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Masashi Tsuda

Masashi Tsuda

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
8410
World Ranking
9515
National Ranking
678

Overview

Masashi Tsuda is affiliated with Kōchi University in Japan and works primarily in the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their research focuses on organic chemistry and biotechnology, with specific subfields including Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, notably Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry.

Masashi Tsuda has published in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Heterocycles

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on marine natural products and synthetic organic chemistry. Selected recent publications include:

  • Total synthesis and complete configurational assignment of amphirionin-2 (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Iriomoteolides-14a and 14b, New Cytotoxic 15-Membered Macrolides from Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium Species (2020, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin)
  • Structure and Stereochemistry of Amphidinolide N Congeners from Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium Species (2020, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin)
  • Iriomoteolide-1a and -1b: Structure Elucidation by Integrating NMR Spectroscopic Analysis, Theoretical Calculation, and Total Synthesis (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Amphirionins-3 and -6, New Polyketides from the Cultured Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium Species (2020, Heterocycles)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Masayuki Tsuda, Haruhiko Fuwa, Ryui Makihara, Takeyuki Suzuki, and Mai Akakabe.

Best Publications

  • Amphidinolides, bioactive macrolides from symbiotic marine dinoflagellates

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masashi Tsuda

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

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

  • Absolute stereochemistry of citrinadins a and B from marine-derived fungus.

    Takao Mugishima;Masashi Tsuda;Yuu Kasai;Haruaki Ishiyama

  • NAKADOMARIN A, A NOVEL HEXACYCLIC MANZAMINE-RELATED ALKALOID FROM AMPHIMEDON SPONGE

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Daisuke Watanabe;and Naoko Kawasaki;Masashi Tsuda

  • Citrinadin A, a novel pentacyclic alkaloid from marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum.

    Masashi Tsuda;Yuu Kasai;Kazusei Komatsu;Teruo Sone

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

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

  • Nagelamides A-H, new dimeric bromopyrrole alkaloids from marine sponge Agelas species.

    Tadashi Endo;Masashi Tsuda;Tadashi Okada;Shinya Mitsuhashi

  • Modiolides A and B, two new 10-membered macrolides from a marine-derived fungus

    Masashi Tsuda;Takao Mugishima;Kazusei Komatsu;Teruo Sone

  • Absolute stereochemistry of amphidinolide C.

    Takaaki Kubota;Masashi Tsuda;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Absolute stereochemistry of amphidinolide E.

    Takaaki Kubota;Masashi Tsuda;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Hyrtinadine A, a bis-indole alkaloid from a marine sponge.

    Taeko Endo;Masashi Tsuda;Jane Fromont;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Speradine A, a new pentacyclic oxindole alkaloid from a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus tamarii

    Masashi Tsuda;Takao Mugishima;Kazusei Komatsu;Teruo Sone

  • Keramaphidin B, a novel pentacyclic alkaloid from a marine sponge Amphimedon sp. : A plausible biogenetic precursor of manzamine alkaloids

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masashi Tsuda;Naoko Kawasaki;Keita Matsumoto;Keita Matsumoto

  • Hymenamides a and b, new proline-rich cyclic heptapeptides from the okinawan marine sponge hymeniacidon sp.

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masashi Tsuda;Takemichi Nakamura;Yuzuru Mikami;Yuzuru Mikami

  • Brasilibactin A, a cytotoxic compound from actinomycete Nocardia brasiliensis.

    Masashi Tsuda;Masaaki Yamakawa;Seiko Oka;Yasushi Tanaka

  • Amphidinolide H, a Potent Cytotoxic Macrolide, Covalently Binds on Actin Subdomain 4 and Stabilizes Actin Filament

    Takeo Usui;Sayaka Kazami;Naoshi Dohmae;Yoshikazu Mashimo

  • Purealidins J-R, new bromotyrosine alkaloids from the Okinawan marine sponge Psammaplysilla purea

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Kaori Honma;Takuma Sasaki;Masashi Tsuda

  • Amphidinolides T2, T3, and T4, new 19-membered macrolides from the dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp. and the biosynthesis of amphidinolide T1.

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Takaaki Kubota;Tetsuya Endo;Masashi Tsuda

  • A platform for designing hyperpolarized magnetic resonance chemical probes

    Hiroshi Nonaka;Ryunosuke Hata;Tomohiro Doura;Tatsuya Nishihara

  • Pyrinodemin A, a cytotoxic pyridine alkaloid with an isoxazolidine moiety from sponge Amphimedon sp

    Masashi Tsuda;Keiko Hirano;Takaaki Kubota;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

  • Bioactive macrolides and polyketides from marine dinoflagellates

    Jun'Ichi Kobayashi;Kazutaka Shimbo;Takaaki Kubota;Masashi Tsuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun'ichi Kobayashi
Jun'ichi Kobayashi Hokkaido University
Yuzuru Mikami
Yuzuru Mikami Chiba University
Jun Kawabata
Jun Kawabata Hokkaido University
Masami Ishibashi
Masami Ishibashi Chiba University
Hideyuki Shigemori
Hideyuki Shigemori University of Tsukuba
Motoo Shiro
Motoo Shiro Nagoya Institute of Technology
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Haruhiko Fuwa
Haruhiko Fuwa Chuo University
Shonen Yoshida
Shonen Yoshida Nagoya University
Kenji Omasa
Kenji Omasa University of Tokyo

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