Institute of Food Research, NARO

Nobuya Shirai

Specialization

  • Fisheries science and nutritional physiology

Research themes

  • Elucidation of cerebral functions improving effects and mechanisms of food ingredients.
  • Prevention and management of diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases.

Research results (main publications)

  • N. Shirai, T. Higuchi, H. Suzuki, E. Shimizu. Effect of lipids from Erabu sea snake, Laticauda Semifasciata, on plasma glucose, insulin, leptin, and adiponectin concentrations of normal and streptozotocin-diabetic mice Ann Nutr Metab in press
  • N. Shirai, H. Suzuki, R. Shimizu. Effect of Erabu sea snake Laticauda Semifasciata oil intake on maze-learning ability in mice Fisheries Sci. 70, 314-318 (2004)
  • N. Shirai, H. Suzuki. Effects of Western, Vegetarian, and Japanese dietary fat model diets with or without green tea extract on the plasma lipids and glucose, and liver lipids in mice: a long-term feeding experiment Ann Nutr Metab 48, 95-102 (2004)
  • N. Shirai, H. Suzuki. Effect of dietary docosahexaenoic acid and catechins on the maze-behavior in mice Ann Nutr Metab 48, 51-58 (2004)
  • N. Shirai, M. Terayama, H. Takeda. Effect of season on the fatty acid composition and free amino acid content of the sardine Sardinops melanostictus Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 131B, 387-393 (2002)

Academic society memberships

  • Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
  • Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition
  • Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology
  • Japan Oil Chemists' Society

Centers・Institutes