Midori A. Arai

3.2k total citations
138 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Midori A. Arai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Midori A. Arai has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Pharmacology and 29 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Midori A. Arai's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (19 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (16 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers). Midori A. Arai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (19 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (16 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers). Midori A. Arai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Bangladesh and Thailand. Midori A. Arai's co-authors include Masami Ishibashi, Thaworn Kowithayakorn, Takashi Koyano, Kazufumi Toume, Takayoshi Arai, Hiroaki Sasai, Firoj Ahmed, Samir Kumar Sadhu, Takahiro Hosoya and Shinobu Takizawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Midori A. Arai

137 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Midori A. Arai Japan 27 1.3k 877 373 198 187 138 2.5k
Huiqing Yuan China 36 1.6k 1.2× 630 0.7× 576 1.5× 125 0.6× 341 1.8× 117 3.5k
Xiang‐Yang Ye China 25 1.1k 0.8× 711 0.8× 342 0.9× 66 0.3× 236 1.3× 79 2.4k
Prasad Dandawate United States 29 1.2k 0.9× 653 0.7× 188 0.5× 132 0.7× 551 2.9× 67 2.6k
Dongyun Shin South Korea 24 860 0.6× 718 0.8× 236 0.6× 65 0.3× 119 0.6× 97 2.0k
Shengtao Xu China 34 1.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 625 1.7× 87 0.4× 282 1.5× 127 3.3k
Kyoko Nakagawa‐Goto United States 27 1.1k 0.8× 949 1.1× 457 1.2× 60 0.3× 197 1.1× 141 2.2k
S. Nanjunda Swamy India 23 809 0.6× 883 1.0× 163 0.4× 105 0.5× 256 1.4× 86 2.0k
Yunfang Zhao China 26 1.1k 0.8× 441 0.5× 325 0.9× 165 0.8× 96 0.5× 131 2.1k
Hyen Joo Park South Korea 31 1.5k 1.1× 568 0.6× 304 0.8× 156 0.8× 362 1.9× 74 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Midori A. Arai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Okumura, Yasuo, et al.. (2025). The Heat-Shock Metabolite Streptolactam D, Produced by High-Temperature Culture of Streptomyces sp. JA74, Promotes Thermotolerance via Self-Membrane Stabilization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(18). 15676–15685. 1 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2018). The Notch inhibitor cowanin accelerates nicastrin degradation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5376–5376. 20 indexed citations
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Hara, Yasumasa, Midori A. Arai, Kazufumi Toume, et al.. (2018). Coculture of a Pathogenic Actinomycete and Animal Cells To Produce Nocarjamide, a Cyclic Nonapeptide with Wnt Signal-Activating Effect. Organic Letters. 20(18). 5831–5834. 21 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2018). Synthesis and Evaluation of Fuligocandin B Derivatives with Activity for Overcoming TRAIL Resistance. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 66(8). 810–817. 3 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2018). Total syntheses of schizandriside, saracoside and (±)-isolariciresinol with antioxidant activities. Journal of Natural Medicines. 72(3). 651–654. 7 indexed citations
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Karmakar, Utpal Kumar, Kazufumi Toume, Naoki Ishikawa, et al.. (2016). Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Compounds from Datura Stramonium with TRAIL-Resistance Overcoming Activity. Natural Product Communications. 11(2). 185–7. 4 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2015). Inubosins A, B, and C Are Acridine Alkaloids Isolated from a Culture of Streptomyces sp. IFM 11440 with Ngn2 Promoter Activity. Journal of Natural Products. 78(2). 311–314. 15 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., Samir Kumar Sadhu, Firoj Ahmed, et al.. (2015). Hedgehog inhibitors from Artocarpus communis and Hyptis suaveolens. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23(15). 4150–4154. 11 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2015). Natural compounds with Wnt signal modulating activity. Natural Product Reports. 32(12). 1622–1628. 33 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., Naoki Ishikawa, Akiko Suganami, et al.. (2015). Hes1 inhibitor isolated by target protein oriented natural products isolation (TPO-NAPI) of differentiation activators of neural stem cells. Chemical Science. 7(2). 1514–1520. 23 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2013). Hh signaling inhibitors from Vitex negundo ; naturally occurring inhibitors of the GLI1–DNA complex. Molecular BioSystems. 9(5). 1012–1018. 23 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2013). Naturally occurring Ngn2 promoter activators from Butea superba. Molecular BioSystems. 9(10). 2489–2497. 20 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Firoj, Kazufumi Toume, Samir Kumar Sadhu, et al.. (2010). Constituents of Amoora cucullata with TRAIL resistance-overcoming activity. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8(16). 3696–3696. 36 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2010). Practical Total Synthesis of Fuligocandins A and B. Synlett. 2010(16). 2498–2502. 8 indexed citations
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Toume, Kazufumi, Firoj Ahmed, Samir Kumar Sadhu, et al.. (2010). Constituents of Pongamia pinnata Isolated in a Screening for Activity to Overcome Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand-Resistance. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 58(11). 1549–1551. 10 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2009). The first Hes1 dimer inhibitors from natural products. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(19). 5778–5781. 18 indexed citations
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Arai, Midori A., et al.. (2008). Hedgehog/GLI-mediated transcriptional inhibitors from Zizyphus cambodiana. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(21). 9420–9424. 51 indexed citations
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Chen, Tai C., Kelly S. Persons, Shasha Zheng, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of C-2-substituted 19-nor-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 analogs as therapeutic agents for prostate cancer. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 103(3-5). 717–720. 29 indexed citations
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Kittaka, Atsushi, Nozomi Saito, Shinobu Honzawa, et al.. (2007). Creative synthesis of novel vitamin D analogs for health and disease. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 103(3-5). 269–276. 17 indexed citations
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Sasai, Hiroaki, et al.. (2003). Synthesis and Character of New Bis- (isoxazoline) Ligands. Heterocycles. 59(2). 587–587. 8 indexed citations

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