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  1. Organogermanium THGP Induces Differentiation into M1 Macrophages and Suppresses the Proliferation of Melanoma Cells Via Phagocytosis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  2. Flowering Date1, a major photoperiod sensitivity gene in adzuki bean, is a soybean floral repressor E1 ortholog

    Article • Breeding Science, January 2022, Japanese Society of Breeding

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  3. Quantitative assessment of the interactions between the organogermanium compound and saccharides using an NMR reporter molecule

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  4. Organogermanium suppresses cell death due to oxidative stress in normal human dermal fibroblasts

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  5. CE–MS-based metabolomics reveals the metabolic profile of maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) strains with different cultivation characteristics

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  6. The Organogermanium Compound Ge-132 Interacts with Nucleic Acid Components and Inhibits the Catalysis of Adenosine Substrate by Adenosine Deaminase

    Article • Biological Trace Element Research, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  7. Rice Stomatal Closure Requires Guard Cell Plasma Membrane ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter RCN1/OsABCG5

    Article • Molecular Plant, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  8. The rice RCN11 gene encodes β1,2-xylosyltransferase and is required for plant responses to abiotic stresses and phytohormones

    Article • Plant Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  9. The Oral Intake of Organic Germanium, Ge-132, Elevates α-Tocopherol Levels in the Plas-ma and Modulates Hepatic Gene Expression Profiles to Promote Immune Activation in Mice

    Article • International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, May 2015, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  10. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the interactions between the organic germanium compound Ge-132 and saccharides

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  11. Effects of Dietary Plant-Origin Glucosylceramide on Bowel Inflammation in DSS-Treated Mice

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2015, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  12. Rice RCN1/OsABCG5 mutation alters accumulation of essential and nonessential minerals and causes a high Na/K ratio, resulting in a salt-sensitive phenotype

    Article • Plant Science, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  13. The Effect of Oral Intake of Low-Temperature-Processed Whey Protein Concentrate on Colitis and Gene Expression Profiles in Mice

    Article • Foods, June 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  14. The rice REDUCED CULM NUMBER11 gene controls vegetative growth under low-temperature conditions in paddy fields independent of RCN1/OsABCG5

    Article • Plant Science, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  15. Effect of Dietary Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Mushrooms on Plasma Cholesterol and Hepatic Gene Expression in Cholesterol-Fed Mice

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2013, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  16. Involvement of a Novel Genistein-Inducible Multidrug Efflux Pump of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Early in the Interaction with Glycine max (L.) Merr

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2013, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI, Professor Kiwamu Minamisawa

  17. Oleanolic Acid and Ursolic Acid in Commercial Dried Fruits

    Article • Food Science and Technology Research, January 2013, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  18. Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of half-size ABC protein subgroup G in rice in response to abiotic stress and phytohormone treatments

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  19. Nutrient Composition, Amylase Titer, and Superoxide Anion-Scavenging Activity of Chinese Yam Tubers Harvested in Hokkaido

    Article • Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, January 2012, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  20. Mechanism of Visceral Fat Reduction in Tsumura Suzuki Obese, Diabetes (TSOD) Mice Orally Administered β-Cryptoxanthin from Satsuma Mandarin Oranges (Citrus unshiu Marc)

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  21. Profiling of Hepatic Gene Expression of Mice Fed with Edible Japanese Mushrooms by DNA Microarray Analysis: Comparison amongPleurotus ostreatus,Grifola frondosa, andHypsizigus marmoreus

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  22. Degradation of long-chain base 1-phosphate (LCBP) in Arabidopsis: functional characterization of LCBP phosphatase involved in the dehydration stress response

    Article • Journal of Plant Research, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  23. Influence of 5′-azacitidine on promoting recovery of cell competence for shoot organogenesis in Arabidopsis

    Article • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  24. Induction of aminolevulinic acid synthase gene expression and enhancement of metabolite, protoporphyrin IX, excretion by organic germanium

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  25. Chemical Composition of Lipids in Freeze-Dried Tubers of Chinese Yam Harvested in Hokkaido and Their Growth Inhibition of Human Colon Cancer Cells

    Article • Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, January 2011, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  26. Promotive Effects of the Dietary Organic Germanium Poly-trans-[(2-carboxyethyl) germasesquioxane] (Ge-132) on the Secretion and Antioxidative Activity of Bile in Rodents

    Article • JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE, January 2010, Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  27. Potato and soy peptides alter caecal fermentation and reduce serum non-HDL cholesterol in rats fed cholesterol

    Article • European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  28. Screening for Beneficial Effects of Oral Intake of Sweet Corn by DNA Microarray Analysis

    Article • Journal of Food Science, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  29. EFFECTS OF DIETARY PLANT CEREBROSIDE ON GENE EXPRESSION IN THE LARGE INTESTINE OF 1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE (DMH)-TREATED MICE DETERMINED BY DNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS

    Article • Journal of Food Lipids, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  30. Effect of Dietary Chinese Yam (D. opposita Thunb.) and Leaf Juice (Aojiru) on Aberrant Crypt Foci Formation in 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-treated Mice

    Article • Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, January 2009, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  31. Rice shoot branching requires an ATP-binding cassette subfamily G protein

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  32. Effect of Dietary Wine Pomace Extract and Oleanolic Acid on Plasma Lipids in Rats Fed High-Fat Diet and Its DNA Microarray Analysis

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  33. Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Buckwheat Sprouts in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Human Colon Cancer Cells and Mice

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  34. Potato and Soy Peptide Diets Modulate Lipid Metabolism in Rats

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  35. Prevention of Aberrant Crypt Foci Formation by Dietary Chinese Yam (D. opposita THUNB.) in 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-treated Mice

    Article • Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, January 2008, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  36. Effects of Exogenous Mevalonic Acid on Sterol Lipid Classes in Larix kaempferi Callus

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2007, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  37. Formation of embryogenic cell clumps from carrot epidermal cells is suppressed by 5-azacytidine, a DNA methylation inhibitor

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  38. Involvement of gibberellin and cytokinin in the formation of embryogenic cell clumps in carrot (Daucus carota)

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  39. A Rapid Method for Transformation of Carrot (Daucus carotaL.) by Using Direct Somatic Embryogenesis

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  40. Expression and function of the HD-Zip-type homeobox genes during carrot embryogenesis

    Article • Plant Biotechnology, January 1998, Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  41. Duration of Treatment of Carrot Hypocotyl Explants with 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid for Direct Somatic Embryogenesis

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  42. Observation of Early Stage of Somatic Embryogenesis from Epidermal Cells of Carrot Hypocotyls by Scanning Electron Microscopy

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  43. Direct Embryo Formation from Epidermal Cells of Carrot Hypocotyls

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, February 1995, Elsevier

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI

  44. Effects of MethylJasmonate and Concanavalin A on Embryogenesis and the Induction of Secondary Somatic Embryos of Carrot

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Dr YOSHIHIKO TOKUJI