Ushio Sankawa

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Ushio Sankawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ushio Sankawa has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ushio Sankawa's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers) and Synthesis of Organic Compounds (8 papers). Ushio Sankawa is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers) and Synthesis of Organic Compounds (8 papers). Ushio Sankawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and South Korea. Ushio Sankawa's co-authors include Ghazi Hussein, Hirozo Goto, Kinzo Matsumoto, Yutaka Ebizuka, Toshimitsu Hayashi, Takeshi Kinoshita, Masaaki Shibuya, Kazuo Ichikawa, Shoji Shibata and Toshiyuki Akiyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ushio Sankawa

88 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Astaxanthin, a Carotenoid with Potential in Human Health and Nutrition

2005 506 citations Ghazi Hussein, Ushio Sankawa et al. Journal of Natural Products profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ushio Sankawa Japan	30	1.6k	636	586	492	450	89	3.1k
Akio Iwashima Japan	37	2.3k 1.4×	399 0.6×	610 1.0×	472 1.0×	377 0.8×	185	4.1k
Akito Nagatsu Japan	31	1.5k 0.9×	338 0.5×	861 1.5×	716 1.5×	379 0.8×	124	3.1k
Shlomo Grossman Israel	26	919 0.6×	585 0.9×	1.0k 1.7×	241 0.5×	119 0.3×	59	2.7k
Yoshiko Satomi Japan	32	1.2k 0.7×	614 1.0×	293 0.5×	305 0.6×	116 0.3×	48	2.5k
Masashi Mizuno Japan	33	898 0.6×	298 0.5×	920 1.6×	248 0.5×	713 1.6×	127	3.0k
Kuk Hyun Shin South Korea	34	1.3k 0.8×	307 0.5×	740 1.3×	301 0.6×	438 1.0×	73	2.7k
Hiroshi Shimoda Japan	32	901 0.6×	546 0.9×	738 1.3×	393 0.8×	486 1.1×	102	3.2k
Md. Nurul Islam Bangladesh	26	1.0k 0.6×	345 0.5×	510 0.9×	306 0.6×	442 1.0×	96	2.5k
Joseph Vercauteren France	34	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	703 1.2×	771 1.6×	255 0.6×	122	3.8k
Julia Sampson United Kingdom	11	744 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	544 0.9×	486 1.0×	144 0.3×	12	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ushio Sankawa

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Hussein, Ghazi, et al.. (2006). Antihypertensive Potential and Mechanism of Action of Astaxanthin: III. Antioxidant and Histopathological Effects in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 29(4). 684–688. 75 indexed citations

Lee, Jung‐Bum, Toshimitsu Hayashi, Kyoko Hayashi, & Ushio Sankawa. (1999). Structural Analysis of Calcium Spirulan (Ca−SP)-Derived Oligosaccharides Using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Natural Products. 63(1). 136–138. 46 indexed citations

Hayashi, Toshimitsu, Tomohiko Asai, & Ushio Sankawa. (1999). Mevalonate-independent biosynthesis of bicyclic and tetracyclic diterpenes of Scoparia dulcis L.. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(47). 8239–8243. 14 indexed citations

Hayashi, Toshimitsu, Koji Kasahara, & Ushio Sankawa. (1997). Efficient production of biologically active diterpenoids by leaf organ culture of Scoparia dulcis. Phytochemistry. 46(3). 517–520. 15 indexed citations

Inoue, Kentaro, Shígeo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Ushio Sankawa, & Yutaka Ebizuka. (1995). Spirostanol and Furostanol Glycosides of Costus speciosus (KOENIG.) SM.. Natural medicines = 生薬學雜誌. 49(3). 336–339. 6 indexed citations

Itokawa, Hideji, Koichi Takeya, Kinzo Watanabe, et al.. (1992). ANTITUMOR SUBSTANCES FROM SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS. Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

Kiuchi, Fumiyuki, et al.. (1992). Inhibitors of Prostaglandin Biosynthesis from Dalbergia odorifera.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 40(9). 2452–2457. 47 indexed citations

Kusano, Maiko, Ikuro Abe, Ushio Sankawa, & Yutaka Ebizuka. (1991). Purification and some properties of squalene-2,3-epoxide: Lanosterol cyclase from rat liver.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 39(1). 239–241. 24 indexed citations

Yao, Xin‐Sheng, Yutaka Ebizuka, Hiroshi Noguchi, et al.. (1991). Biologically Active Constituents of Arnebia euchroma: Structures of New Monoterpenylbenzoquinones: Arnebinone and Arnebifuranone.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 39(11). 2962–2964. 9 indexed citations

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Sankawa, Ushio, et al.. (1989). Screening of Antiallergic Effect in Traditional Medicinal Drugs and Active Constituents of Aurantii Fructus Immaturus. 43(4). 314–323. 9 indexed citations

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Seo, Shujiro, Yohko Yoshimura, Ken’ichi Takeda, et al.. (1989). Biosynthesis of 24β-ethylsterols in cultured cells of Trichosanthes kirilowii(cucurbitaceae) fed with [1,2-¹³C₂]- and [2-¹³C²H₃]-acetate: reinvestigation of the stereochemistry at C-25. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1969–1974. 8 indexed citations

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Kinoshita, Takeshi, et al.. (1987). New Coumarin Derivatives from Murraya paniculata. 41(2). 157–158. 1 indexed citations

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Goda, Yukihiro, Masaaki Shibuya, & Ushio Sankawa. (1987). Inhibitors of the arachidonate cascade from Allium chinense and their effect on in vitro platelet aggregation.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 35(7). 2668–2674. 19 indexed citations

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Nishibe, Sansei, Hiroki Tsukamoto, SUEO HISADA, et al.. (1986). Inhibition of Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase by Lignans and Coumarines of Olea and Fraxinus Barks. 40(1). 89–94. 3 indexed citations

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Kinoshita, Takeshi, et al.. (1986). Acid-catalyzed rearrangement of an epoxy coumarin phebalosin. The revised structure of murralongin.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 34(9). 3978–3981. 21 indexed citations

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Sankawa, Ushio, Chung Ki Sung, Byung Hoon Han, Toshiyuki Akiyama, & Koichiro Kawashima. (1982). Radioimmunoassay for the determination of ginseng saponin, ginsenoside RG1.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 30(5). 1907–1910. 15 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Tatsunosuke, Keizo Inoue, Shoshichi Nojima, et al.. (1979). Interaction of saponins with red blood cells as well as with the phosphatidylcholine liposomal membranes.. Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. 2(6). 374–382. 37 indexed citations

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Kitanaka, Susumu, et al.. (1978). Formation of Anthraquinones by the Tissue Culture of Cassia obtusifolia. Planta Medica. 33(4). 389–392. 5 indexed citations

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Takido, Michio, et al.. (1976). Germichrysone, A Hydroanthracene Derivative from Seedlings of Cassia Torosa*. Phytochemistry. 15(8). 1295–1296. 22 indexed citations

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Iitaka, Yöichi, et al.. (1968). The crystal and molecular structure of a bromination product of (+)tetrahydrorugulosin. Tetrahedron Letters. 9(58). 6135–6138. 3 indexed citations

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