Studies on interrelation of structure and antitumor effects of polysaccharides: Antitumor action of periodate-modified, branched (1 → 3)-β-d-glucan of auricularia auricula-judae, and other polysaccharides containing (1 → 3)-glycosidic linkages

Akira Misaki, Mariko Kakuta, Takuma Sasaki, +2

Carbohydrate Research

Medicinal ChemistryBiosynthesisBiochemistryMedicineOther Polysaccharides +8

Structure of pestalotan, a highly branched (1→3)-β-d-glucan elaborated by Pestalotia sp. 815, and the enhancement of its antitumor activity by polyol modification of the side chains

Akira Misaki, Kichitaro Kawaguchi, Hideki Miyaji, +4

Carbohydrate Research

Medicinal ChemistryBioorganic ChemistryBiochemistryNatural SciencesMedicine +10

Isolation and characterization of polysaccharides of "Kikurage", fruit body of Auricularia auricula-judae.

Yoshiaki Sone, Mariko Kakuta, Akira Misaki

Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

BiologyAcidic HeteropolysaccharideBiosynthesisEngineeringBotany +12

Chain Conformation of a Glucurono-xylo-mannan Isolated from Fruit Body of <i>Tremella fuciformis</i> Berk

Toshifumi Yui, Kozo Ogawa, Mariko Kakuta, +1

Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry

GlycobiologyMolecular BiologyPolysaccharideAnalytical UltracentrifugationChain Conformation +18

Comparative structural studies on acidic heteropolysaccharides isolated from "Shirokikurage," fruit body of Tremella fuciformis Berk, and the growing culture of its yeast-like cells.

Mariko Kakuta, Yoshiaki Sone, Tomiyo UMEDA, +1

Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Structural FeaturesIndustrial MycologyBiosynthesisFruit BodyFood Fermentation +13

Kikurage (Tree‐ear) and Shirokikurage (white Jelly‐leaf):<i>Auricularia auricula</i>and<i>Tremella fuciformis</i>

Akira Misaki, Mariko Kakuta

Food Reviews International

BiologyAuricularia AuriculaUnicellular OrganismBotanyNatural Sciences +8

The α‐mannosyl‐binding lectin from leaves of the orchid twayblade (<i>Listera ovata</i>)

Keiko Saito, Akiko KOMAE, Mariko Kakuta, +4

European Journal of Biochemistry

Comparison of the Unit-chain Distributions of Glycogens from Different Biological Sources, Revealed by Anion Exchange Chromatography

Motoko Matsui, Mariko Kakuta, Akira Misaki

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

EngineeringPolysaccharideFood ChemistryBiosynthesisGas Chromatography +19

Comparative Structural Studies on Acidic Heteropolysaccharides Isolated from “Shirokikurage,” Fruit Body of<i>Tremella fuciformis</i>Berk, and the Growing Culture of Its Yeast-like Cells

Mariko Kakuta, Yoshiaki Sone, Tomiyo Umeda, +1

Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Osaka 558GlycobiologyYeast-like CellsPolysaccharideAcidic Heteropolysaccharides Isolated +14

Purification and characterization of pectinesterase from Ficus awkeotsang.

Kôzô Komae, Yoshiaki Sone, Mariko Kakuta, +1

Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

BiosynthesisEngineeringBiotransformationBiochemistryEc 3.1.1.11 +9