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in press
Chikaraishi, Y. (2013) 13C/12C Signatures in Plants and Algae. Treatise on Geochemistry, 10: Organic Geochemistry (Edited by Birrer, B., Falkowski, P., Freeman, K.), Elsevier, in press.

2013
Naito, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Yoneda, M. (2013) Evaluation of carnivory in inland Jomon hunter-gatherers based on nitrogen isotopic compositions of individual amino acids in bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(7), 2913-2923. Journal's web site

2012
Aoyagi, K., Yamanaka, A., Goto, A.S., Fujino, T., Korenaga, T., and Chikaraishi, Y. (2012) Methyl and ethyl chloroformate derivatizations for compound-specific stable isotope analysis of fatty acids-II. Researches in Organic Geochemistry, 28, 27-30.
Chikaraishi, Y., Kaneko, M., and Ohkouchi, N. (2012) Stable hydrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of long-chain (C21-C33) n-alkanes and n-alkenes in insects. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 95(15), 53-62. Journal's web site
Maeda, T., Hirose, E., Chikaraishi, Y., Takishita, K., Yoshida, T., Verbruggen, H., Tanaka, J., Shimamura, S., Takai, Y., Tsuchiya, M., Iwai, K., and Maruyama, T. (2012) Algivore or phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature. PLoS ONE, 7(7): e42024, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0042024. Journal's web site
Miller, M.J., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Yamada, Y., Tsukamoto, K., and Ohkouchi, N. (2012) A low trophic position of Japanese eel larvae indicates feeding on marine snow. Biology Letters, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0826. Journal's web site
Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2012) Trophic position estimates of formalin-fixed samples with nitrogen isotopic compositions of amino acids: an application to gobiid fish (Isaza) in Lake Biwa, Japan. Ecological Research, DOI:10.1007/s11284-012-0967-z. Journal's web site
Ohkouchi N., Tsuda R., Chikaraishi Y., and Tanabe K. (2012) A preliminary estimate of the trophic position of the deep-water ram’s horn squid Spirula spirula based on the nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. Marine Biology, DOI:10.1007/s00227-012-2132-1. Journal's web site
Sachse, D., Billault, I., Browen, G.J., Chikaraishi, Y., Dawson, T.E., Feakins, S.J., Freeman, K.H., Magill, C.R., McInerney, F.A., van der Meer, M.T.J., Polissar, P., Robins, R.J., Sachs, J.P., Schmidt, H.-L., Sessions, A.L., White, J.W.C., West, J.B., and Kahmen, A. (2012) Molecular palephydrology: Interpreting the hydrogen-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers from photosynthesizing organisms. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 40, 221-249. Journal's web site
Takahashi, Y., Sasaki, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Tsuchiya, M., Watanabe, H., Asahida, T., Maruyama, T., and Fujikura, K. (2012) Does the symbiotic scale-worm feed on the host mussel in deep-sea vent fields? Researches in Organic Geochemistry, 28, 23-26.
Takishita, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Leger, M., Kim, E., Yabuki, A., Ohkouchi, N., and Roger, A.J. (2012) Lateral transfer of tetrahymanol-synthesizing genes has allowed multiple diverse eukaryote lineages to independently adapt to environments without oxygen. Biology Direct, 7(5), DOI:10.1186/1745-6150-7-5. Journal's web site

2011
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Doi, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2011) 15N/14N ratios of amino acids as a tool for studying terrestrial food webs: a case study of the terrestrial insects (bees, wasps, and hornets). Ecological Research, 26(4), 835-844, DOI:10.1007/s11284-011-0844-1. Journal's web site
Goto, A.S., Korenaga, T., and Chikaraishi, Y. (2011) Methyl (MCF) and ethyl chloroformate (ECF) derivatizations for compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) of fatty acids. Researches in Organic Geochemistry, 27, 91-95. Journal's web site
Strable, M.S., Tschanz, C.L., Varamini, B., Chikaraishi Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Brenna, J.T. (2011) Mammalian DNA δ15N exhibits 40‰ intramolecular variation and is unresponsive to dietary protein level. Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25, 3555-3563. Journal's web site
Zhou, Y., Grice, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Stuart-Williams, H. Farquhar G.D., and Ohkouchi, N. (2011) Temperature effect on leaf water deuterium enrichment and isotopic fractionation during leaf lipid biosynthesis: Results from controlled growth of C3 and C4 land plants. Phytochemistry, 72, 207-213. Journal's web site

