Sachi Sri Kantha

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Sachi Sri Kantha is affiliated with the following schools: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Osaka University, Imperial University of Japan, Kyoto University, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Hokkaido University, Nagoya University, Gifu University

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According to Wikipedia, Sachi Sri Kantha is a Sri Lanka-born scientist, historian and bilingual author. He has been residing in Japan since 1986, and became a naturalised Japanese citizen in 2016. Education A native of Point Pedro, Sri Lanka, Sachi Sri Kantha received his early education in 1960s at the Colombo Hindu College and at the Aquinas University College, Colombo. In 1972, he entered University of Colombo and graduated in zoology in 1976. During his undergraduate days, he was active in Tamil student drama circle, and held the presidency of University of Colombo Tamil Society during 1974–75, when it celebrated its Golden Jubilee. Subsequently, he earned his master's degree in biochemistry from University of Peradeniya . While at this university, Sri Kantha also actively engaged students in Tamil dramas by directing a few in cultural festivals. For doctoral studies, Sri Kantha left for USA in 1981 and earned his first Ph.D. in Food Chemistry from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign . Then, he moved to Japan as a Monbusho scholar at the University of Tokyo during 1986–88 and was awarded a second Ph.D. in Marine Biochemistry in 1989.

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Prostaglandin D2-sensitive, sleep-promoting zone defined in the ventral surface of the rostral basal forebrain. (1994) (128)
What lingua franca? (1993) (104)
Dietary soy and natto intake and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese adults: the Takayama study. (2017) (100)
Reversed phase HPLC analysis of α- and β-carotene from selected raw and cooked vegetables (1988) (92)
Carnosine sustains the retention of cell morphology in continuous fibroblast culture subjected to nutritional insult. (1996) (53)
Atlas of neuroactive substances and their receptors in the rat (1998) (43)
The winged bean as an oil and protein source: A review (1984) (35)
Meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk in Japan: The Takayama study (2017) (29)
Intravenous administration of inorganic selenium compounds, inhibitors of prostaglandin D synthase, inhibits sleep in freely moving rats (1993) (28)
CAROTENOIDS OF EDIBLE MOLLUSCS; A REVIEW (1989) (26)
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY OF PARAMYOSIN—A REVIEW (1990) (26)
Sleep quantitation in common marmoset, cotton top tamarin and squirrel monkey by non-invasive actigraphy. (2006) (24)
HPLC Determination of Carnosine in Commercial Canned Soups and Natural Meat Extracts (2000) (24)
Coffee, Green Tea, and Caffeine Intake and Liver Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study (2018) (24)
Albert Einstein's dyslexia and the significance of Brodmann Area 39 of his left cerebral cortex. (1992) (22)
Dietary Soy Intake Is Inversely Associated with Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Women but Not in Men. (2019) (22)
Nutrient, antinutrient contents, and solubility profiles of nitrogen, phytic acid, and selected minerals in winged bean flour (1986) (22)
Dietary effects of fish oils on human health: a review of recent studies. (1987) (22)
Laboratory Scale Production of Winged Bean Curd (1983) (21)
Green tea intake and colorectal cancer risk in Japan: the Takayama study. (2019) (17)
Reversed phase HPLC analysis of alpha- and beta-carotene from selected raw and cooked vegetables. (1988) (17)
Soy Isoflavone Intake and Bladder Cancer Risk in Japan: From the Takayama Study (2018) (13)
Phosphorylation and immunological cross-reactivity of paramyosin: A comparative study (1990) (13)
Intake of starch and sugars and total and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese community: the Takayama Study. (2019) (12)
The blood revolution initiated by the famous footnote of Karl Landsteiner's 1900 paper. (1995) (12)
Accumulation of H+ in Vacuoles Induced by a Marine Peptide Toxin, Theonellamide F, in Rat Embryonic 3Y1 Fibroblasts (2002) (12)
Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains and premature death? (1997) (11)
High Intake of Free Sugars, Fructose, and Sucrose Is Associated with Weight Gain in Japanese Men. (2019) (10)
Associations of Acrylamide Intake With Urinary Sex Hormone Levels Among Preschool-Age Japanese Children (2017) (10)
