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Yasushi Ohizumi

Yasushi Ohizumi

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D-Index
74
Citations
16620
World Ranking
4808
National Ranking
274

Overview

Yasushi Ohizumi is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Neurology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Bioactive Compounds in Plants, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Fungal Biology and Applications, and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis.

Frequent publication venues for Yasushi Ohizumi include:

  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Food & Function
  • Nutrients
  • Arabian Journal of Chemistry
  • Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Some of the recent papers authored by Ohizumi cover a range of studies on polysaccharides and their biological activities, including:

  • A dandelion polysaccharide and its selenium nanoparticles: Structure features and evaluation of anti-tumor activity in zebrafish models (2021, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • Structure, anti-tumor activity, and potential anti-tumor mechanism of a fungus polysaccharide from Fomes officinalis (2022, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • Isolation, structural elucidation, and immunoregulation properties of an arabinofuranan from the rinds of Garcinia mangostana (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • An active heteropolysaccharide from the rinds of Garcinia mangostana Linn.: Structural characterization and immunomodulation activity evaluation (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • Beneficial Effects of Citrus-Derived Polymethoxylated Flavones for Central Nervous System Disorders (2021, Nutrients)

Ohizumi collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including Jing Xu, Yuanqiang Guo, Kentaro Matsuzaki, Shaojie Zhang, and Koji Kajima.

Best Publications

  • Nobiletin, a Citrus Flavonoid, Improves Memory Impairment and Aβ Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Hiroshi Onozuka;Akira Nakajima;Kentaro Matsuzaki;Ryong Woon Shin

  • Nobiletin and its related flavonoids with CRE-dependent transcription-stimulating and neuritegenic activities.

    Hiroyuki Nagase;Naoki Omae;Akiko Omori;Osamu Nakagawasai

  • Inhibition of cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin E2 synthesis by γ-mangostin, a xanthone derivative in mangosteen, in C6 rat glioma cells

    Keigo Nakatani;Norimichi Nakahata;Tsutomu Arakawa;Hideyuki Yasuda

  • Keramamine-A and -B, novel antimicrobial alkaloids from the Okinawan marine sponge Pellina sp.

    Hideshi Nakamura;Shongzhi Deng;Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Yasushi Ohizumi

  • Potential Benefits of Nobiletin, A Citrus Flavonoid, against Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

    Unknown

  • Nobiletin restoring β-amyloid-impaired CREB phosphorylation rescues memory deterioration in Alzheimer's disease model rats

    Kentaro Matsuzaki;Tohru Yamakuni;Michio Hashimoto;Abdul Md Haque

  • Ascididemin, a novel pentacyclic aromatic alkaloid with potent antileukemic activity from the Okinawan tunicate Didemnum sp.

    Jun'ichi Kobayash;Jie-fei Cheng;Hideshi Nakamura;Yasushi Ohizumi

  • Isolation and structure of aaptamine a novel heteroaromatic substance possessing α-blocking activity from the sea sponge Aaptos aaptos

    Hideshi Nakamura;Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Yasushi Ohizumi;Yoshimasa Hirata

  • Mechanism of neurotrophic action of nobiletin in PC12D cells.

    Hiroyuki Nagase;Tohru Yamakuni;Kentaro Matsuzaki;Yuji Maruyama

  • Nobiletin, a citrus flavonoid that improves memory impairment, rescues bulbectomy-induced cholinergic neurodegeneration in mice.

    Akira Nakajima;Tohru Yamakuni;Mitsuya Haraguchi;Naoki Omae

  • Ca2+ channel activating function of maitotoxin, the most potent marine toxin known, in clonal rat pheochromocytoma cells.

    M Takahashi;M Tatsumi;Y Ohizumi;T Yasumoto

  • Eudistomidins B, C, and D: novel antileukemic alkaloids from the Okinawan marine tunicate Eudistoma glaucus

    Junichi Kobayashi;Jie Fei Cheng;Tomihisa Ohta;Shigeo Nozoe

  • Nobiletin, a citrus flavonoid, improves cognitive impairment and reduces soluble Aβ levels in a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (3XTg-AD).

    Akira Nakajima;Yuki Aoyama;Eun Joo Shin;Yunsung Nam

  • Nobiletin improves brain ischemia-induced learning and memory deficits through stimulation of CaMKII and CREB phosphorylation.

    Yui Yamamoto;Norifumi Shioda;Feng Han;Shigeki Moriguchi

  • γ-Mangostin Inhibits Inhibitor-κB Kinase Activity and Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cyclooxygenase-2 Gene Expression in C6 Rat Glioma Cells

    Keigo Nakatani;Tohru Yamakuni;Nobuhiko Kondo;Tsutomu Arakawa

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

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

  • Active site of mu-conotoxin GIIIA, a peptide blocker of muscle sodium channels.

    K Sato;Y Ishida;K Wakamatsu;R Kato

  • 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

  • Uncaria rhynchophylla, a Chinese medicinal herb, has potent antiaggregation effects on Alzheimer's β-amyloid proteins

    Hironori Fujiwara;Koh Iwasaki;Katsutoshi Furukawa;Takashi Seki

  • 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

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

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

  • Agelasine-A, -B, -C and -D, novel bicyclic diterpenoids with a 9-methyladeninium unit possessing inhibitory effects on na,K-atpase from the okinawa sea sponge sp.1)

    Hideshi Nakamura;Houming Wu;Yasushi Ohizumi;Yoshimasa Hirata

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun'ichi Kobayashi
Jun'ichi Kobayashi Hokkaido University
Hideshi Nakamura
Hideshi Nakamura Nagoya University
Masami Ishibashi
Masami Ishibashi Chiba University
Yoshimasa Hirata
Yoshimasa Hirata Meijo University
Tomihisa Ohta
Tomihisa Ohta Kanazawa University
Hiroshi Hikino
Hiroshi Hikino Tohoku University
Yoshiteru Oshima
Yoshiteru Oshima Tohoku University
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Yasukatsu Oshima
Yasukatsu Oshima Tohoku University
Masahiro Murakami
Masahiro Murakami Kyoto University

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