Yoshihiro Usui

Rapid and efficient synthesis of a fully functionalized synthon for the bottom half of the antiparasitic agent, ivermectin

Michael E. Jung, Yoshihiro Usui, Chi Truc Vu · Tetrahedron Letters · 1987 · 45 citations

Antiparasitic Agent, Medicine, Drug Discovery +5

Chemoselective cycloadditions of 3,4-dialkoxyfurans and alkyl coumalates. Novel loss of aromaticity of two nonbenzenoid aromatic rings in a mild thermal process

Michael E. Jung, Leslie J. Street, Yoshihiro Usui · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1986 · 37 citations

Chemical Engineering, Mild Thermal Process, Engineering +11

2-(2-Phenylmorpholin-4-yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones; A new class of potent, selective and orally active glycogen synthase kinase-3β inhibitors

Kenji Fukunaga, Fumiaki Uehara, Keiichi Aritomo et al. · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters · 2013 · 32 citations · Full text

Molecular Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry +13

The design of a new potent and selective ligand for the orphan bombesin receptor subtype 3 (BRS3)

Robert G. Boyle, John Eric Humphries, T. Andrew Mitchell et al. · Journal of Peptide Science · 2004 · 28 citations

Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry +16

Bombesin receptor subtype-3 modulates plasma insulin concentration

Kouji Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Yamada, Etsuko Wada et al. · Peptides · 2003 · 25 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Signal Transduction, Biochemistry +9