Number of Teeth and All-Cause and Cancer Mortality in a Japanese Community: The Takayama Study (2019) (10)
Seasonal variation in levels of prostaglandins D2, E2 and F2(alpha) in the brain of a mammalian hibernator, the Asian chipmunk. (1996) (10)
Sleep Profile and Longevity in Three Generations of a Family of Captive Bolivian Aotus (2006) (10)
Quantitation of sleep and spinal curvature in an unusually longevous owl monkey (Aotus azarae) (2006) (10)
Behavioral sleep in captive owl monkey (Aotus azarae) and squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis). (2009) (9)
Associations of Cell Phone Use and Screen Viewing with Overweight in Children. (2019) (9)
Association between exposure to household smoking and dental caries in preschool children: a cross-sectional study (2019) (9)
Maternal Acrylamide Intake during Pregnancy and Sex Hormone Levels in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood and Birth Size of Offspring (2018) (9)
Japanese whaling (1987) (8)
The effect of oral contraceptive therapy and of pregnancy on serum folate levels of rural Sri Lankan women (1983) (7)
A sensitive method to screen for hydroxyl radical scavenging activity in natural food extracts using competitive inhibition ELISA for 8-hydroxy deoxyguanosine (1996) (7)
Scientific productivity of Einstein, Freud and Landsteiner. (1996) (7)
Legume carotenoids. (1987) (6)
Portuguese role in spread of HTLV-I virus (1986) (6)
Effects of β-carotene and retinol repletion on antibody production in vitamin A-deficient rats immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide (1992) (6)
The JaICA-genox oxidative stress profile--an overview on the profiling technique in the oxidative stress assessment and management. (2000) (6)
Associations between coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese city: the Takayama study (2019) (6)
Dietary Intake of Nε-carboxymethyl-lysine, a Major Advanced Glycation End Product, is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality in Japanese Adults in the Takayama Study. (2020) (6)
Clues to prolific productivity among prominent scientists. (1992) (6)
Is somnambulism a distinct disorder of humans and not seen in non-human primates? (2003) (5)
Einstein in Zurich (1989) (5)
Einstein's medical friends and their influence on his life. (1996) (5)
An appraisal of Albert Einstein's chronic illness. (1994) (5)
Retinoids in specific and nonspecific immunity: studies on antibody production and natural killer cells. (1994) (5)
An Einstein Dictionary (1996) (4)
Insect eating in Japan (1988) (4)
Histamine-interleukin-prostaglandin pathway: a hypothesis for a biochemical cycle regulating sleep and wakefulness. (1994) (4)
Detection of Elevated Antibody Against Calreticulin by ELISA in Aged Cynomolgus Monkey Plasma (2011) (4)
Total immediate ancestral longevity (TIAL) score as a longevity indicator: an analysis on Einstein and three of his scientist peers. (2001) (4)
Effects of different heat treatments of winged bean seed flour on nutritional status of rats (1988) (4)
Associations between Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and Behavioral Problems in Preschool Japanese Children (2020) (4)
Einstein and Lorentz (1995) (3)
Associations of total nut and peanut intakes with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese community: the Takayama study (2021) (3)
Owl Monkey Vocalizations at the Primate Research Institute, Inuyama (2009) (3)
The question of nepotism in the award of Nobel prizes: a critique of the view of Hans Krebs. (1991) (3)
Centenarian scientists: an unusual cluster newly formedin the 20th century (2001) (3)
Is Karl Landsteiner the Einstein of the biomedical sciences? (1995) (3)
A review of Nobel prizes in medicine or physiology, 1901-87. (1989) (3)
The impact of vitamin a deficiency and repletion with retinol and β-carotene on concanavalin a-induced lymphocyte proliferation (1992) (3)
Prostitutes in Medical Literature: An Annotated Bibliography (1991) (3)
Nobel Prize winners for literature as palliative for scientific English. (2003) (3)
Beyond the language barrier (1997) (2)
Alfred Nobel's unusual creativity: an analysis. (1999) (2)
Centenarian scientists: an unusual cluster newly formed in the 20th century. (2001) (2)
Parkinson disease of ranking lawyer and legislator SJV Chelvanayakam: a hypothesis (2011) (2)
Paramyosin as helminth vaccine candidate (1990) (2)
Nutritional Studies on the Utilization of Winged Bean (Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus L. Dc) Seeds and Leaves (Carotenoids, Bean-Curd, Anti-Nutrients, Reversed Phase Hplc, Phytic Acid) (1986) (2)
Effect of L-Carnosine on 8-OH Deoxyguanosine Release by H2O2 in 3Y1 Rat Embryo Fibroblasts (1997) (2)
