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Yoshiki Kashiwada

Yoshiki Kashiwada

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D-Index
54
Citations
10964
World Ranking
12571
National Ranking
948

Overview

Yoshiki Kashiwada is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan and conducts research predominantly in the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their research concentrates on molecular biology and plant science, with significant activity also in organic chemistry, pharmacology, and cancer research. Key themes in their work include natural product bioactivities and synthesis, phytochemistry and biological activities, natural compound pharmacology studies, phytochemical compounds' biological activities, the synthesis of organic compounds, sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae studies, and traditional Chinese medicine analysis.

Yoshiki Kashiwada has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Natural Medicines
  • UNC Libraries
  • Fitoterapia
  • Phytochemistry
  • Journal of Natural Products

Some recent papers include:

  • Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines based on the ethnopharmacological information obtained by field studies, 2021, Journal of Natural Medicines
  • Characteristic metabolites of Hypericum plants: their chemical structures and biological activities, 2021, Journal of Natural Medicines
  • Sarcaglabrin A, a conjugate of C15 and C10 terpenes from the aerial parts of Sarcandra glabra, 2020, Tetrahedron Letters
  • C28 Terpenoids from Lamiaceous Plant Perovskia scrophulariifolia: Their Structures and Anti-neuroinflammatory Activity, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Linaburiosides A−D, acylated iridoid glucosides from Linaria buriatica, 2020, Phytochemistry

Yoshiki Kashiwada collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Naonobu Tanaka
  • Daisuke Tsuji
  • Kohji Itoh
  • Yuki Yoshino
  • Kuo-Hsiung Lee

Best Publications

  • Anti-AIDS agents, 11. Betulinic acid and platanic acid as anti-HIV principles from Syzigium claviflorum, and the anti-HIV activity of structurally related triterpenoids.

    T. Fujioka;Y. Kashiwada;R. E. Kilkuskie;L. M. Cosentino

  • Anti-HIV benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and flavonoids from the leaves of Nelumbo nucifera, and structure-activity correlations with related alkaloids.

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Akihiro Aoshima;Yasumasa Ikeshiro;Yuh Pan Chen

  • Anti-AIDS agents. 30. Anti-HIV activity of oleanolic acid, pomolic acid, and structurally related triterpenoids.

    Y Kashiwada;H K Wang;T Nagao;S Kitanaka

  • Betulinic acid and dihydrobetulinic acid derivatives as potent anti-HIV agents

    Y. Kashiwada;F. Hashimoto;L. M. Cosentino;Chin-Ho Chen

  • Anti-AIDS agents, 2: Inhibitory effects of tannins on HIV reverse transcriptase and HIV replication in H9 lymphocyte cells.

    Gen Ichiro Nonaka;Itsuo Nishioka;Makoto Nishizawa;Takashi Yamagishi

  • Antitumor Agents, 129. Tannins and Related Compounds as Selective Cytotoxic Agents

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Gen Ichiro Nonaka;Itsuo Nishioka;Jer Jang Chang

  • Isolation of rhododaurichromanic acid B and the anti-HIV principles rhododaurichromanic acid A and rhododaurichromenic acid from Rhododendron dauricum

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Kimihisa Yamazaki;Yasumasa Ikeshiro;Takashi Yamagishi

  • Anti-AIDS agents. 34. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of betulin derivatives as anti-HIV agents.

    Sun Ic;Wang Hk;Kashiwada Y;Shen Jk

  • Anti-AIDS agents 38. Anti-HIV activity of 3-O-acyl ursolic acid derivatives

    Y. Kashiwada;T. Nagao;A. Hashimoto;Y. Ikeshiro

  • Anti-AIDS agents-XXVI. Structure-activity correlations of gomisin-G-related anti-HIV lignans from Kadsura interior and of related synthetic analogues

    Dao Feng Chen;Shun Xiang Zhang;Lan Xie;Jing Xi Xie

  • Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Activity of YK-FH312 (a Betulinic Acid Derivative), a Novel Compound Blocking Viral Maturation

    Taisei Kanamoto;Yoshiki Kashiwada;Kenji Kanbara;Kazuyo Gotoh

  • Antitumor agents. 203. Carbazole alkaloid murrayaquinone A and related synthetic carbazolequinones as cytotoxic agents.

    Masataka Itoigawa;Yoshiki Kashiwada;Chihiro Ito;Hiroshi Furukawa

  • Anti-AIDS Agents, 18. Sodium and Potassium Salts of Caffeic Acid Tetramers from Arnebia euchroma as Anti-HIV Agents

    Y. Kashiwada;M. Nishizawa;T. Yamagishi;T. Tanaka

  • Anti-AIDS agents--XXVII. Synthesis and anti-HIV activity of betulinic acid and dihydrobetulinic acid derivatives.

    Fumio Hashimoto;Fumio Hashimoto;Yoshiki Kashiwada;L. Mark Cosentino;Chin Ho Chen

  • Anti-AIDS agents 69. Moronic acid and other triterpene derivatives as novel potent anti-HIV agents.

    Donglei Yu;Yojiro Sakurai;Chin Ho Chen;Fang Rong Chang

  • Anti-AIDS Agents. 15. Synthesis and Anti-HIV Activity of Dihydroseselins and Related Analogs

    Li Huang;Y. Kashiwada;L. M. Cosentino;Sharon Fan

  • Tannins as Potent Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase II In Vitro

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Gen-Ichiro Nonaka;Itsuo Nishioka;Kenneth Jiann-Hung Lee;Kenneth Jiann-Hung Lee

  • Absorption and metabolism of delphinidin 3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside in rats

    Takashi Ichiyanagi;M.Mamunur Rahman;Yoshiki Kashiwada;Yasumasa Ikeshiro

  • Anti-AIDS agents 49. Synthesis, anti-HIV, and anti-fusion activities of IC9564 analogues based on betulinic acid

    I-Chen Sun;Chin-Ho Chen;Yoshiki Kashiwada;Jiu-Hong Wu

  • Studies on rhubarb (rhei rhizoma). VI. Isolation and characterization of stilbenes.

    Yoshiki Kashiwada;Genichiro Nonaka;Itsuo Nishioka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihisa Takaishi
Yoshihisa Takaishi University of Tokushima
Kuo Hsiung Lee
Kuo Hsiung Lee University of Minnesota
Jun'ichi Kobayashi
Jun'ichi Kobayashi Hokkaido University
Han-Dong Sun
Han-Dong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Itsuo Nishioka
Itsuo Nishioka Kyushu University
Chin Ho Chen
Chin Ho Chen Duke University
Susan L. Morris-Natschke
Susan L. Morris-Natschke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yung-Chi Cheng
Yung-Chi Cheng Yale University
Kenneth F. Bastow
Kenneth F. Bastow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gen-ichiro Nonaka
Gen-ichiro Nonaka Kyushu University

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