Research field (3)：
Plants: molecular biology and physiology
, Environmental and pharmaceutical development resources
, Clinical pharmacy
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：
2021 - 2023 機能性ファイトケミカルの効率的生産系開発を目指した植物細胞バンクの構築
2020 - 2023 Identification of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of bioactive sulfur-containing compounds in medicinal plants and its downstream application
2015 - 2018 Establishing a new natural product ligand biosynthesis system for producing therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease
2013 - 2016 Plant alkaloid production system using fungi as host organism
2013 - 2015 Establishment of Amaryllidaceae alkaloid biosynthesis technology that was oriented to Alzheimer's drug discovery
Papers (24)：
Naoko Yoshimoto, Takashi Asano, Ayuna Kisanuki, Chihiro Kanno, Machiko Asanuma, Mami Yamazaki, Isao Fujii, Kazuki Saito. The ability of callus tissues induced from three Allium plants to accumulate health-beneficial natural products, S-alk(en)ylcysteine sulfoxides. Journal of Natural Medicines. 2022. 76. 803-810
Taisuke Matsuo, Takashi Asano, Yuki Mizuno, Shuri Sato, Ibuki Fujino, Yasuyuki Sadzuka. Water spinach and okra sprouts inhibit cancer cell proliferation. In Vitro Cell Dev. Biol. Anim. 2022. 58. 79-84
Ryo Nakabayashi, Yutaka Yamada, Tomoko Nishizawa, Tetsuya Mori, Takashi Asano, Masanari Kuwabara, Kazuki Saito. Tandem Mass Spectrum Similarity-Based Network Analysis Using 13C-Labeled and Non-labeled Metabolome Data to Identify the Biosynthetic Pathway of the Blood Pressure-Lowering Asparagus Metabolite Asparaptine A. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2021. 69. 8571-8577