Suicides of 84 Newsworthy Japanese between 1912 and 2015 (2015) (2)
Productivity drive (1992) (2)
Raman's prize (1989) (2)
Immunological comparison between the paramyosins from adductor muscle of bivalves and from foot muscle of a gastropod (1990) (2)
Random Thoughts on the 100 most Cited Papers from 1925 to 2008 (2015) (1)
CAROTENOIDS OF EDIBLE MOLLUSCS (2012) (1)
Oesophageal carcinoma in Sri Lanka. (1990) (1)
The Hekinan Children’s Study: Design and Profile of Participants at Baseline (2018) (1)
Pros and cons in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. (1996) (1)
Sexual humor on Freud as expressed in limericks (1999) (1)
Association between Dietary Melatonin Intake and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Japanese Adults in the Takayama Study. (2021) (1)
Birth month and mortality in Japan: a population-based prospective cohort study (2021) (1)
Total immediate ancestral longevity (TIAL) score as a longevity indicator: an analysis on Einstein and three of his scientist peers. (2001) (1)
Nobel Prizes for Research in Plant Science: Past, Present and Future (2017) (1)
Winged Bean as a Source of Protein: Recent Advances (1986) (1)
Prostaglandin D synthase (β-trace protein): a molecular clock to trace the origin of REM sleep? (1997) (1)
Cancer research recognized (and ignored) by the Nobel prizes (2020) (1)
MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2003) (1)
Centenarian scientists (1999) (1)
Use of Cu(II)/Ascorbate System in the Screening for Hydroxyl Radical Scavenging Activity in Food Extracts via an ELISA for 8-Hydroxy Deoxyguanosine (1998) (0)
Owl monkey and melatonin puzzle (2019) (0)
Suicide: a Socratic revenge. (2015) (0)
Collections (1998) (0)
Health problems of foreign students studying at the american universities an overview (1986) (0)
A history of Karl Landsteiner's stature in Nobel Prizes (2013) (0)
Nobel Prize winners for literature as palliative for scientific English. (2003) (0)
Genetic Structure of the Ryukyu Wild Boar Population on Tokunoshima Island (Japan) Based on Modern and Ancient DNA Analyses: Evidence of Recent Gene Flow from Pigs to Wild Boars (2019) (0)
Citation patterns of the four seminal DNA double-helix model papers by watson and crick in 1953-54 (2013) (0)
Acknowledgements in Francis Crick’s Papers Appearing in Science Journals (2017) (0)
Science fellowships (1988) (0)
NO MORE HIROSHIMAS (1989) (0)
Comments on quantification of major carotenoids in raw fruits and vegetables by HPLC (1987) (0)
Frotteurism in Japan and Other Asian Countries (2021) (0)
Primatological Studies by Medicine Nobel Laureates (2015) (0)
Histamine-lnterleukin-Prostaglandin Pathway : a Hypothesis For a Biochemical Cycle Regulating Sleep and Wakefulness (2003) (0)
Arms go south (1988) (0)
Trend-Setting Women Scientists of Biomedical Research in Japan (2015) (0)
CIA, MoSSAD, NKGB and SURETE in medical research: The RAW truth. (2019) (0)
Charles Darwin's anthropological observations on Ceylonese. (1992) (0)
Comparative biochemical studies on paramyosin from marine invertebrates (1989) (0)
Memoriam Prof. Kandiah Balasubramaniam (1932-2021) (2022) (0)
Effects of prostaglandin D_2, lipoxins and leukotrienes on sleep and brain temperature of rats. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essent. (1994) (0)
Tribute to John Maddox (2009) (0)
CORPUS OF FRANCIS CRICK’S RESEARCH PAPERS: USEFUL GUIDES IN MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (2016) (0)
2002 Site of action for the sleep-promoting effect of prostaglandin D2 is located in the rostromedial basal forebrain in the rat (1993) (0)
Prostaglandin D synthase (beta-trace protein): a molecular clock to trace the origin of REM sleep? (1997) (0)
Associations between coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a Japanese city: the Takayama study – CORRIGENDUM (2019) (0)
Humour on Einstein as Expressed in Limericks (2015) (0)
Associations of Plasma 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D and Dietary Vitamin D Intake with Insulin Resistance in Healthy Japanese Women. (2023) (0)
Primate species in Darwin's major books on evolution (2009) (0)
It Has Been Said (2015) (0)
Science in Iberia (1987) (0)
Association Between Anger and Mortality in Women and Men: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Japanese Community. (2021) (0)
2019 BJN Paper of the Year: High-starch, low-sugar diet could favor longevity in Japanese men (2020) (0)
Cedar Pollinosis and Mortality: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Japan (2018) (0)
Brain Temperature of Rats (1993) (0)

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