Mai Otsuka

Dr. Mai Otsuka


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 November 2015 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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MOMai Otsuka
Mai Otsuka
RTRyo Takita
Ryo Takita
JKJunichiro Kanazawa
Junichiro Kanazawa
KMKazunori Miyamoto
Kazunori Miyamoto
AMAtsuya Muranaka
Atsuya Muranaka
MUMasanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama

16 January 2018 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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YKYu Kitazawa
Yu Kitazawa
MWMamoru Watanabe
Mamoru Watanabe
YMYui Masumoto
Yui Masumoto
MOMai Otsuka
Mai Otsuka
KMKazunori Miyamoto
Kazunori Miyamoto
MUMasanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama

1 November 2018 in Journal of Chromatography A
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MOMai Otsuka
Mai Otsuka
KTKoichiro Tsuge
Koichiro Tsuge
YSYasuo Seto
Yasuo Seto
HMHajime Miyaguchi
Hajime Miyaguchi
MUMasanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama

31 December 2022 in Forensic Toxicology
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MOMai Otsuka
Mai Otsuka
AYAkinori Yamaguchi
Akinori Yamaguchi
HMHajime Miyaguchi
Hajime Miyaguchi
Purpose: The detection of hydrolysis products of Novichok agents in biological samples from victims is important for confirming exposure to these agents. However, Novichok agents are new class of nerve agent and there have been only few reports on analyses of Novichok agent degradation products. Here, we developed hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC)–tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) methods to detect Novichok agent degradation products in human urine with simple pretreatment and high sensitivity. Methods: A Poroshell 120 HILIC-Z column was used to analyze six Novichok agent degradation products. For urine samples, we used a simple pretreatment method, which consisted of deproteinization with acetonitrile and microfiltration. We calculated the pKa values of the OH groups, the log P values, and the molecular weights to investigate the difference in chromatographic behaviors of the Novichok agent degradation products and the degradation products of conventional nerve agents. Results: Six Novichok agent degradation products, including N-(bis-(diethylamino)methylidene)-methylphosphonamidic acid (MPGA), which could not be detected by our previous method, could be analyzed with sufficient peak shape and mutual separation. The detection limits of six Novichok agent degradation products were sufficiently low (1–50 ng/mL) and the calibration curves showed sufficient linearity. The physicochemical parameters of Novichok agent degradation products were different from those of conventional nerve agent degradation products, and this explains the difference in chromatographic behaviors. Conclusion: Six Novichok agent degradation products were successfully analyzed by HILIC–MS/MS. Due to the absence of a derivatization step, throughput performance was higher than our previous derivatization-liquid chromatography–MS/MS method.

13 March 2018 in Chemistry – An Asian Journal
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GAGaku Akimoto
Gaku Akimoto
MOMai Otsuka
Mai Otsuka
KMKazunori Miyamoto
Kazunori Miyamoto
AMAtsuya Muranaka
Atsuya Muranaka
DHDaisuke Hashizume
Daisuke Hashizume
MUMasanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama