Papers List
2008 - 2014
Relationship between the Amount of Bitter Substances Adsorbed onto Lipid/Polymer Membrane and the Electric Response of Taste Sensors 
Kiyoshi Toko, Daichi Hara, Yusuke Tahara, Masato Yasuura, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Sensors, 14(9), 16274-16286, 2014
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Development of Sweetness Sensor with Selectivity to Negatively Charged High-Potency Sweeteners
Masato Yasuura, Hirotaka Okazaki, Yusuke Tahara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors and Actuators B, 201, 329-335, 2014
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Development of a Sweetness Sensor for Aspartame, a Positively Charged High-Potency Sweetener
Masato Yasuura, Yusuke Tahara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors, 14(4), 7359-7373, 2014
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Interlaboratory Testing of Insent E-tongues
Miriam Pein, Xolani Dereck Gondongwe, Masaaki Habara, Gesine Winzenburg
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 469(2), 228-237, 2014
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Objective Evaluation of Astringent and Umami Taste Intensities of Matcha using a Taste Sensor System
Tomomi Ujihara, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Food Science and Technology Research, 19(6), 1099-1105, 2013
Evaluation of Palatability of 10 commercial Amlodipine Orally Disintegrating Tablets by Gustatory Sensation Testing, OD-mate as a New Disintegration Apparatus and the Artificial Taste Sensor
Takahiro Uchida, Miyako Yoshida, Mai Hazekawa, Tamami Haraguchi, Hiroyuki Furuno, Makoto Teraoka, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 65(9), 1312-1320, 2013
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Use of a Taste-Sensing System to Discriminate Kasseki (Aluminum Silicate Hydrate with Silicon Dioxide) in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia from Huashi (Talc) in Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China
Naoko Anjiki, Hirotoshi Fushimi, Junko Hosoe, Naoko Fushimi, Katsuko Komatsu, Shao-Qing Cai, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Masayuki Mikage, Nobuo Kawahara, Yukihiro Goda
Journal of Traditional Medicines, 30(1), 34-40, 2013
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Electronic Tongues?A Review
Yusuke Tahara, Kiyoshi Toko
IEEE Sensors Journal, 13(8), 3001-3011, 2013
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Objective Evaluation Methods for the Bitter and Astringent Taste Intensities of Black and Oolong Teas by a Taste Sensor
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Tomomi Ujihara, Ronggang Chen, Kazue Irie, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Food Research International, 53(2), 816-821, 2013
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Quantification of Tastes of Amino Acids using Taste Sensors
Hiroki Akitomi, Yusuke Tahara, Masato Yasuura, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors and Actuators B, 179, 276-281, 2013
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Development of a Portable Taste Sensor with a Lipid/Polymer Membrane
Yusuke Tahara, Kenichi Nakashi, Ke Ji, Akihiro Ikeda, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors, 13(1), 1076-1084, 2013
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Quantitative Evaluation of Bitterness of H1-receptor antagonists and Masking Effect of Acesulfame Potassium, an Artificial Sweetener, Using a Taste Sensor
Masanori Ito, Koichi Wada, Miyako Yoshida, Mai Hazekawa, Kentaro Abe, Ronggang Chen, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Takahiro Uchida
Sensors and Materials, 25(1), 17-30, 2013 Website (PDF: 734KB) >
Relationship between Taste Sensor Response and Amount of Quinine Adsorbed on Lipid/Polymer Membrane
Takuro Fukagawa, Yusuke Tahara, Masato Yasuura, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
Journal of Innovation in Electronics and Communication, 2(2), 1-6, 2012
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Consideration of An Evaluation Method for Bitterness and Suppression of Bitterness of Branched Chain Amino Acids by Taste Sensor
Keigo Ohsugi, Yusuke Tahara, Hiroki Akitom, Masato Yasuura, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Michiko Nakano, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Tamami Haraguchi, Takahiro Uchida, Kiyoshi Toko
The Japanese Journal of Taste and Smell Research, 19(3), 421-424, 2012 (in Japanese)
Evaluation of the Taste of Tea with Different Degrees of Fermentation Using a Taste Sensing System
Yumiko Uchiyama, Mayumi Yamashita, Miyuki Kato, Toshihiro Suzuki, Masashi Omori, Ronggang Chen
Sensors and Materials, 23(8), 501-506, 2011 Website (PDF: 502KB) >
Bitterness Evaluation of H1-Receptor Antagonists Using a Taste Sensor
Masanori Ito, Miyako Yoshida, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Masamitsu Hiraoka, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Takahiro Uchida
Sensors and Materials, 23(8), 483-492, 2011 Website (PDF: 275KB) >
Sweetness Sensor with Lipid/Polymer Membranes: Response to Various Sugars
Kentaro Toyota, Hong Cui, Kentaro Abe, Masaaki Habara, Kiyoshi Toko, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Sensors and Materials, 23(8), 475-482, 2011 Website (PDF: 575KB) >
Sweetness Sensor with Lipid/Polymer Membranes: Sweet-Responsive Substances
Kentaro Toyota, Hong Cui, Kentaro Abe, Masaaki Habara, Kiyoshi Toko, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Sensors and Materials, 23(8), 465-474, 2011 Website (PDF: 530KB) >
