Shi Y. H., Zhu S., Ge Y. W., He Y. M., Kazuma K., Wang Z., Yoshimatsu K., Komatsu K.: Monoterpene derivatives with anti-allergic activity from red peony root, the root of Paeonia lactiflora. Fitoterapia, 108: 55-61, 2016.

Kita T., Komatsu K., Zhu S., Iida O., Sugimura K., Kawahara N., Taguchi H., Masamura N., Cai S. Q.: Development of intron length polymorphism markers in genes encoding diketide-CoA synthase and curcumin synthase for discriminating Curcuma species. Food Chem., 194: 1329-1336, 2016.

Shi Y. H., Zhu S., Tamura T., Kadowaki M., Wang Z., Yoshimatsu K., Komatsu K.: Chemical constituents with anti-allergic activity from the root of Edulis Superba, a horticultural cultivar of Paeonia lactiflora. J. Nat. Med. 70: 234-240, 2016.

Ge Y. W., Zhu S., Kazuma K., Wei S. L., Yoshimatsu K., Komatsu K.: Molecular ion index assisted comprehensive profiling of B-type oligomeric proanthocyanidins in rhubarb by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 408: 3555-3570, 2016.

Nagata T., Fujino Y., Toume K., Long L. X., Yamaguchi T., Okumura T., Komatsu K., Shimada Y.: Anti-cancer effect in volatile components of hiba essential oil (Thujopsis dolabrata). Clin. Exp. Pharmacol., 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-1459.1000214.

Ge Y. W., Tohda C., Zhu S., He Y. M., Yoshimatsu K., Komatsu K.: Effects of Oleanane-Type Triterpene Saponins from the Leaves of Eleutherococcus senticosus in an Axonal Outgrowth Assay. J. Nat. Prod., 79: 1834-1841, 2016.

Andoh T., Kato M., Kitamura R., Mizoguchi S., Uta D., Toume K., Komatsu K., Kuraishi Y.: Prophylactic administration of an extract from Plantaginis Semen and its major component aucubin inhibits mechanical allodynia caused by paclitaxel in mice. J. Tradit. Complement. Med., 6: 305-308, 2016.

Nagata T., Toume K., Long L. X., Hirano K., Watanabe T., Sekine S., Okumura T., Komatsu K., Tsukada K.: Anticancer effect of a Kampo preparation Daikenchuto. J. Nat. Med., 70: 627-633, 2016.

Shi Y. H., Zhu S., Ge Y. W., Toume K., Wang Z., Batkhuu J., Komatsu K.: Characterization and quantification of monoterpenoids in different types of peony root and the related Paeonia species by liquid chromatography coupled with ion trap and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 129: 581-592, 2016.

Hitotsuyanagi Y., Sekiya Y., Fukaya H., Park H. S., Zhu S., Komatsu K.: Stemona-amines F and G, new alkaloids from Stemona tuberosa. Tetrahedron Lett. 57: 5746-5749, 2016.

Karmakar U. K., Toume K., Ishikawa N., Arai M. A., Sadhu S. K., Ahmed F., Ishibashi M.: Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Compounds from Datura stramonium with TRAIL-Resistance Overcoming Activity. Nat. Prod. Commun. 11: 185-187, 2016.

Ahmed F., Toume K., Ishikawa N., Arai M. A., Sadhu S. K., Ishibashi M.: Constituents from Entada scandens with TRAIL-resistance overcoming activity. Nat. Prod. Commun., 11: 993-995, 2016.

Shono T., Ishikawa N., Toume K., Arai M. A., Masu H., Koyano T., Kowithayakorn T., Ishibashi M.: Cerasoidine, a bis-aporphine alkaloid isolated from Polyalthia cerasoides during screening for Wnt signal inhibitors J. Nat. Prod. 79: 2083-2088, 2016.