Fucoxanthin from edible seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida, shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues

H. Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Metabolic SyndromeBody CompositionAntiobesity EffectBiochemistryMedicine +10

Dietary Combination of Fucoxanthin and Fish Oil Attenuates the Weight Gain of White Adipose Tissue and Decreases Blood Glucose in Obese/Diabetic KK-<i>A^y</i> Mice

H. Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells

H. Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, +3

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Seaweed carotenoid, fucoxanthin, as a multi-functional nutrient.

H. Maeda, Takayuki Tsukui, Tokutake Sashima, +2

PubMed

BotanyAbdominal WatSeaweed CarotenoidOxidative StressMetabolic Syndrome +17

The 1B_u⁺, 1B_u^-, and 2A_g^- Energies of Crystalline Lycopene, β-Carotene, and Mini-9-β-carotene as Determined by Resonance-Raman Excitation Profiles:  Dependence of the 1B_u^- State Energy on the Conjugation Length

Tokutake Sashima, Yasushi Koyama, Takashi Yamada, +1

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

EngineeringExcitation Energy TransferChemistryElectronic Excited StateSpectroscopic Property +16

Comparative evaluation of growth inhibitory effect of stereoisomers of fucoxanthin in human cancer cell lines

Yosuke Nakazawa, Tokutake Sashima, Masashi Hosokawa, +1

Journal of Functional Foods

Chemoprevention StrategyGeometrical IsomersCancer Cell BiologyGrowth Inhibitory EffectAnti-cancer Agent +14

Effect of Medium-chain Triacylglycerols on Anti-obesity Effect of Fucoxanthin

H. Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, +2

Journal of Oleo Science

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeNutritionBody CompositionBiochemistry +12

Halocynthiaxanthin and fucoxanthinol isolated from Halocynthia roretzi induce apoptosis in human leukemia, breast and colon cancer cells

Izumi Konishi, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, +2

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology

OncologyMedicineColon Cancer CellsApoptosisPathology +6

A new singlet-excited state of all-trans-spheroidene as detected by resonance-Raman excitation profiles

Tokutake Sashima, Hiroyoshi Nagae, Michitaka Kuki, +1

Chemical Physics Letters

Excited State PropertyOptical PropertiesSpectroscopyNatural SciencesExcitation Energy Transfer +8

The first detection of the 3Ag− state in carotenoids using resonance-Raman excitation profiles

Kentaro Furuichi, Tokutake Sashima, Yasushi Koyama

Chemical Physics Letters