takashi Yoshida Matsuyama University
Hirokazu Kawagishi
Hirokazu Kawagishi Shizuoka University
Masao Hattori
Masao Hattori University of Toyama
Hiromichi Okuda
Hiromichi Okuda Prefectural University of Kumamoto

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