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Masami Ishibashi

Masami Ishibashi

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National Ranking
482

Overview

Masami Ishibashi is a researcher affiliated with Chiba University in Japan, focusing on medical and biochemical sciences. Their work spans several fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in molecular biology, pharmacology, and microbiology as subfields of expertise.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of topics centered on natural products and their biological activities. Key themes include microbial natural products and biosynthesis, actinomycetales infections and treatment, infectious diseases and mycology, as well as the biological activities of phytochemical compounds. Additional areas of work address natural product bioactivities and synthesis, alkaloids synthesis and pharmacology, and chemical synthesis related to alkaloids.

Masami Ishibashi has authored multiple research papers, with recent publications illustrating a focus on cardiovascular disease biomarkers, natural compound evaluation, and microbial bioactive substances. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Gut Microbiota and Coronary Plaque Characteristics," 2022, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Biomarkers associated with coronary high-risk plaques," 2022, Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
  • "Evaluation of Naturally Occurring HIF-1 Inhibitors for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension," 2021, ChemBioChem
  • "Two Bioactive Compounds, Uniformides A and B, Isolated from a Culture of Nocardia uniformis IFM0856T in the Presence of Animal Cells," 2022, Organic Letters
  • "Isolation and evaluation of cardenolides from Lansium domesticum as Notch inhibitors," 2020, Journal of Natural Medicines

Their publications are frequently found in journals such as the Journal of Natural Medicines, The Journal of Antibiotics, Scientific Reports, Organic Letters, and Heterocycles.

Masami Ishibashi collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including Yasumasa Hara, Midori A. Arai, Teruhisa Manome, Akiko Takaya, and Firoj Ahmed. These collaborators have contributed significantly to numerous joint research projects, exemplifying a cooperative research environment.

Best Publications

  • Bioactive metabolites of symbiotic marine microorganisms

    Junichi. Kobayashi;Masami. Ishibashi

  • Separation of Leucas aspera, a medicinal plant of Bangladesh, guided by prostaglandin inhibitory and antioxidant activities.

    Samir Kumar Sadhu;Emi Okuyama;Haruhiro Fujimoto;Masami Ishibashi

  • Scytophycins, cytotoxic and antimycotic agents from the cyanophyte Scytonema pseudohofmanni

    Masami Ishibashi;Richard E. Moore;Gregory M. L. Patterson;Changfu Xu

  • Purealidins B and C, new bromotyrosine alkaloids from the okinawan marine sponge psammaplysilla purea

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masashi Tsuda;Kaori Agemi;Hideyuki Shigemori

  • Ircinals A and B from the Okinawan marine sponge Ircinia sp.: plausible biogenetic precursors of manzamine alkaloids

    Kazuhiko Kondo;Hideyuki Shigemori;Yumiko Kikuchi;Masami Ishibashi

  • Occurrence of 9-deoxy-delta 9,delta 12-13,14-dihydroprostaglandin D2 in human urine.

    Y. Hirata;H. Hayashi;S. Ito;Y. Kikawa

  • Analgesic components of saposhnikovia root (Saposhnikovia divaricata).

    Emi Okuyama;Tetsuya Hasegawa;Takamitsu Matsushita;Haruhiro Fujimoto

  • MANZACIDINS A-C, NOVEL TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDINE ALKALOIDS FROM THE OKINAWAN MARINE SPONGE HYMENIACIDON SP.

    Junichi Kobayashi;Fuyuko Kanda;Masami Ishibashi;Hideyuki Shigemori

  • Ageliferins, potent actomyosin Atpase activators from the Okinawan marine sponge sp

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masashi Tsuda;Tetsuya Murayama;Hideshi Nakamura

  • Naturally occurring small-molecule inhibitors of hedgehog/GLI-mediated transcription.

    Takahiro Hosoya;Midori A. Arai;Takashi Koyano;Thaworn Kowithayakorn

  • Amphidinolide C: The first 25-membered macrocyclic lactone with potent antineoplastic activity from the cultured dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp.

    Junichi. Kobayashi;Masami. Ishibashi;Markus R. Walchli;Hideshi. Nakamura

  • Penaresidin A and B, two novel azetidine alkaloids with potent actomyosin ATPase-activating activity from the Okinawan marine sponge Penares sp.

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Jie-Fei Cheng;Masami Ishibashi;Markus R. Wälchli

  • AMPHIDINOLIDES : UNIQUE MACROLIDES FROM MARINE DINOFLAGELLATES

    Masami Ishibashi;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Prianosin A, a novel antileukemic alkaloid from the okinawan marine sponge Prianos melanos

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Jie-fei Cheng;Masami Ishibashi;Hideshi Nakamura

  • Antioxidant, antinociceptive activity and general toxicity study of Dendrophthoe falcata and isolation of quercitrin as the major component

    Shihab Hasan;Iqbal Ahmed;Sukla Mondal;Mohammad Methedi Masud

  • Six immunosuppressive features from an ascomycete, Zopfiella longicaudata, found in a screening study monitored by immunomodulatory activity.

    Haruhiro Fujimoto;Etsuko Nakamura;Emi Okuyama;Masami Ishibashi

  • Hyrtiosins A and B, new indole alkaloids from the Okinawan marine sponge Hyrtios erecta

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Tetsuya Murayama;Tetsuya Murayama;Masami Ishibashi;Sumiko Kosuge;Sumiko Kosuge

  • Amphidinolide-A, a novel antineoplastic macrolide from the marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp.

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masami Ishibashi;Hideshi Nakamura;Yasushi Ohizumi

  • Regulation of mammalian neural development by helix-loop-helix transcription factors.

    Kageyama R;Sasai Y;Akazawa C;Ishibashi M

  • Lignan glycosides and flavonoids from Saraca asoca with antioxidant activity

    Samir Kumar Sadhu;Samir Kumar Sadhu;Amina Khatun;Panadda Phattanawasin;Æ Takashi Ohtsuki

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Mixed 3,3′‐Bisindoles and Their Evaluation as Wnt Signaling Inhibitors

    Takayoshi Arai;Yushi Yamamoto;Atsuko Awata;Kentaro Kamiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun'ichi Kobayashi
Jun'ichi Kobayashi Hokkaido University
Yasushi Ohizumi
Yasushi Ohizumi Tohoku University
Hideyuki Shigemori
Hideyuki Shigemori University of Tsukuba
Masashi Tsuda
Masashi Tsuda Kōchi University
Hideshi Nakamura
Hideshi Nakamura Nagoya University
Hiroshi Hirota
Hiroshi Hirota Nihon University
Yuzuru Mikami
Yuzuru Mikami Chiba University
Yoichi Iitaka
Yoichi Iitaka University of Tokyo
Yoshimasa Hirata
Yoshimasa Hirata Meijo University
Satoshi Omura
Satoshi Omura Kitasato University

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