Yoko Aniya

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yoko Aniya is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoko Aniya has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Pharmacology and 9 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Yoko Aniya's work include Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (31 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (31 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (10 papers). Yoko Aniya is often cited by papers focused on Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (31 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (31 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (10 papers). Yoko Aniya collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United States. Yoko Aniya's co-authors include Maxwell A. Gyamfi, Masato Yonamine, M.W. Anders, Chika Miyagi, Naoki Imaizumi, Akira Naito, Junsei Taira, Tomoyuki Koyama, Ikuko I. Ohtani and Matao Sakanashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemistry, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and British Journal of Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Yoko Aniya

66 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Free-radical scavenging action of medicinal herbs from Ghana 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Free-radical scavenging action of medicinal herbs from Ghana
    1999 759 citations Maxwell A. Gyamfi, Masato Yonamine et al. General Pharmacology The Vascular System profile →

Peers

Yoko Aniya
Robert Anton France
В. Г. Макаров Russia
Yasujiro Morimitsu Japan
Nebojša Ilić Serbia
Akito Nagatsu Japan
Song‐Hae Bok South Korea
M. Payá Spain
Michio Takido Japan
Young‐Soo Kim South Korea
Hyong Joo Lee South Korea
Robert Anton France
Yoko Aniya
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All Works

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Imaizumi, Naoki, et al.. (2006). Reactive nitrogen species derived activation of rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase. Life Sciences. 78(26). 2998–3006. 22 indexed citations
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Shimoji, Miyuki, et al.. (2005). Activation of rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase by gallic acid. Life Sciences. 78(1). 99–106. 19 indexed citations
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Gyamfi, Maxwell A., Tatsuo Tanaka, & Yoko Aniya. (2003). Selective suppression of cytochrome P450 gene expression by the medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea in rat liver. Life Sciences. 74(14). 1723–1737. 7 indexed citations
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Yamashiro, Satoshi, Katsuhiko Noguchi, Toshihiro Matsuzaki, et al.. (2003). Cardioprotective Effects of Extracts from <i>Psidium guajava</i> L. and <i>Limonium wrightii</i>, Okinawan Medicinal Plants, against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Perfused Rat Hearts. Pharmacology. 67(3). 128–135. 35 indexed citations
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Morioka, Takamitsu, Masumi Suzui, Morihiko Inamine, et al.. (2003). The modifying effect of Peucedanum japonicum, a herb in the Ryukyu Islands, on azoxymethane-induced colon preneoplastic lesions in male F344 rats. Cancer Letters. 205(2). 133–141. 36 indexed citations
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Matsuzaki, Toshihiro, Mayuko Sakanashi, Junko Nakasone, et al.. (2002). Effects of glutathione S‐transferase inhibitors on nitroglycerin action in pig isolated coronary arteries. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 29(12). 1091–1095. 8 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, Maxwell A. Gyamfi, Chika Miyagi, et al.. (2000). Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Actions of the Medicinal Herb Artemisia campestris from the Okinawa Islands.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 23(3). 309–312. 52 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, et al.. (1999). Screening of antioxidant action of various molds and protection of Monascus anka against experimentally induced liver injuries of rats. General Pharmacology The Vascular System. 32(2). 225–231. 74 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, et al.. (1998). Effect of the spine venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, on drug-metabolizing enzyme in rat liver.. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 23(5). 419–423. 1 indexed citations
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Koyama, Tomoyuki, Katsuhiko Noguchi, Yoko Aniya, & Matao Sakanashi. (1998). Analysis for Sites of Anticoagulant Action of Plancinin, a New Anticoagulant Peptide Isolated from the Starfish Acanthaster planci, in the Blood Coagulation Cascade. General Pharmacology The Vascular System. 31(2). 277–282. 27 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, et al.. (1996). Evaluation of Nitric Oxide Formation from Nitrates in Pig Coronary Arteries. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 71(2). 101–107. 14 indexed citations
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Koyama, Tomoyuki, et al.. (1996). Purification of anticoagulant factor from the spine venom of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. Toxicon. 34(8). 871–879. 34 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, et al.. (1994). Alteration of Liver Glutathione S-Transferase and Protease Activities by Cobalt Chloride Treatment of Rats. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 66(3). 357–362. 6 indexed citations
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Naito, Akira, Yoko Aniya, & Matao Sakanashi. (1994). Antioxidative Action of the Nitrovasodilator Nicorandil: Inhibition of Oxidative Activation of Liver Microsomal Glutathione S-Transferase and Lipid Peroxidation.. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 65(3). 209–213. 24 indexed citations
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Shimoji, Miyuki & Yoko Aniya. (1994). Glutathione S-Transferases in Rat Testis Microsomes: Comparison with Liver Transferase. The Journal of Biochemistry. 115(6). 1128–1134. 13 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko & M.W. Anders. (1992). Activation of rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase by hydrogen peroxide: Role for protein-dimer formation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 296(2). 611–616. 54 indexed citations
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Fitzsimmons, Michael E., et al.. (1991). Stereochemistry of the microsomal glutathione S-transferase catalyzed addition of glutathione to chlorotrifluoroethene. Biochemistry. 30(3). 717–721. 30 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko. (1989). Activation of liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase activity by heating.. Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. 12(4). 235–240. 15 indexed citations
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Aniya, Yoko, John C. McLenithan, & M.W. Anders. (1988). Isozyme selective arylation of cytosolic glutathione S-transferase by [14C]bromobenzene metabolites. Biochemical Pharmacology. 37(2). 251–257. 10 indexed citations

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