研究内容 Research Themes
植物が創り出す薬用成分を探索し，それらを作るメカニズムを解明する
Discovery of Drug Candidates from Natural Resources, Elucidation of Secondary Metabolism Mechanism, & Selection and Bleeding Medicinal Plants
Our Goal
植物は我々の食糧となるだけでなく，医薬品，香粧品，そして嗜好品など，人類の暮らしに役立っています。植物が多彩な化合物を作り出すメカニズムの多くは未だ謎に包まれています。これらの疑問点を解明し，さらに，その能力を用いていくことでクリーンな物質生産方法が創出できると考えています。植物が作り出す化合物は薬の源泉でした。我々は原点に立ち返って植物の能力を「薬学」の分野で活用することを目標にしながら，研究を日々行っています。
Plants not only provide us with food, but also serve as medicines, cosmetics, and luxury goods, which are useful in human life. Many of the mechanisms by which plants produce a variety of compounds are still shrouded in mystery. We believe that by elucidating these questions and further utilizing our capabilities, we will be able to create clean material production methods. Compounds produced by plants were a source of medicine. We conduct research every day with the goal of returning to our roots and utilizing the abilities of plants in the field of "pharmaceutics."