Junko Takayasu

Potent preventive action of alpha-carotene against carcinogenesis: spontaneous liver carcinogenesis and promoting stage of lung and skin carcinogenesis in mice are suppressed more effectively by alpha-carotene than by beta-carotene.

Michiaki Murakoshi, Hoyoku Nishino, Yoshiko Satomi et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 175 citations

Chemoprevention Strategy, Potent Preventive Action, Pathology +19

Sesamin, a lignan of sesame, down‐regulates cyclin D1 protein expression in human tumor cells

Tomoya Yokota, Y. Matsuzaki, Makoto Koyama et al. · Cancer Science · 2007 · 149 citations · Full text

Cancer prevention by natural carotenoids

Hoyoku Nishino, Harukuni Tokuda, Michiaki Murakoshi et al. · BioFactors · 2000 · 142 citations · Full text

Cancer chemopreventive effect of phenothiazines and related tri-heterocyclic analogues in the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate promoted Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation and the mouse skin two-stage carcinogenesis models

Magnus A. Azuine, Harukuni Tokuda, Junko Takayasu et al. · Pharmacological Research · 2003 · 120 citations

Oncology, Chemoprevention Strategy, Oncogenic Agent +10

Anti-Tumor-Initiating Effects of Monascin, an Azaphilonoid Pigment from the Extract ofMonascus pilosus Fermented Rice (Red-Mold Rice)

Toshihiro Akihisa, Harukuni Tokuda, Motohiko Ukiya et al. · Chemistry & Biodiversity · 2005 · 112 citations