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Nutrition Chemistry Lab
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The lab studies, from the fundamentals, how diet can prevent lifestyle-related diseases.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring diet for preventing lifestyle-related diseases.
The Nutrition Chemistry Lab conducts basic research on what kind of diet supports a healthy life.
Because lifestyle-related diseases are difficult to cure once they develop, the lab focuses on preventing disease through diet.
The lab targets vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and thrombosis.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name 'Nutrition Chemistry Division'.
Key terms
- Oxidized cholesterol
- Cholesterol that has been oxidized. It is found in food and is thought to be involved in regulating biological functions
- Fatty acid composition
- The breakdown of the fatty acids present in serum as various molecular species
- Disease model animal
- An animal that reproduces a disease state. This lab uses rats with hypercholesterolemia
NewsLab news
Assistant Professor Tanaka was selected for the Branch Encouragement Award of the West Japan Branch of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
A master's student received the Branch Outstanding Presentation Award at the Kyushu-Okinawa Branch Meeting of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
A doctoral student received the Student Outstanding Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dietary Fiber Research
A paper was selected for the cover of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
A master's student received the Student Outstanding Presentation Award at the annual meeting of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
ResearchResearch themes
Components in food not only provide nutrition but also greatly affect our health. The lab conducts basic research on disease prevention through diet, mainly targeting vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.
*Illustrative imageEffects of Oxidized Cholesterol on Lipid Metabolism
Oxidized cholesterol is found in food and is also produced in the body, and is thought to be involved in regulating biological functions. Because there are many types and the function of each is unclear, the lab works on discovering new functions and identifying molecular species.
*Illustrative imageFood Components Affecting Obesity
Obesity is a contributing factor to lifestyle-related diseases. The lab searches for food components that affect body fat accumulation.
*Illustrative imageRelationship Between Human Serum Fatty Acid Composition and Disease
Human serum contains fatty acids of various molecular species, and the relationship between their composition and disease states is not yet clear. The lab examines the relationship between factors involved in fatty acid metabolism and disease, and searches for new biomarkers.
*Illustrative imageHypercholesterolemia Studied with Disease Model Animals
The lab analyzes genes of the exogenous hypercholesterolemic (ExHC) rat, a model animal for hypercholesterolemia, to clarify the mechanism by which hypercholesterolemia develops.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nutrition Chemistry Lab consist of faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorMasao Sato
- Assistant ProfessorYasutake Tanaka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Healthy Food - Colourful Fruit and Veg” formulatehealth / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Effects of Oxidized Cholesterol on Lipid Metabolism: “Deep-fried foods with dipping sauce” jeffreyw / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Food Components Affecting Obesity: “Preventing Childhood Obesity with Nutrition Basics” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Public domain (cropped)
- Relationship Between Human Serum Fatty Acid Composition and Disease: “Omega deep sea three fish oil capsule pill photographed in West Bengal, India, August 5, 2024” Billjones94 / CC0 (cropped)
- Hypercholesterolemia Studied with Disease Model Animals: “Wistar rat” Janet Stephens (photographer) / Public domain (cropped)
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