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Hitoshi Ashida

Hitoshi Ashida

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
12202
World Ranking
12012
National Ranking
822

Overview

Hitoshi Ashida is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Plant Science, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to metabolism and phytochemicals. These include:

  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Phytoestrogen effects and research
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation

Hitoshi Ashida's recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on nutritional biochemistry and physiological effects of bioactive compounds. Selected recent papers include:

  • Prevention effect of quercetin and its glycosides on obesity and hyperglycemia through activating AMPKα in high-fat diet-fed ICR mice (2020), Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
  • Black soybean improves the vascular function through an increase in nitric oxide and a decrease in oxidative stress in healthy women (2020), Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Theobromine enhances the conversion of white adipocytes into beige adipocytes in a PPARγ activation-dependent manner (2021), The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • 4-Hydroxyderricin and xanthoangelol isolated from Angelica keiskei prevent dexamethasone-induced muscle loss (2020), Food & Function
  • Low dose of luteolin activates Nrf2 in the liver of mice at start of the active phase but not that of the inactive phase (2020), PLoS ONE

Common publication venues for Ashida include:

  • Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
  • Food & Function
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Frequent collaborators who have co-authored multiple papers with Ashida include:

  • Yoko Yamashita
  • Tomoya Kitakaze
  • Yasukiyo Yoshioka
  • Ken-yu Hironao
  • Kevin Odongo

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous determination of all polyphenols in vegetables, fruits, and teas.

    Hiroyuki Sakakibara;Yoshinori Honda;Satoshi Nakagawa;Hitoshi Ashida

  • Multitargeted cancer prevention by quercetin

    Akira Murakami;Hitoshi Ashida;Junji Terao

  • Cyanidin 3-glucoside ameliorates hyperglycemia and insulin sensitivity due to downregulation of retinol binding protein 4 expression in diabetic mice.

    Rie Sasaki;Natsumi Nishimura;Hiromi Hoshino;Yasuka Isa

  • Tea Catechin Suppresses Adipocyte Differentiation Accompanied by Down-regulation of PPARγ2 and C/EBPα in 3T3-L1 Cells

    Takashi Furuyashiki;Hironobu Nagayasu;Yukiko Aoki;Hiroaki Bessho

  • Rutin-enhanced antibacterial activities of flavonoids against Bacillus cereus and Salmonella enteritidis

    Hidetoshi Arima;Hitoshi Ashida;Gen-ichi Danno

  • Flavones and flavonols at dietary levels inhibit a transformation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor induced by dioxin.

    Hitoshi Ashida;Itsuko Fukuda;Takatoshi Yamashita;Kazuki Kanazawa

  • Rapid preparation of a plasma membrane fraction from adipocytes and muscle cells: application to detection of translocated glucose transporter 4 on the plasma membrane.

    Shin Nishiumi;Hitoshi Ashida

  • Measurement of Glucose Uptake in Cultured Cells

    Norio Yamamoto;Manabu Ueda-Wakagi;Takuya Sato;Kengo Kawasaki

  • Antioxidative bioavailability of artepillin C in Brazilian propolis.

    Kazuo Shimizu;Hitoshi Ashida;Yukinaga Matsuura;Kazuki Kanazawa

  • Black soybean seed coat extract ameliorates hyperglycemia and insulin sensitivity via the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase in diabetic mice.

    Yuta Kurimoto;Yuki Shibayama;Seiya Inoue;Minoru Soga

  • myo-Inositol Catabolism in Bacillus subtilis

    Ken-ichi Yoshida;Masanori Yamaguchi;Tetsuro Morinaga;Masaki Kinehara

  • A role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in attenuation of colitis.

    Keisuke Furumatsu;Shin Nishiumi;Yuki Kawano;Makoto Ooi

  • Epigallocatechin gallate promotes GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle.

    Manabu Ueda;Shin Nishiumi;Hironobu Nagayasu;Itsuko Fukuda

  • Prevention mechanisms of glucose intolerance and obesity by cacao liquor procyanidin extract in high-fat diet-fed C57BL/6 mice.

    Yoko Yamashita;Masaaki Okabe;Midori Natsume;Hitoshi Ashida

  • Dietary hydroperoxides of linoleic acid decompose to aldehydes in stomach before being absorbed into the body.

    Kazuki Kanazawa;Hitoshi Ashida

  • A black soybean seed coat extract prevents obesity and glucose intolerance by up-regulating uncoupling proteins and down-regulating inflammatory cytokines in high-fat diet-fed mice.

    Yuki Kanamoto;Yoko Yamashita;Fumio Nanba;Tadashi Yoshida

  • Anti-obesity actions of green tea: possible involvements in modulation of the glucose uptake system and suppression of the adipogenesis-related transcription factors.

    Hitoshi Ashida;Takashi Furuyashiki;Hironobu Nagayasu;Hiroaki Bessho

  • Glycogen distribution in the microwave-fixed mouse brain reveals heterogeneous astrocytic patterns

    Yuki Oe;Otto Baba;Hitoshi Ashida;Kouichi C. Nakamura

  • Dietary flavonoids as cancer-preventive and therapeutic biofactors.

    Shin Nishiumi;Shingo Miyamoto;Kyuichi Kawabata;Kohta Ohnishi

  • Rutin potentiates insulin receptor kinase to enhance insulin‐dependent glucose transporter 4 translocation

    Chia-Yu Hsu;Chia-Yu Hsu;Hung-Yuan Shih;Yi-Chen Chia;Chia-Hung Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Croft
Kevin D. Croft University of Western Australia
Junji Terao
Junji Terao University of Tokushima
Naoaki Saito
Naoaki Saito Kobe University
Takeshi Azuma
Takeshi Azuma Kobe University
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Yasutaro Fujita
Yasutaro Fujita Fukuyama University
Yoshiro Saito
Yoshiro Saito Tohoku University
Yoshimasa Nakamura
Yoshimasa Nakamura Okayama University
Hajime Hirase
Hajime Hirase University of Copenhagen
Lina Zhang
Lina Zhang Wuhan University

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