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Ushio Sankawa

Ushio Sankawa

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11439
World Ranking
9391
National Ranking
666

Overview

Ushio Sankawa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. The profile of this scientist reflects a career connected to one of the leading academic institutions in Asia.

There are no recent papers listed under their name, and no frequent co-authors or publication venues are recorded. Similarly, no book publications are attributed to them in the current data.

Details related to the main fields of study, subfields, and specific research topics they have engaged in are not available. The absence of these data points suggests a need for further exploration or updated records to better capture the scope of their academic contributions.

There is no information available about awards won by Ushio Sankawa, indicating that either such recognitions have not been documented or were not received.

The available data confirm that Ushio Sankawa is living, which implies ongoing potential for future contributions to their field.

Best Publications

  • Astaxanthin, a carotenoid with potential in human health and nutrition

    Ghazi Hussein;Ushio Sankawa;Hirozo Goto;Kinzo Matsumoto

  • Inhibition of prostaglandin and leukotriene biosynthesis by gingerols and diarylheptanoids.

    Fumiyuki Kiuchi;Satoshi Iwakami;Masaaki Shibuya;Fumio Hanaoka

  • Identification of Claisen cyclase domain in fungal polyketide synthase WA, a naphthopyrone synthase of Aspergillus nidulans.

    Isao Fujii;Akira Watanabe;Ushio Sankawa;Yutaka Ebizuka

  • Antihypertensive and neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin in experimental animals.

    Ghazi Hussein;Masami Nakamura;Qi Zhao;Tomomi Iguchi

  • Antitumor Activity of Shikonin and Its Derivatives

    Ushio Sankawa;Yutaka Ebizuka;Terutaka Miyazaki;Yasuo Isomura

  • Inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis from ginger.

    Fumiyuki Kiuchi;Masaaki Shibuya;Ushio Sankawa

  • Degradation of ginseng saponins under mild acidic conditions.

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  • A novel antivirally active fucan sulfate derived from an edible brown alga, Sargassum horneri.

    Srisomporn Preeprame;Kyoko Hayashi;Jung-Bum Lee;Ushio Sankawa

  • Cloning of the polyketide synthase gene atX from Aspergillus terreus and its identification as the 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase gene by heterologous expression.

    I. Fujii;Y. Ono;H. Tada;Katsuya Gomi

  • Astaxanthin ameliorates features of metabolic syndrome in SHR/NDmcr-cp.

    Ghazi Hussein;Takako Nakagawa;Hirozo Goto;Yutaka Shimada

  • Re-identification of Aspergillus nidulans wA gene to code for a polyketide synthase of naphthopyrone

    Akira Watanabe;Isao Fujii;Ushio Sankawa;María E. Mayorga

  • An Antivirally Active Sulfated Polysaccharide from Sargassum horneri (TURNER) C.AGARDH

    Tomomi Hoshino;Toshimitsu Hayashi;Kyoko Hayashi;Jin Hamada

  • Antioxidant and antiviral activities of plastoquinones from the brown alga Sargassum micracanthum, and a new chromene derivative converted from the plastoquinones.

    Makoto Iwashima;Jun Mori;Xiang Ting;Takayuki Matsunaga

  • Interaction of digitonin and its analogs with membrane cholesterol.

    Masahiko Nishikawa;Shoshichi Nojima;Toshiyuki Akiyama;Ushio Sankawa

  • Inhibition of Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase by Lignans

    Tamotsu Nikaido;Taichi Ohmoto;Takeshi Kinoshita;Ushio Sankawa

  • Antiviral activities against HSV-1, HCMV, and HIV-1 of rhamnan sulfate from Monostroma latissimum.

    Jung-Bum Lee;Kyoko Hayashi;Toshimitsu Hayashi;Ushio Sankawa

  • Reaction mechamism of oxidative rearrangement of flavanone in isoflavone biosynthesis

    Muhammed Faisal Hashim;Takashi Hakamatsuka;Yutaka Ebizuka;Ushio Sankawa

  • Further kabiramides and halichondramides, cytotoxic macrolides embracing trisoxazole, from the Hexabranchus egg masses

    Shigeki Matsunaga;Nobuhiro Fusetani;Kanehisa Hashimoto;Koshi Koseki

  • Antihypertensive potential and mechanism of action of astaxanthin: III. Antioxidant and histopathological effects in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Ghazi Hussein;Hirozo Goto;Shinobu Oda;Ushio Sankawa

  • Inhibitors of Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase in Medicinal Plants

    T. Nikaido;T. Ohmoto;H. Noguchi;T. Kinoshita

  • Platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonists contained in medicinal plants: lignans and sesquiterpenes.

    S Iwakami;J B Wu;Y Ebizuka;U Sankawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Ebizuka
Yutaka Ebizuka University of Tokyo
Yoichi Iitaka
Yoichi Iitaka University of Tokyo
Haruo Seto
Haruo Seto University of Tokyo
Toshimitsu Hayashi
Toshimitsu Hayashi Chubu University
Ikuro Abe
Ikuro Abe University of Tokyo
Kazuo Yamasaki
Kazuo Yamasaki Hiroshima University
Akira Watanabe
Akira Watanabe Kyoto University
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe Niigata University
Shunji Natori
Shunji Natori University of Tokyo
Yukihiro Goda
Yukihiro Goda Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

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