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Mamoru Koketsu

Mamoru Koketsu

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
7658
World Ranking
17143
National Ranking
1352

Overview

Mamoru Koketsu is affiliated with Gifu University in Japan and is active in research primarily within the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work has a strong focus on Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions in Toxicology, Plant Science, and Pharmacology.

The research topics Koketsu is involved with include:

  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Organoselenium and Organotellurium Chemistry
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis
  • Cancer Therapeutics and Mechanisms

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Koketsu include:

  • Masayuki Ninomiya
  • Amol D. Sonawane
  • Atsuyoshi Nishina
  • Kaori Tanaka
  • Olufunke E. Olorundare

Koketsu's publications have appeared multiple times in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Tetrahedron Letters
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Synthesis of Seleno-Heterocycles via Electrophilic/Radical Cyclization of Alkyne Containing Heteroatoms" (2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis)
  • "Inhibition mechanism of alpha-amylase, a diabetes target, by a steroidal pregnane and pregnane glycosides derived from Gongronema latifolium Benth" (2022, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
  • "pH-Triggered Drug Release Controlled by Poly(Styrene Sulfonate) Growth Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles" (2020, ACS Omega)
  • "Review of sialic acid's biochemistry, sources, extraction and functions with special reference to edible bird's nest" (2021, Food Chemistry)
  • "Diorganyl diselenides: a powerful tool for the construction of selenium containing scaffolds" (2021, Dalton Transactions)

Best Publications

  • OCCURRENCE OF A SIALYLGLYCOPEPTIDE AND FREE SIALYLGLYCANS IN HEN'S EGG YOLK

    Akira Seko;Mamoru Koketsu;Masakazu Nishizono;Yuko Enoki

  • Biologically significant selenium-containing heterocycles

    Masayuki Ninomiya;Dinesh R. Garud;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Partially Unfolded Lysozyme at Neutral pH Agglutinates and Kills Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria through Membrane Damage Mechanism

    Hisham R. Ibrahim;Shinji Higashiguchi;Mamoru Koketsu;Lekh R. Juneja

  • Synthesis of 1,3-thiazine derivatives and their evaluation as potential antimycobacterial agents.

    Mamoru Koketsu;Kohsuke Tanaka;Yuichi Takenaka;Cecil D Kwong

  • Recent developments in the synthesis of biologically relevant selenium-containing scaffolds

    Bubun Banerjee;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Reaction of Lithium Aluminum Hydride with Elemental Selenium: Its Application as a Selenating Reagent into Organic Molecules

    Hideharu Ishihara;Mamoru Koketsu;Yoshihisa Fukuta;Futoshi Nada

  • Isoselenocyanates: a powerful tool for the synthesis of selenium-containing heterocycles.

    Dinesh Ramesh Garud;Mamoru Koketsu;Hideharu Ishihara

  • Synthesis of Seleno‐Heterocycles via Electrophilic/Radical Cyclization of Alkyne Containing Heteroatoms

    Amol D. Sonawane;Rohini A. Sonawane;Masayuki Ninomiya;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Dietary tricin suppresses inflammation-related colon carcinogenesis in male Crj: CD-1 mice.

    Takeru Oyama;Yumiko Yasui;Shigeyuki Sugie;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Novel compounds, '1,3-selenazine derivatives' as specific inhibitors of eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase.

    Sung Ig Cho;Mamoru Koketsu;Hideharu Ishihara;Masayuki Matsushita

  • Regulation of melanin synthesis by selenium-containing carbohydrates.

    Sang Joon Ahn;Mamoru Koketsu;Hideharu Ishihara;Soo Min Lee

  • Antioxidative Activity of Egg Yolk Phospholipids

    Hidetoshi Sugino;Makoto Ishikawa;Teruhiko Nitoda;Mamoru Koketsu

  • A Facile Method for β-Selenoglycoside Synthesis Using β-p-Methylbenzoyl Selenoglycoside as the Selenating Unit

    Yumiko Kawai;Hiromune Ando;Hideya Ozeki;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Large-scale preparation of sialic acid from chalaza and egg-yolk membrane.

    Lekh Raj Juneja;Mamoru Koketsu;Katsuya Nishimoto;Mujo Kim

  • Antitermite Activities of Coumarin Derivatives and Scopoletin from Protium javanicum Burm. f.

    Morina Adfa;Tsuyoshi Yoshimura;Kenichi Komura;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Synthesis of 3-selena-1-dethiacephems and selenazepines via iodocyclization.

    Dinesh R Garud;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Inhibitory effects of flavonoids isolated from Fragaria ananassa Duch on IgE-mediated degranulation in rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3.

    Tomohiro Itoh;Masayuki Ninomiya;Masaharu Yasuda;Kaneyuki Koshikawa

  • Preparation of Isoselenocyanate and Synthesis of Carbodiimide by Oxidation of Selenourea

    Mamoru Koketsu;Norihito Suzuki;Hideharu Ishihara

  • 1,3-Selenazine derivatives induce cytotoxicity and DNA fragmentation in human HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells.

    Mamoru Koketsu;Hideharu Ishihara;Wenjuan Wu;Koji Murakami

  • pH-Triggered Drug Release Controlled by Poly(Styrene Sulfonate) Growth Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

    Fajar R. Wibowo;Ozi A. Saputra;Witri W. Lestari;Mamoru Koketsu

  • Electrophoresis for the analysis of acidic oligosaccharides.

    Mamoru Koketsu;Robert J. Linhardt

  • Mesoporous silica MCM-41 as a highly active, recoverable and reusable catalyst for direct amidation of fatty acids and long-chain amines

    Kenichi Komura;Yu Nakano;Mamoru Koketsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Robert J. Linhardt
Robert J. Linhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shoei Furukawa
Shoei Furukawa Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Yukihiro Akao
Yukihiro Akao Gifu University
Ikuo Saiki
Ikuo Saiki University of Toyama
Kazuo Ichimura
Kazuo Ichimura National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Makoto Kiso
Makoto Kiso Gifu University
Hasan Mukhtar
Hasan Mukhtar University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hiroaki Sakurai
Hiroaki Sakurai University of Toyama
Sung-Hoon Kim
Sung-Hoon Kim Kyung Hee University

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