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Shigeru Ohta is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in Ohta's research include plant and animal studies, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, marine sponges and natural products, insect-plant interactions and control, and essential oils and antimicrobial activity.

Scientific output includes publications in prominent venues with multiple appearances in The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Chemistry & Biodiversity, Journal of Natural Products, and Phytochemistry. The number of publications in these journals reflects a focus on chemical ecology, natural products, and crystallography.

Frequent coauthors provide insight into Ohta's collaborative network. These include Hisashi Ômura, Mylene M. Uy, Emi Ohta, Tatsuo Nehira, and Yasuhiro Ishihara, indicating ongoing partnerships in related scientific areas.

Selected recent papers by Ohta or within related collaborations include:

  • Asaroidoxazines from the Roots of Asarum asaroides Induce Apoptosis in Human Neuroblastoma Cells, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • The male swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, uses cuticular hydrocarbons for mate discrimination, 2020, Animal Behaviour
  • Oxygenated Cembrene Diterpenes from Sarcophyton convolutum: Cytotoxic Sarcoconvolutum A-E, 2021, Marine Drugs
  • Paralemnolins X and Y, New Antimicrobial Sesquiterpenoids from the Soft Coral Paralemnalia thyrsoide, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Carotane sesquiterpenes from Ferula vesceritensis: in silico analysis as SARS-CoV-2 binding inhibitors, 2020, RSC Advances

Best Publications

  • Comparative study of the endocrine-disrupting activity of bisphenol A and 19 related compounds.

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Tomoharu Suzuki;Seigo Sanoh;Ryuki Kohta

  • Estrogenic and antiandrogenic activities of 17 benzophenone derivatives used as UV stabilizers and sunscreens.

    Tomoharu Suzuki;Shigeyuki Kitamura;Ryuki Khota;Kazumi Sugihara

  • Thyroid hormonal activity of the flame retardants tetrabromobisphenol A and tetrachlorobisphenol A

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Norimasa Jinno;Shigeru Ohta;Hiroaki Kuroki

  • Anti-thyroid hormonal activity of tetrabromobisphenol A, a flame retardant, and related compounds: Affinity to the mammalian thyroid hormone receptor, and effect on tadpole metamorphosis

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Teruhisa Kato;Mitsuru Iida;Norimasa Jinno

  • Drug-Metabolizing Ability of Molybdenum Hydroxylases

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Kazumi Sugihara;Shigeru Ohta

  • New series of antiprion compounds: pyrazolone derivatives have the potent activity of inhibiting protease-resistant prion protein accumulation.

    Ayako Kimata;Hidehiko Nakagawa;Ryo Ohyama;Tomoko Fukuuchi

  • Potent Estrogenic Metabolites of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol B Formed by Rat Liver S9 Fraction: Their Structures and Estrogenic Potency

    Shin'ichi Yoshihara;Tohru Mizutare;Misako Makishima;Noriko Suzuki

  • 1-Benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline as a parkinsonism-inducing agent: a novel endogenous amine in mouse brain and parkinsonian CSF.

    Yaichiro Kotake;Yoshikazu Tasaki;Yukiko Makino;Shigeru Ohta

  • TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE AND 1-METHYL-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE ARE PRESENT IN THE HUMAN BRAIN: RELATION TO PARKINSON’S DISEASE

    Shigeru Ohta;Michihiro Kohno;Yukiko Makino;Osamu Tachikawa

  • Metabolic activation of bisphenol A by rat liver S9 fraction.

    Shin'ichi Yoshihara;Misako Makishima;Noriko Suzuki;Shigeru Ohta

  • Tetrahydroisoquinoline and 1-methyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline as novel endogenous amines in rat brain

    Michihiro Kohno;Shigeru Ohta;Masaaki Hirobe

  • Thyroid hormone-like and estrogenic activity of hydroxylated PCBs in cell culture.

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Norimasa Jinno;Tomoharu Suzuki;Kazumi Sugihara

  • Presence of tetrahydroisoquinoline and 1-methyl-tetrahydro-isoquinoline in foods: compounds related to Parkinson's disease.

    Yukiko Makino;Shigeru Ohta;Osamu Tachikawa;Masaaki Hirobe

  • Comparison of drug metabolism and its related hepatotoxic effects in HepaRG, cryopreserved human hepatocytes, and HepG2 cell cultures

    Yuichi Yokoyama;Yuichi Yokoyama;Yoshifumi Sasaki;Natsuko Terasaki;Taku Kawataki

  • Design, synthesis, and pharmacological activity of nonallergenic pyrazolone-type antipyretic analgesics.

    Naoto Uramaru;Hidenari Shigematsu;Akihisa Toda;Reiko Eyanagi

  • 1‐Methyl‐ 1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydroisoquinoline, Decreasing in 1‐Methyl‐4‐Phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐Tetrahydropyridine‐Treated Mouse, Prevents Parkinsonism‐Like Behavior Abnormalities

    Yoshikazu Tasaki;Yukiko Makino;Shigeru Ohta;Masaaki Hirobe

  • Metabolism of UV-filter benzophenone-3 by rat and human liver microsomes and its effect on endocrine-disrupting activity.

    Yoko Watanabe;Yoko Watanabe;Hiroyuki Kojima;Shinji Takeuchi;Naoto Uramaru

  • Reductive metabolism of p,p'-DDT and o,p'-DDT by rat liver cytochrome P450.

    Shigeyuki Kitamura;Yuri Shimizu;Yuko Shiraga;Mayumi Yoshida

  • Selective dopaminergic neurotoxicity of isoquinoline derivatives related to Parkinson’s disease: studies using heterologous expression systems of the dopamine transporter

    Alexander Storch;Stefanie Ott;Yu I Hwang;Rainer Ortmann

  • Quinoline Derivatives Are Therapeutic Candidates for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

    Ikuko Murakami-Kubo;Katsumi Doh-Ura;Kensuke Ishikawa;Satoshi Kawatake

  • Glidobactins A, B and C, new antitumor antibiotics. I. Production, isolation, chemical properties and biological activity.

    Masahisa Oka;Yuji Nishiyama;Shinichi Ohta;Hideo Kamei

  • Different action on dopamine catabolic pathways of two endogenous 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines with similar antidopaminergic properties.

    Lucyna Antkiewicz-Michaluk;Jerzy Michaluk;Maria Mokrosz;Irena Romanska

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama
Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazuya Kikuchi
Kazuya Kikuchi Osaka University
Takayoshi Suzuki
Takayoshi Suzuki Osaka University
Yuichi Hashimoto
Yuichi Hashimoto University of Tokyo
Mineko Terao
Mineko Terao Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Katsutoshi Yoshizato
Katsutoshi Yoshizato Osaka Metropolitan University
Enrico Garattini
Enrico Garattini Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Ichiro Kanazawa
Ichiro Kanazawa University of Tokyo
Shuhei Yamaguchi
Shuhei Yamaguchi Shimane University
Makoto Naoi
Makoto Naoi Nagoya Institute of Technology

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