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Yoshimasa Nakamura

Yoshimasa Nakamura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
19105
World Ranking
4833
National Ranking
314

Overview

Yoshimasa Nakamura is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans fundamental and applied sciences with a particular focus on plant science, molecular biology, and food science.

Their body of work includes 87 publications in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 44 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 43 in Medicine. Specialized subfields of study include Plant Science with 53 publications, Molecular Biology with 29, Food Science with 17, Biochemistry with 16, and Aquatic Science with 11.

Nakamura's research topics cover a diverse range of scientific questions including:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Genomics, Phytochemicals, and Oxidative Stress
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides

The scientist publishes frequently in several academic venues. These include:

  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry (13 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (5 publications)
  • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (4 publications)
  • Plant and Cell Physiology (3 publications)
  • Food Chemistry (3 publications)

Co-authorship appears regularly with several researchers, with prominent frequent collaborators being:

  • Yoshiyuki Murata (32 joint publications)
  • Shintaro Munemasa (31 joint publications)
  • Toshiyuki Nakamura (24 joint publications)
  • Hang Qi (11 joint publications)
  • Ayano Satoh (11 joint publications)

Selected recent papers from Nakamura's work include:

  • "Fucoxanthin activities motivate its nano/micro-encapsulation for food or nutraceutical application: a review," published in 2020 in Food & Function
  • "Reactive Carbonyl Species Mediate Methyl Jasmonate-Induced Stomatal Closure," published in 2020 in Plant and Cell Physiology
  • "A Major Intestinal Catabolite of Quercetin Glycosides, 3-Hydroxyphenylacetic Acid, Protects the Hepatocytes from the Acetaldehyde-Induced Cytotoxicity through the Enhancement of the Total Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity," published in 2022 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Inhibition of light-induced stomatal opening by allyl isothiocyanate does not require guard cell cytosolic Ca2+ signaling," published in 2020 in Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Characterization of a synthetic zinc-chelating peptide from sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus) and its gastrointestinal digestion and absorption in vitro," published in 2022 in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen species and angiogenesis: NADPH oxidase as target for cancer therapy

    Masuko Ushio-Fukai;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Yoshimasa Nakamura

  • Activation of Stress Signaling Pathways by the End Product of Lipid Peroxidation: 4-HYDROXY-2-NONENAL IS A POTENTIAL INDUCER OF INTRACELLULAR PEROXIDE PRODUCTION *

    Koji Uchida;Mihoko Shiraishi;Yuko Naito;Yasuyoshi Torii

  • The coronatine-insensitive 1 Mutation Reveals the Hormonal Signaling Interaction between Abscisic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate in Arabidopsis Guard Cells. Specific Impairment of Ion Channel Activation and Second Messenger Production

    Shintaro Munemasa;Kenji Oda;Megumi Watanabe-Sugimoto;Yoshimasa Nakamura

  • Inhibitory effect of citrus nobiletin on phorbol ester-induced skin inflammation, oxidative stress, and tumor promotion in mice.

    Akira Murakami;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Koji Torikai;Takuji Tanaka

  • Zerumbone, a Southeast Asian ginger sesquiterpene, markedly suppresses free radical generation, proinflammatory protein production, and cancer cell proliferation accompanied by apoptosis: the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl group is a prerequisite

    Akira Murakami;Daisuke Takahashi;Takashi Kinoshita;Koichi Koshimizu

  • Exogenous proline and glycinebetaine increase NaCl-induced ascorbate–glutathione cycle enzyme activities, and proline improves salt tolerance more than glycinebetaine in tobacco Bright Yellow-2 suspension-cultured cells

    Md. Anamul Hoque;Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu;Eiji Okuma;Katsumi Amako

  • Exogenous proline mitigates the detrimental effects of salt stress more than exogenous betaine by increasing antioxidant enzyme activities

    Md. Anamul Hoque;Eiji Okuma;Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu;Yoshimasa Nakamura

  • Flavonoid metabolism: the interaction of metabolites and gut microbiota

    Kaeko Murota;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Mariko Uehara

  • Exogenous proline and glycinebetaine increase antioxidant enzyme activities and confer tolerance to cadmium stress in cultured tobacco cells.

    Mohammad Muzahidul Islam;Md. Anamul Hoque;Eiji Okuma;Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu

  • Proline and glycinebetaine enhance antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems and reduce NaCl-induced damage in cultured tobacco cells.

    Md. Anamul Hoque;Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Yasuaki Shimoishi

  • Proline and glycinebetaine induce antioxidant defense gene expression and suppress cell death in cultured tobacco cells under salt stress.

    Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu;Md. Anamul Hoque;Megumi Watanabe-Sugimoto;Ken Matsuoka

  • Involvement of extracellular oxidative burst in salicylic acid‐induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis

    Atiqur Rahman Khokon;Eiji Okuma;Mohammad Anowar Hossain;Shintaro Munemasa

  • A Sulforaphane Analogue That Potently Activates the Nrf2-dependent Detoxification Pathway

    Yasujiro Morimitsu;Yoko Nakagawa;Kazuhiro Hayashi;Hiroyuki Fujii

  • Dihydrochalcones: Evaluation as novel radical scavenging antioxidants

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Shigeo Watanabe;Nobuyuki Miyake;Hiroyuki Kohno

  • Structures of (−)-epicatechin glucuronide identified from plasma and urine after oral ingestion of (−)-epicatechin: differences between human and rat

    Midori Natsume;Naomi Osakabe;Makoto Oyama;Motoko Sasaki

  • Involvement of Endogenous Abscisic Acid in Methyl Jasmonate-Induced Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis

    Mohammad Anowar Hossain;Shintaro Munemasa;Misugi Uraji;Yoshimasa Nakamura

  • Zerumbone, a tropical ginger sesquiterpene, activates phase II drug metabolizing enzymes.

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Chiho Yoshida;Chiho Yoshida;Akira Murakami;Akira Murakami;Hajime Ohigashi;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Involvement of the mitochondrial death pathway in chemopreventive benzyl isothiocyanate-induced apoptosis.

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Makiko Kawakami;Akira Yoshihiro;Noriyuki Miyoshi

  • Auraptene, a citrus coumarin, inhibits 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced tumor promotion in ICR mouse skin, possibly through suppression of superoxide generation in leukocytes.

    Akira Murakami;Wataru Kuki;Yasuo Takahashi;Hiroshi Yonei

  • Zerumbone, a sesquiterpene in subtropical ginger, suppresses skin tumor initiation and promotion stages in ICR mice.

    Akira Murakami;Takuji Tanaka;Ji Yoon Lee;Young Joon Surh

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiyuki Murata
Yoshiyuki Murata Okayama University
Shintaro Munemasa
Shintaro Munemasa Okayama University
Izumi C. Mori
Izumi C. Mori Okayama University
Hajime Ohigashi
Hajime Ohigashi Kyoto University
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Beiwei Zhu
Beiwei Zhu Dalian Polytechnic University
Toshihiko Osawa
Toshihiko Osawa Nagoya University
Koji Uchida
Koji Uchida University of Tokyo
Yoji Kato
Yoji Kato University of Hyogo
Koichi Koshimizu
Koichi Koshimizu Kindai University

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