T. Asano

Tandem mass spectrum similarity-based network analysis using 13C-labeled and non-labeled metabolome data to identify the biosynthesis pathway of the blood pressure-lowering asparagus metabolite asparaptine A

The paper identifies the biosynthesis pathway of asparaptine A using metabolome network analysis and shows its blood pressure-lowering effects in mice.

Postharvest properties of ultra-late maturing peach cultivars and their attributions to Melting Flesh (M) locus: Re-evaluation of M locus in association with flesh texture

This study re-evaluates the Melting Flesh (M) locus in peaches by analyzing two ultra-late maturing cultivars, showing that the non-softening trait in one is due to deletion of endoPG genes, while the other has an unidentified M haplotype associated with melting flesh.