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Overview

Ikuo Ikeda is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus in several subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their research addresses key topics including Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Advanced Glycation End Products research, and Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Structural changes of ethanolamine plasmalogen during intestinal absorption, 2020, Food & Function
  • Dietary triacylglycerol hydroperoxide is not absorbed, yet it induces the formation of other triacylglycerol hydroperoxides in the gastrointestinal tract, 2022, Redox Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ikuo Ikeda include:

  • Takumi Takahashi
  • Junya Ito
  • Shunji Kato
  • Kiyotaka Nakagawa
  • Reina Kamiyoshihara

Their work has appeared mainly in the publication venues Food & Function and Redox Biology, reflecting the biomedical focus of their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Tea catechins decrease micellar solubility and intestinal absorption of cholesterol in rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Youji Imasato;Eiji Sasaki;Mioko Nakayama

  • Heat-epimerized tea catechins rich in gallocatechin gallate and catechin gallate are more effective to inhibit cholesterol absorption than tea catechins rich in epigallocatechin gallate and epicatechin gallate

    Ikuo Ikeda;Makoto Kobayashi;Tadateru Hamada;Koichi Tsuda

  • A comparison of hypocholesterolemic activity of β-sitosterol and β-sitostanol in rats

    Michihiro Sugano;Hidekazu Morioka;Ikuo Ikeda

  • Effects of sitosterol and sitostanol on micellar solubility of cholesterol.

    Ikuo Ikeda;Yoko Tanabe;Michihiro Sugano

  • Lymphatic recovery, tissue distribution, and metabolic effects of conjugated linoleic acid in rats.

    Michihiro Sugano;Akira Tsujita;Masao Yamasaki;Koji Yamada

  • Some aspects of mechanism of inhibition of cholesterol absorption by β-sitosterol

    Ikuo Ikeda;Michihiro Sugano

  • Effects of Dietary α-Linolenic, Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids on Hepatic Lipogenesis and β-Oxidation in Rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Jae Young Cha;Teruyoshi Yanagita;Noriaki Nakatani

  • Lymphatic absorption of structured glycerolipids containing medium‐chain fatty acids and linoleic acid, and their effect on cholesterol absorption in rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Yoshiaki Tomari;Michihiro Sugano;Soichiro Watanabe

  • Inhibition of cholesterol absorption by plant sterols for mass intervention.

    Ikuo Ikeda;Michihiro Sugano;Michihiro Sugano

  • Digestion and lymphatic transport of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids given in the form of triacylglycerol, free acid and ethyl ester in rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Eiji Sasaki;Haruko Yasunami;Shuji Nomiyama

  • α-Linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids affect lipid metabolism differently in rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Kosaburo Wakamatsu;Ayumi Inayoshi;Katsumi Imaizumi

  • Dietary gallate esters of tea catechins reduce deposition of visceral fat, hepatic triacylglycerol, and activities of hepatic enzymes related to fatty acid synthesis in rats.

    Ikuo Ikeda;Reina Hamamoto;Kazunori Uzu;Katsumi Imaizumi

  • Interrelated Effects of Dietary Fiber and Fat on Lymphatic Cholesterol and Triglyceride Absorption in Rats

    Ikuo Ikeda;Yoshiaki Tomari;Michihiro Sugano

  • Effects of Chitosan Hydrolysates on Lipid Absorption and on Serum and Liver Lipid Concentration in Rats

    Ikuo. Ikeda;Michihiro. Sugano;Katsuko. Yoshida;Eiji. Sasaki

  • The Interrelated Effects of n-6/n-3 and Polyunsaturated/Saturated Ratios of Dietary Fats on the Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in Rats

    Joon Ho Lee;Michiyo Fukumoto;Harumi Nishida;Ikuo Ikeda

  • Digestion, absorption and effects on cholesterol absorption of menhaden oil, fish oil concentrate and corn oil by rats.

    Isabel S. Chen;S. Steven Hotta;Ikuo Ikeda;Marie M. Cassidy

  • Influence of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)-seed oil containing cis-5, cis-9, cis-12-octadecatrienoic acid on polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism, eicosanoid production and blood pressure of rats

    Michihiro Sugano;Ikuo Ikeda;Kosaburo Wakamatsu;Takayuki Oka

  • Conjugated linolenic acid is slowly absorbed in rat intestine, but quickly converted to conjugated linoleic acid

    Tsuyoshi Tsuzuki;Yuki Kawakami;Renpei Abe;Kiyotaka Nakagawa

  • Decrease in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, cholesteryl ester transfer protein, and oxidized low-density lipoprotein by plant stanol ester-containing spread:: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

    Yasuhiko Homma;Ikuo Ikeda;Toshitsugu Ishikawa;Masao Tateno

  • Lipid-lowering activity of phytostanols in rats

    Michihiro Sugano;Fumiko Kamo;Ikuo Ikeda;Hidekazu Morioka

Frequent Co-Authors

Michihiro Sugano
Michihiro Sugano Kyushu University
Kiyotaka Nakagawa
Kiyotaka Nakagawa Tohoku University
Koji Yamada
Koji Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Teruo Miyazawa
Teruo Miyazawa Tohoku University
Hirofumi Tachibana
Hirofumi Tachibana Kyushu University
Sakayu Shimizu
Sakayu Shimizu Kyoto University
Keiya Ozawa
Keiya Ozawa Jichi Medical University
Teruo Kawada
Teruo Kawada Kyoto University
Ryuichiro Sato
Ryuichiro Sato University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Nishimori
Katsuhiko Nishimori Tohoku University

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