2010
Akamatsu, F., Yamamoto, M., Chikaraishi, Y., and Toda, H. (2010) Evaluation of algal contribution to aquatic insects based on 13C/12C and C/N ratios. Researches in Organic Geochemistry, 26, 107-114. Journal's web site
Naito, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Mukai, H., Shibata, Y., Honch, N. V., Dodo, Y., Ishida, H., Amano, T., Ono, H., and Yoneda, M. (2010) Dietary reconstruction of the Okhotsk Culture of Hokkaido, Japan, based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids: implication for correction of 14C marine reservoir effects on human bones. Radiocarbon, 52, 671-681. Journal's web site
Naito, Y., Honch, N V., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Yoneda, M. (2010) Quantitative evaluation of marine protein contribution in ancient diets based on nitrogen isotope ratios of individual amino acids in bone collagen: An investigation at the Kitakogane Jomon site. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 143, 31-40. Journal web site
Sonoda, K., Takahashi, M., Chikaraishi, Y., and Yammamoto, S. (2010) Compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of lignin phenols by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS). Researches in Organic Geochemistry, 26, 115-122. Journal's web site
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Nomaki, H., Morono, Y., Inagaki, F., Kitazato, H., Hinrichs, K.-U., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Sedimentary membrane lipids recycled by deep-sea benthic archaea. Nature Geosciences, 3, 858-861. Journal's web site
Takano, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, O.N., Chikaraishi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Isolation and desalting with cation-exchange chromatography for compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 2317-2323. Journal's web site
Tyler, J., Kashiyama, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Ogawa, N. O , Yokoyama, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Staff, R. A., Ikehara, Bronk Ramsey, C., Bryant, C., Brock, F., Gotanda, K., Haraguchi, T., Yonenobu, H., and Nakagawa, T. (2010) Tracking aquatic change using chlorin-specific carbon and nitrogen isotopes: The last glacial-interglacial transition at Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 11, Q09010, DOI:10.1029/2010GC003186. Journal's web site

2009
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Kashiyama, Y., Takano, Y., Suga, H., Tomitani, A., Miyashita, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods., 7, 740-750. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Tanaka, R., Tanaka, A., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Fractionation of hydrogen isotopes in phytol biosynthesis. Organic Geochemistry, 40, 569-573. Journal's web site
Nomaki, H., Ohkouchi, N., Heinz, P., Suga, H., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Matsumoto, K., and Kitazato, H. (2009) Degradation of algal lipids by deep-sea benthic foraminifera: An in situ tracer experiment. Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 1488-1503. Journal web site
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2009) Compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of D-alanine, L-alanine, and valine: Application of diastereomer separation to δ15N and microbial peptidoglycan studies. Analytical Chemistry, 81, 394-399. Journal web site

