Miki Takahashi

TL;DR: The antifungal activity of 43 hydrosols, 7 herbal teas and 12 essential oils was determined using Candida albicans as a test organism and poor correlation was observed between the inhibition of filament formation and the growth inhibition of the yeast form among the Hydrosols examined, among essential oils and among the major components of hydrosol and essential oils.

TL;DR: In vivo analysis using a rodent model confirmed the anti-plasmodial potential of subcutaneous administered sandalwood oil, and percutaneously administered hinokitiol and caraway oil against rodent P. berghei.

TL;DR: Ginger oleoresin, and especially that obtained by ethanol extraction, with a high [6]-gingerol content exhibited potent scavenging activity against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radicals in comparison to essential oils of ginger and other Zingiberaceae plants.

TL;DR: Since glycans containing the Galbeta1-4Fuc disaccharide unit have been found in organisms belonging to Protostomia, this unit might be a common glyco-epitope recognized by galectins in these organisms.

TL;DR: A new strategy for synthesizing the labeled saccharides, in which the labeling unit, the 2-aminopyridine moiety, is coupled with a spacer unit derived from D-mannitol, indicates that Galbeta1-4Fuc is the endogenous glyco-epitope present in C. elegans N-glycans.