Prof. Dr. Yoshihiro Mimaki

Professor of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry · Department of Natural Product Chemistry · Yokohama University of Pharmacy

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Academic focus & active research

Prof. Dr. Yoshihiro Mimaki is a distinguished natural product chemist who has isolated and structurally elucidated hundreds of novel saponins and glycosides with selective cytotoxic activity against human tumor cell lines.

Steroidal Saponins from Liliaceae Cytotoxic Natural Products Kampo Herbal Quality Control Medicinal Plant Chemical Ecology

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Institution: Yokohama University of Pharmacy
Department / Faculty: Department of Natural Product Chemistry
Primary Field: Steroidal Saponins from Liliaceae
Campus Location: Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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