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Takako Yokozawa

Takako Yokozawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
11614
World Ranking
13218
National Ranking
918

Overview

Takako Yokozawa is affiliated with the University of Toyama in Japan and has contributed extensively to research intersecting medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work encompasses a range of topics, including traditional Chinese medicine, pharmacology, nephrology, and plant science.

Their research output includes publications in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics
  • Journal of Integrative Medicine
  • Molecules
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Functional Foods

Yokozawa's principal fields of study span medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their subfield expertise covers molecular biology, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmacology, nephrology, and plant science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
  • Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Lipid Metabolism and Disorders
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies

Recent publications by Yokozawa illustrate the diversity of their research interests and include the following:

  • PPARα Agonist, MHY3200, Alleviates Renal Inflammation during Aging via Regulating ROS/Akt/FoxO1 Signaling, 2021, Molecules
  • A systematic review on anti-Alzheimer's disease activity of prescription Kangen-karyu, 2020, Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics
  • Therapeutic effect of Chinese prescription Kangen-karyu in patients with diabetic nephropathy, 2020, Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics
  • N-feruloylserotonin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation via SIRT1-stimulated FOXO1 and NF-κB signaling pathways in RAW 264.7 cells, 2023, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • The mature fruit of Lycium chinense Miller attenuates cisplatin-induced renal damage in mice via regulation of oxidant and antioxidant enzymes, 2021, Journal of Functional Foods

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors who have jointly contributed to multiple publications, including:

  • Chan Hum Park
  • Jin Pyeong Jeon
  • Jae Sue Choi
  • Kazuyuki Hiratani
  • Tsutomu Kitazawa

This profile reflects Yokozawa's interdisciplinary scientific engagement, notably their focus on traditional medicine and its pharmacological and molecular biological implications, especially in relation to renal health, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic disorders.

Best Publications

  • Study on the Inhibitory Effect of Tannins and Flavonoids against the 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl Radical

    Takako Yokozawa;Cui Ping Chen;Erbo Dong;Takashi Tanaka

  • Animal model of adenine-induced chronic renal failure in rats.

    Takako Yokozawa;Ping Dong Zheng;Hikokichi Oura;Fumitomo Koizumi

  • Anti-Alzheimer and antioxidant activities of coptidis rhizoma alkaloids.

    Hyun Ah Jung;Byung-Sun Min;Takako Yokozawa;Je-Hyun Lee

  • Study on the inhibitory effects of Korean medicinal plants and their main compounds on the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical

    E.J. Cho;T. Yokozawa;D.Y. Rhyu;S.C. Kim

  • Antioxidative activity of green tea polyphenol in cholesterol-fed rats.

    Takako Yokozawa;Takako Nakagawa;Kenichi Kitani

  • Inhibition of tyrosinase by green tea components.

    Jae Kyung No;Do Yu Soung;You Jung Kim;Kyung Hee Shim

  • Protective activity of green tea against free radical- and glucose-mediated protein damage.

    Takako Nakagawa;Takako Yokozawa;Katsutoshi Terasawa;Seiji Shu

  • In vitro and in vivo studies on the radical-scavenging activity of tea

    Takako Yokozawa;Erbo Dong;Takako Nakagawa;Hiroshi Kashiwagi

  • Magnesium and Ammonium-Potassium Lithospermates B, the Active Principles Having a Uremia-Preventive Effect from Salvia miltiorrhiza

    Takashi Tanaka;Satoshi Morimoto;Gen-ichiro Nonaka;Itsuo Nishioka

  • Ginsenoside-Rd attenuates oxidative damage related to aging in senescence-accelerated mice.

    Takako Yokozawa;Akiko Satoh;Eun Ju Cho

  • Modulation of age-related NF-κB activation by dietary zingerone via MAPK pathway

    Mi Kyung Kim;Sang Woon Chung;Dae Hyun Kim;Ji Min Kim

  • Production of methylguanidine from creatinine via creatol by active oxygen species: analyses of the catabolism in vitro.

    Ko Nakamura;Kazuharu Ienaga;Takako Yokozawa;Naoki Fujitsuka

  • The effects of Coptidis Rhizoma extract on a hypercholesterolemic animal model

    T. Yokozawa;A. Ishida;E.J. Cho;T. Nakagawa

  • ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC EFFECT OF FLAVONOIDS FROM PRUNUS DAVIDIANA

    Jae Sue Choi;Takako Yokozawa;Hikokichi Oura

  • Influence of amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) on hypercholesterolemia and lipid peroxidation in cholesterol-fed rats.

    Hyun Ju Kim;Takako Yokozawa;Hyun Young Kim;Chihiro Tohda

  • Protection against oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis of high-glucose-exposed proximal tubular epithelial cells by astaxanthin.

    You Jung Kim;Young Ae Kim;Takako Yokozawa

  • Antioxidative activity of flavones and flavonols in vitro

    Takako Yokozawa;Erbo Dong;Zhong Wu Liu;Mineo Shimizu

  • The Inhibitory Effects of 12 Medicinal Plants and Their Component Compounds on Lipid Peroxidation

    Eun Ju Cho;Takako Yokozawa;Dong Young Rhyu;Hyun Young Kim

  • Coptidis Rhizoma: protective effects against peroxynitrite-induced oxidative damage and elucidation of its active components.

    Takako Yokozawa;Ai Ishida;Eun Ju Cho;Hyun Young Kim

  • Antioxidant Effects of Isorhamnetin 3,7-Di-O-β-d-glucopyranoside Isolated from Mustard Leaf (Brassica juncea) in Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes

    Takako Yokozawa;Hyun Young Kim;Eun Ju Cho;Jae Sue Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hae Young Chung
Hae Young Chung Pusan National University
Itsuo Nishioka
Itsuo Nishioka Kyushu University
Masao Hattori
Masao Hattori University of Toyama
Gen-ichiro Nonaka
Gen-ichiro Nonaka Kyushu University
Takashi Tanaka
Takashi Tanaka Nagasaki University
Jae Sue Choi
Jae Sue Choi Pukyong National University
Takao Saruta
Takao Saruta Keio University
Tsuneo Namba
Tsuneo Namba University of Toyama
Yoshiki Kashiwada
Yoshiki Kashiwada University of Tokushima
Yasuhiko Tomino
Yasuhiko Tomino Juntendo University

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