{"id":1238,"date":"2023-07-14T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T05:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=1238"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:39:50","slug":"areas02_biochem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_biochem\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-69 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas02_biochem\/theme_EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"327\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds<br \/>\nSearch for bioactive organic compounds produced by microorganisms and plants, i.e., highly-functionalized compounds, and study on microbial conversion of these highly-functionalized compounds from low-functional compounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gels.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/intro\/dept\/area\/areas02_biochem_e.html\">Link to group homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"el_table_fix\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 20%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas02_biochem\/Teruhiko_NITODA.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"408\"><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 80%\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Prof. NITODA Teruhiko<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">E-mail: nitoda <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">[at]<\/span> okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Applied Microbiology, Natural Products, Chemistry, Enzyme Chemistry<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"el_linkBtn\" href=\"https:\/\/soran.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/html\/0cfa6a25f5cf48a174506e4da22f6611_en.html\">Directory of Researchers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas02_biochem\/imgEN_Nitoda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas02_biochem\/imgEN_Nitoda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"146\"><\/a>In the course of search for new inhibitors of \u03b2-N-acetylglucosaminidase, a chitinolytic enzyme, a fungal strain Pochonia suchlasporia was found to produce a novel and potent \u03b2-N-acetylglucosaminidase inhibitor pochonicine in solid-state fermentation using a plant-based solid medium. 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