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Yoshinori Asakawa

Yoshinori Asakawa

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
22412
World Ranking
5180
National Ranking
301

Yoshinori Asakawa publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshinori Asakawa sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 817 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Yoshinori Asakawa D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshinori Asakawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yoshinori Asakawa is affiliated with Tokushima Bunri University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on the study of bryophytes and related natural products, combining aspects of ecology, chemistry, and biological activity.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Asakawa's subfields of study span several areas, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmacology

Frequent publication venues where Asakawa's work appears are:

  • Flavour and Fragrance Journal
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Plants
  • Phytochemistry
  • Chemistry & Biodiversity

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • A. Douglas Kinghorn
  • Heinz Falk
  • Ji-Kai Liu
  • Simon Gibbons
  • John Wiley

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yoshinori Asakawa include:

  • Distribution of Bibenzyls, Prenyl Bibenzyls, Bis-bibenzyls, and Terpenoids in the Liverwort Genus Radula, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • Bis-bibenzyls, Bibenzyls, and Terpenoids in 33 Genera of the Marchantiophyta (Liverworts): Structures, Synthesis, and Bioactivity, 2021, Journal of Natural Products

Asakawa has an extensive record of book publications, mostly with Springer Science+Business Media. Notable titles include:

  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 114, 2021
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115, 2021
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 116, 2021
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 118, 2022
  • Antimalarial Natural Products, 2022
  • Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds, 2023
  • Ancistrocladus Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids, 2023
  • Modern Photocatalytic Strategies in Natural Product Synthesis, 2023
  • Neurotrophic Natural Products, 2024

Best Publications

  • Momordica charantia constituents and antidiabetic screening of the isolated major compounds.

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  • CD36- and GPR120-Mediated Ca2+ Signaling in Human Taste Bud Cells Mediates Differential Responses to Fatty Acids and Is Altered in Obese Mice

    Mehmet Hakan Ozdener;Selvakumar Subramaniam;Sinju Sundaresan;Omar Sery

  • Chemical Constituents of Bryophytes: Structures and Biological Activity

    Yoshinori Asakawa;Agnieszka Ludwiczuk

  • Novel selective ligands for free fatty acid receptors GPR120 and GPR40

    Takafumi Hara;Akira Hirasawa;Qi Sun;Keiko Sadakane

  • Screening of in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of nine Hypericum species from the Balkans

    Niko Radulović;Vesna Stankov-Jovanović;Gordana Stojanović;Andrija Šmelcerović

  • Antitumor principles from Ginkgo biloba L.

    Hider Itokawa;Nobuo Totsuka;Keisuke Nakahara;Koichi Takeya

  • Free fatty acid receptor GPR120 is highly expressed in enteroendocrine K cells of the upper small intestine and has a critical role in GIP secretion after fat ingestion

    Kanako Iwasaki;Norio Harada;Kazuki Sasaki;Shunsuke Yamane

  • Characterization of Giant Modular PKSs Provides Insight into Genetic Mechanism for Structural Diversification of Aminopolyol Polyketides.

    Lihan Zhang;Takuya Hashimoto;Bin Qin;Junko Hashimoto

  • Calyculin biogenesis from a pyrophosphate protoxin produced by a sponge symbiont

    Toshiyuki Wakimoto;Yoko Egami;Yu Nakashima;Yukihiko Wakimoto

  • Chemical structures of macrocyclic bis(bibenzyls) isolated from liverworts (Hepaticae)

    Yoshinori Asakawa;Masao Toyota;Motoo Tori;Toshihiro Hashimoto

  • Chemical constituents of the ascomycete Daldinia concentrica.

    Dang Ngoc Quang;Toshihiro Hashimoto;Masami Tanaka;Manuela Baumgartner

  • Activity of drimane antifeedants and related compounds against aphids, and comparative biological effects and chemical reactivity of (-)- and (+)-polygodial.

    Y. Asakawa;G. W. Dawson;D. C. Griffiths;J. Y. Lallemand

  • Cyclic bis(bibenzyls) and related compounds from the liverworts Marchantia polymorpha and Marchantia palmata

    Yoshinori Asakawa;Motoo Tori;Keiko Takikawa;H.G. Krishnamurty;H.G. Krishnamurty

  • Novel neurotrophic isocuparane-type sesquiterpene dimers, mastigophorenes A, B, C and D, isolated from the Liverwort Mastigophora diclados

    Yoshiyasu Fukuyama;Yoshinori Asakawa

  • Inedible mushrooms: a good source of biologically active substances.

    Dang Ngoc Quang;Toshihiro Hashimoto;Yoshinori Asakawa

  • Intraspecific Variation of Floral Scent Chemistry in Magnolia Kobus DC. (Magnoliaceae)

    Hiroshi Azuma;Masao Toyota;Yoshinori Asakawa

  • New chiral anisotropic reagents, NMR tools to elucidate the absolute configurations of long-chain organic compounds

    Takenori Kusumi;Haruko Takahashi;Ping Xu;Ping Xu;Toshiro Fukushima;Toshiro Fukushima

  • Prenyl bibenzyls from the liverworts Radula perrottetii and Radula complanata

    Yoshinori Asakawa;Toshihiro Hashimoto;Keiko Takikawa;Motoo Tori

  • Terpenoid biotransformation in mammals. V. Metabolism of (+)-citronellal, (+-)-7-hydroxycitronellal, citral, (-)-perillaldehyde, (-)-myrtenal, cuminaldehyde, thujone, and (+-)-carvone in rabbits.

    T Ishida;M Toyota;Y Asakawa

  • Terpenoids Biotransformation in Mammals III: Biotransformation of α-Pinene, β-Pinene, Pinane, 3-Carene, Carane, Myrcene, and p-Cymene in Rabbits

    T Ishida;Y Asakawa;T Takemoto;T Aratani

  • Naphthalene—a constituent of Magnolia flowers

    Hiroshi Azuma;Masao Toyota;Yoshinori Asakawa;Shoichi Kawano

  • Chemical Constituents of Hepaticae

    Y. Asakawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshihiro Hashimoto
Toshihiro Hashimoto Tokushima Bunri University
Yoshiyasu Fukuyama
Yoshiyasu Fukuyama Tokushima Bunri University
Ikuro Abe
Ikuro Abe University of Tokyo
Eckhard Wollenweber
Eckhard Wollenweber Technical University of Darmstadt
Nor Hadiani Ismail
Nor Hadiani Ismail Universiti Teknologi MARA
Marc Stadler
Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Shoichi Kawano
Shoichi Kawano Kyoto University
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Petar D. Marin
Petar D. Marin University of Belgrade
Wilfried A. König
Wilfried A. König Universität Hamburg

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