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Yoshimasa Hirata

Yoshimasa Hirata

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Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11543
World Ranking
9802
National Ranking
698

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.

Overview

Yoshimasa Hirata was a researcher affiliated with Meijo University in Japan. Throughout their academic career, they contributed to the scientific community primarily through work undertaken at this institution.

They received recognition in the form of the Nakanishi Prize, awarded jointly by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society in 1996.

There is no available detailed publication record including paper titles, co-authors, or frequent publication venues. Likewise, specific fields of study, subfields, and main research topics are not provided in the available data.

The absence of detailed data on co-authors, research papers, or publication venues gives limited insight into the extent and scope of their academic collaborations or preferred journals and conferences.

Yoshimasa Hirata is deceased. Their scientific contributions remain associated with their position at Meijo University and the recognized award mentioned.

Best Publications

  • Halichondrins—antitumor polyether macrolides from a marine sponge

    Y. Hirata;D. Uemura

  • NORHALICHONDRIN A: AN ANTITUMOR POLYETHER MACROLIDE FROM A MARINE SPONGE

    D. Uemura;K. Takahashi;T. Yamamoto;C. Katayama

  • Further studies on palytoxin. II. structure of palytoxin

    Daisuke Uemura;Katsuhiro Ueda;Yoshimasa Hirata;Hideo Naoki

  • Separation of mycosporine-like amino acids in marine organisms using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

    Hideshi Nakamura;Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Yoshimasa Hirata

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

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

  • Occurrence of 9-deoxy-delta 9,delta 12-13,14-dihydroprostaglandin D2 in human urine.

    Y. Hirata;H. Hayashi;S. Ito;Y. Kikawa

  • 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

  • Stereochemistry of palytoxin. 4. Complete structure

    J. K. Cha;W. J. Christ;J. M. Finan;H. Fujioka

  • A NEW ANALYTICAL METHOD OF INDIVIDUAL BILE ACIDS USING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND IMMOBILIZED 3α-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE IN COLUMN FORM

    Sumihiko Okuyama;Nobuhiko Kokubun;Sakae Higashidate;Daisuke Uemura

  • 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

  • The structure of aureothin, a nitro compound obtained from Streptomyces thioluteus

    Yoshimasa Hirata;Hisao Nakata;Kiyoyuki Yamada;Kunio Okuhara

  • 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

  • Cystodytins A, B, and C, novel tetracyclic aromatic alkaloids with potent antineoplastic activity from the Okinawan tunicate Cystodytes dellechiajei

    Junichi Kobayashi;Jiefei Cheng;Markus R. Walchli;Hideshi Nakamura

  • Several compounds from Palyfhoa tuberculosa (Coelenterata)

    Y. Hirata;D. Uemura;K. Ueda;S. Takano

  • Structures of aplysin and aplysinol, naturally occurring bromo-compounds

    Unknown

  • ISOLATION AND STRUCTURE OF A 334 NM UV-ABSORBING SUBSTANCE, PORPHYRA-334 FROM THE RED ALGA PORPHYRA TENERA KJELLMAN

    Satoshi Takano;Atsushi Nakanishi;Daisuke Uemura;Yoshimasa Hirata

  • Cypridina bioluminescence I Sructure of luciferin

    Toshito Kishi;Toshio Goto;Yoshimasa Hirata;Osamu Shimomura

  • Amphidinolide-A, a novel antineoplastic macrolide from the marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp.

    Jun'ichi Kobayashi;Masami Ishibashi;Hideshi Nakamura;Yasushi Ohizumi

  • The amino acid sequences of homologous hydroxyproline-containing myotoxins from the marine snal Conus geographus venom

    Showbu Sato;Hideshi Nakamura;Yasushi Ohizumi;Jun'ichi Kobayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideshi Nakamura
Hideshi Nakamura Nagoya University
Daisuke Uemura
Daisuke Uemura Kanagawa University
Kiyoyuki Yamada
Kiyoyuki Yamada Nagoya University
Yasushi Ohizumi
Yasushi Ohizumi Tohoku University
Jun'ichi Kobayashi
Jun'ichi Kobayashi Hokkaido University
Masami Ishibashi
Masami Ishibashi Chiba University
Toshio Goto
Toshio Goto Nagoya University
Shosuke Ito
Shosuke Ito Fujita Health University
Yoshito Kishi
Yoshito Kishi Harvard University
Hiroshi Nagase
Hiroshi Nagase University of Tsukuba

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