Yukari Egashira
Professor
Applied Biological Chemistry
Chiba University
Japan
Biography
Chiba University, Graduate School of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture. Specialty in Food Chemistry, Nutritional Chemistry, Nutritional Molecular Biology, Nutritional Biochemistry.
Research Interest
The effect of vegetables, cereals and their ingredients on disease prevention and physiological function, Tryptophan metabolism, Evaluation of food safety : Various food ingredients have been increasingly used as foods for specified health uses in Japan.
Publications
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Effect of dietary phytol on the expression of α-amino-β-carboxymuconate-ε-semialdehyde decarboxylase, a key enzyme of tryptophan-niacin metabolism in rats. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 77(7) 1416-1419 (2013)
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Identification of a Hepatoprotective Peptide in Wheat Gluten Hydrolysate against D-Galactosamine-Induced Acute Hepatitis in Rat．J. Agric.Food Chem. 61(26) 6304-6310 (2013)
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Regulation of rat hepatic α-amino-β-carboxymuconate-ε-semialdehyde decarboxylase, a key enzyme in the tryptophan-NAD pathway, by dietary cholesterol and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2. Eur.J. Nutr. (in press) (2013)
