Masashi INAFUKU

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Title

Professor

Researcher Number(JSPS Kakenhi)

90457458

Laboratory Address

1 Senbaru,Nishihara,Okinawa

Mail Address

E-mail address

Current Affiliation Organization 【 display / non-display

  • Duty   University of the Ryukyus   Faculty of Agriculture   Bioscience and Biotechnology   Professor  

  • Concurrently   University of the Ryukyus   The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University   Biological Science and Technology   Professor  

  • Concurrently   University of the Ryukyus   Tropical Biosphere Research Center   Professor  

  • Concurrently   University of the Ryukyus   Graduate School of Agriculture   Subtropical Agriculture   Professor  

University 【 display / non-display

  • 1998.04
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    2002.03

    University of the Ryukyus   Faculty of Agriculture   Graduated

Graduate School 【 display / non-display

  • 2002.04
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    2004.03

    University of the Ryukyus  Graduate School, Division of Agriculture  Master's Course  Completed

  • 2004.04
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    2007.03

    Kagoshima University  Graduate School, Division of Agricltural Sciences  Doctor's Course  Completed

External Career 【 display / non-display

  • 2007.04
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    2008.03

     

  • 2008.04
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    2009.03

     

  • 2009.04
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    2011.03

     

  • 2011.04
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    2016.10

     

  • 2016.11
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    2017.03

     

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Research Interests 【 display / non-display

  • 食品機能

  • 機能性成分

  • 栄養

  • 亜熱帯生物資源

  • 食品機能

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display

  • Life Science / Nutrition science and health science

  • Life Science / Food sciences

  • Life Science / Molecular biology

Published Papers 【 display / non-display

  • Unlocking the Genetic Blueprint of Erucic Acid Content in Mustard (Brassica napus): A MetaQTL Exploration

    Hossain MD, Islam MR, Ahmed M, Parveen S, Huda KMK, Banu MSA, Inafuku M, Harun-Ur-Rashid M.

    The Scientific world journal ( Wiley )  2026   8457904   2026.03 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

  • Isoprene emissions in monocots from Okinawa Island, Japan, and parameterization of the G93 formula

    Oku H., Inafuku M., Ogai S., Mutanda I.

    Atmospheric Environment     121771   2026.01 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

  • Elucidation of a new snyderane-type sesquiterpene from Okinawan sea hare Aplysia argus and identification of their feeding targets.

    Fukada R, Nakagawa R, Yokoshima K, Inafuku M, Kumagai M, Kamada T, Ishii T

    Chemistry & Biodiversity   23   e03372   2026.01 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

  • Weather history-based parameterization of the G-93 isoprene emission formula for the tropical plant Ficus septica.

    Mutanda I., Inafuku M., Oku H.

    Atmospheric Environment ( Elsevier )  347   121102   2025.04 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

  • BCG vaccination suppresses glucose intolerance progression in high-fat-diet-fed C57BL/6 mice.

    Arakawa H., Inafuku M.

    Medicina ( MDPI )  60 ( 6 ) 866   2024.05 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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Books 【 display / non-display

  • Atherosclerosis

    ( Part: Multiple Authorship )

    2016.08

Other Papers 【 display / non-display

  • Coordinated actions of glyoxalase and antioxidant defense systems in conferring abiotic stress tolerance in plants

    Hasanuzzaman M, Nahar K, Hossain MS, Mahmud JA, Rahman A, Inafuku M, Oku H, Fujita M

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences     2017  [Refereed]

     

  • Peucedanum japonicum Thunb and its Antiobesity Effects: Evidence and Related Mechanisms

    Nugara RN, Inafuku M, Oku H

    脂質栄養学     2016  [Refereed]

     

Presentations 【 display / non-display

  • The evaluation of the anti-obesity effects of Cirsium brevicaule A.Gray in Amami Islands

    Inafuku, M., Kamiyama, Y., Oku, H., Miura, T.

    International Congress on Nutrition and Integrative Medicine (ICNIM2025)  2025.11  -  2025.11 

  • Functionality of traditional medicinal plants of the Amami Islands.

    Kamiyama Y.,Oku H.,Inafuku M.,Miura T.

    International Congress on Nutrition and Integrative Medicine (ICNIM2023)  (Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN)  2023.07  -  2023.07 

  • Syringin: A phenylpropanoid glycoside compound inhibits adipogenesis through AMPK and Akt signaling pathways.

    Hossin, AY., Inafuku M., Oku H.

    日本栄養・食糧学会 九州・沖縄支部大会  2021.10  -  2021.10 

  • Studies on anti-obesity compound in Okinawa traditional vegetable "Choumeisou" and its functional enhancement by nanoparticulation.

    Hossin, AU., Inafuku M., Oku H.

    The 27th Annual Meeting of International Congress on Nutrition and Integrative Medicine 2019  (Hokkaido, Japan)  2019.06  -  2019.06 

  • Molecular characterization of chloroplastic cysteine synthase in Leucaena leucocephala.

    Rashid Md HU, Parveen, S., Inafuku, M., Iwasaki, H.., Fukuta, M., Hossain Md A., Oku, H.

    International Conference on Environmental Science and Resource Management (ICREM 2019)  (Tangail, Bangladesh)  2019.02  -  2019.02 

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

    Project Year: 2025.04  -  2028.03 

    Direct: 3,600,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,080,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,680,000 (YEN)

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

    Project Year: 2022.04  -  2025.03 

    Direct: 3,200,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 960,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,160,000 (YEN)

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

    Project Year: 2022.04  -  2025.03 

    Direct: 3,200,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,160,000 (YEN)  Total: 960,000 (YEN)

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

    Project Year: 2019.04  -  2022.03 

    Direct: 9,000,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 2,700,000 (YEN)  Total: 11,700,000 (YEN)

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

    Project Year: 2016.04  -  2019.03 

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SDGs 【 display / non-display

  • 亜熱帯生物資源の機能性発掘