Akio Sugihara

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Akio Sugihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Sugihara has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 20 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Akio Sugihara's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (64 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (32 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (20 papers). Akio Sugihara is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (64 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (32 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (20 papers). Akio Sugihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and Thailand. Akio Sugihara's co-authors include Yuji Shimada, Yoshio Tominaga, Yomi Watanabe, Toshihiro Nagao, Hideki Fukuda, Hideo Noda, Susumu Tsunasawa, Kazuaki Maruyama, Hirofumi Nakano and Sadao Komemushi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Akio Sugihara

83 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Enzymatic alcoholysis for biodiesel fuel production and application of the reaction to oil processing

2002 565 citations Yuji Shimada, Yomi Watanabe et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synthesis of fatty acid sterol esters using cholesterol esterase from Trichoderma sp. AS59 2011 ·Enzyme and Microbial Technology ·(unknown), Atsushi Maeda, Takayuki Mizuno, Masanori Bun‐ya, (unknown), Akio Sugihara	15
2	Characterization of novel cholesterol esterase from Trichoderma sp. AS59 with high ability to synthesize steryl esters 2008 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Atsushi Maeda, Takayuki Mizuno, Masanori Bun‐ya, (unknown), Daisuke Nakayama, Susumu Tsunasawa, (unknown), Akio Sugihara	15
3	Purification of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Isomers through a Process Including Lipase-catalyzed Selective Esterification 2003 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yoshie Yamauchi‐Sato, Akio Sugihara, Toshio Iwata, Koji Nagao, Teruyoshi Yanagita, Shuji Adachi, Yuji Shimada	30
4	Purification and Characterization of a Novel Cholesterol Esterase fromPseudomonas aeruginosa, with Its Application to Cleaning Lipid-stained Contact Lenses 2002 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, (unknown), Tadamasa Terai, Masaki Imayasu, Yusuke Nagai, Toshihiro Nagao, Yomi Watanabe, Yoshio Tominaga	27
5	Ethyl Esterification of Docosahexaenoic Acid in an Organic Solvent-Free System with Immobilized Candida antarctica Lipase. 2001 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Yuji Shimada, Yomi Watanabe, Akio Sugihara, (unknown), (unknown), Shigeru Moriyama, Tadamasa Terai, Yoshio Tominaga	7
6	Enzymatic conversion of waste edible oil to biodiesel fuel in a fixed‐bed bioreactor 2001 ·Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society ·Yomi Watanabe, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	159
7	Enzymatic purification of polyunsaturated fatty acids 2001 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	51
8	Amino acid residues contributing to stabilization of Fusarium heterosporum lipase 2000 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	4
9	Continuous production of biodiesel fuel from vegetable oil using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase 2000 ·Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society ·Yomi Watanabe, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Hideo Noda, Hideki Fukuda, Yoshio Tominaga	297
10	Stepwise ethanolysis of tuna oil using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase 1999 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Yomi Watanabe, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	56
11	A unique enzyme from Saccharothrix sp. catalyzing d-amino acid transfer 1997 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology ·Yomi Watanabe, (unknown), Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Shigeyuki Takenishi, Yoshio Tominaga	2
12	Purification of docosahexaenoic acid from tuna oil by a two‐step enzymatic method: Hydrolysis and selective esterification 1997 ·Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society ·Yuji Shimada, Kazuaki Maruyama, Akio Sugihara, Shigeru Moriyama, Yoshio Tominaga	53
13	Purification and Characterization of a Carboxylesterase fromPseudomonassp. KWI-56 1994 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Taro Iizumi, Kōichi Nakamura, Tetsuro Fukase, Yoshio Tominaga	14
14	Positional and fatty acid specificities of Geottichum candidum Upases 1994 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Masaki Nakamura, Toshihiro Nagao, Yoshio Tominaga	25
15	Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence of cDNA Encoding a Lipase from Fusarium heterosporum 1994 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	28
16	Cloning and sequence analysis of an esterase gene from Pseudomonas sp. KWI-56 1993 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Akio Sugihara, Taro Iizumi, Toshifumi Yui, Kōichi Nakamura, Tetsuro Fukase, Yoshio Tominaga	15
17	Characterization of Geotrichum candidum lipase III with some preference for the inside ester bond of triglyceride 1993 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Akio Sugihara, Satoru Hata, Yuji Shimada, Kunio Gotō, Susumu Tsunasawa, Yoshio Tominaga	15
18	Separation and Characterization of Two Molecular Forms of Geotrichum candidum Lipase 1990 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Yoshio Tominaga	105
19	cDNA Molecular Cloning of Geotrichum candidum Lipase 1989 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga, (unknown), Susumu Tsunasawa	78
20	1978 ·NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI ·(unknown), Akio Sugihara, (unknown), (unknown)	3

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