Development and Evaluation of a Miniaturized Taste Sensor Chip
Yusuke Tahara, Akihiro Ikeda, Yoshihiro Maehara, Masaaki Habara, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors, 11(10), 9878-9886, 2011
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Evaluation of the Taste of Crude Drug and Kampo Formula by a Taste-Sensing System (4): Taste of Processed Aconite Root
Naoko Anjiki, Junko Hosoe, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Fumiyuki Kiuchi, Setsuko Sekita, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Masayuki Mikage, Nobuo Kawahara, Yukihiro Goda
Journal of Natural Medicines, 65(2), 293-300, 2011
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β-Cyclodextrin/Surface Plasmon Resonance Detection System for Sensing Bitter-Astringent Taste Intensity of Green Tea Catechins
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Ronggang Chen, Masamitsu Hiraoka, Tomomi Ujihara, Hidekazu Ikezaki
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58(14), 8351?8356, 2010
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Fabrication of Odor Sensor Using Peptide
Yuta Hotokebuchi, Kenshi Hayashi, Kiyoshi Toko, Ronggang Chen, Hidekazu Ikezaki
IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines, 130(7), 282-287, 2010 (in Japanese)
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A New Method for Evaluating the Bitterness of Medicines in Development using a Taste Sensor and a Disintegration Testing Apparatus
Tsutomu Harada, Takahiro Uchida, Miyako Yoshida, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Ryuichi Narazaki, Takayuki Ohwaki
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 58(8), 1009-1014, 2010 Website (PDF: 383KB) >
Development of Sensor with High Selectivity for Saltiness and Its Application in Taste Evaluation of Table Salt
Ronggang Chen, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors and Materials, 22(6), 313-325, 2010 Website (PDF: 823KB) >
Advanced Taste Sensors Based on Artificial Lipids with Global Selectivity to Basic Taste Qualities and High Correlation to Sensory Scores
Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Ronggang Chen, Yoshinobu Naito, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors, 10, 3411-3443, 2010
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Masking Effect of Deglutition Aid Jelly on the Bitterness of Acetaminophen as a Bitter Substance
Takahiko Kagaya, Gaku Inouea, Misaki Aya, Kaori Matsumoto, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Hikari Hamada, Masayuki Akimoto, Koichiro Atsuda, Kenji Sugibayashi
Food Function, 6(1), 8-15, 2010 (in Japanese)
Study on Drug Bitterness Evaluation using Artificial Lipid-based Membrane Bitterness Sensor and Physicochemical Parameters
Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Hikari Hamada, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
The Japanese Journal of Taste and Smell Research, 16(3), 497-500, 2009 (in Japanese)
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Measurement of Solid Food using Multichannel Taste Sensor
Koichi Tokubo, Kazumi Kamijo, Yoshinobu Naito, Hidekazu Ikezaki
The Japanese Journal of Taste and Smell Research, 16(3), 505-508, 2009 (in Japanese)
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Bitterness Evaluation of Orally Disintegrating Famotidine Tablets using a Taste Sensor
Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Hisakazu Sunada, Michie Nakano, Ryoko Nishiyama
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(1), 1-7, 2009
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Development of an Artificial Lipid-Based Membrane Sensor with High Selectivity and Sensitivity to the Bitterness of Drugs and with High Correlation with Sensory Score
Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Hikari Hamada, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
IEEJ Trans, 4, 710-719, 2009
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Development of Bitter Taste Sensor using Ionic-Liquid/Polymer Membranes
Nobuyuki Akutagawa, Jinichi Toida, Yoshihiko Amano, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko, Yukihiko Arikawa
IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines, 129(5), 154-160, 2009 (in Japanese)
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Studies on Relationship between Taste and Content of Sulfur Dioxide in Crude Drugs obtained from the Japanese Market
Nobuo Kawahara, Naoko Anjiki, Junko Hosoe, Ik Hwi kim, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Masayuki Mikage, Yukihiro Goda
Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science, 40(3), 129-135, 2009 (in Japanese)
Study of Membrane Potential Change in Surface-modified Lipid/Polymer Membrane using Phenol Compound
Cui Hong, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko
The Japanese Journal of Taste and Smell Research, 15(3), 401-404, 2008 (in Japanese)
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Evaluation of the Umami Taste Intensity of Green Tea by a Taste Sensor
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Ronggang Chen, Hidekazu, Ikezaki, Tomomi Ujihara
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56(16), 7384-7387, 2008
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Taste Sensor Chip for Portable Taste Sensor System
Shinichi Etoh, Lingyan Feng, Kenichi Nakashi, Kenshi, Hayashi, Akira Ishii, Kiyoshi Toko
Sensors and Materials, 20(4), 151-160, 2008 Website (PDF: 197KB) >