2008
Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Kitazato, H., Satoh, M., Nomoto, S., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) A compound-specific isotope method for measuring the stable nitrogen isotopic composition of tetrapyrroles. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 510-520. Journal's web site
Jenkins, R.G., Hikida, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Tanabe, K. (2008) Microbially induced formation of ooid-like coated grains in the Late Cretaceous methane-seep deposits of the Nakagawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Island Arc, 17, 261-269. Journal's web site
Kashiyama, Y., Miyashita, H., Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., Takano, Y., Suga, H., Toyofuku, T., Nomaki, H., Kitazato, H., Nagata, T., and Ohkouchi, N. (2008) Evidence of global chlorophyll d. Science, 321, 658. Journal web site
Nakashita, R., Suzuki, Y., Akamatsu, F., Iizumi, Y., Korenaga, T., and Chikaraishi, Y. (2008) Stable carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope analysis as a potential tool for verifying geographical origin of beef. Analytica Chimica Acta, 617, 148-152. Journal's web site
Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., Suga, H., Sakai, S., and Kitazato, H. (2008) Carbon isotopic composition of the tetrapyrrole nucleus in chloropigments from a saline meromictic lake: A mechanistic view for interpreting the isotopic signature of alkyl porphyrins in geological samples. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 521-531. Journal's web site
Suzuki, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Ohkouchi, N., and Korenaga, T. (2008) Geographical origin of polished rice based on stable isotope analyses. Food Chemistry, 109, 470-475. Journal web site

2007
Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) Metabolic control of nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids in macroalgae and gastropods: implications for aquatic food web studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 342, 85-90. Journal web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Matsumoto, K., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2007) Sources and transformation processes of pheopigments: Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic evidence from Lake Haruna, Japan. Organic Geochemistry, 38, 985-1001. Journal web site
Chikaraishi, Y., and Naraoka, H. (2007) δ13C and δD relationships among three n-alkyl compound classes (n-alkanoic acid, n-alkane and n-alkanol) of terrestrial higher plants. Organic Geochemistry , 38, 198-215. Journal's web site

2006
Chikaraishi, Y. (2006) Carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of sterols in natural marine brown and red macroalgae, and in associated shellfish. Organic Geochemistry, 37, 428-436. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y., and Naraoka, H. (2006) Carbon and hydrogen isotope variation of plant biomarker in a plant-soil-system. Chemical Geology, 231, 190-202. Journal's web site
Rommerskirchen, F., Plader, A., Eglinton, G., Chikaraishi, Y., and Rulkötter, J. (2006) Chemotaxonomic significance of distribution and stable carbon isotopic composition of ling-chain alkanes and alkan-1-ols in C4 grass waxes. Organic Geochemistry, 37, 1303-1332. Journal's web site
Suzuki, Y., Ishioka, S., Korenaga, T., and Chikaraishi, Y. (2006) Novel method to identify illegal diesel fuel, I: use of adamantane or [1, 2-D2] n-tetradecane as chemical marker. Environmental Science, 13, 207-212. Journal's web site
Suzuki, Y., Korenaga, T., and Chikaraishi, Y. (2006) A novel method to identify illegal diesel fuel, II: the use of [1-D] n-alkane with stable hydrogen isotope analysis. Chemistry Letters, 35, 532-533. Journal's web site

2005
Chikaraishi, Y., Matsumoto, K., Ogawa, N.O., Suga, H., Kitazato, H., and Ohkouchi, N. (2005) Hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionations during chlorophyll biosynthesis in C3 higher plants. Phytochemistry, 66, 911-920. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y. and Naraoka, H. (2005) δ13C and δD identification of sources of lipid biomarkers in sediments of Lake Haruna (Japan). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 3285-3297. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Yamada, Y., and Naraoka, H. (2005) Carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of sterols from riverine and marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 50, 1763-1770. Journal's web site

2004
Chikaraishi, Y., Naraoka, H., and Poulson, S.R. (2004) Carbon and hydrogen isotopic fractionation during lipid biosynthesis in a higher plant (Cryptomeria japonica). Phytochemistry. 65, 323-330. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Naraoka, H., and Poulson, S.R. (2004) Hydrogen and carbon isotopic fractionations of lipid biosynthesis among terrestrial (C3, C4 and CAM) and aquatic plants. Phytochemistry, 65, 1369-1381. Journal's web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Suzuki, Y., and Naraoka, H. (2004) Hydrogen isotopic fractionations during desaturation and elongation associated with polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in marine macroalgae. Phytochemistry, 65, 2293-2300. Journal's web site

2003
Chikaraishi, Y. and Naraoka, H. (2003) Compound-specific δD-δ13C analyses of n-alkanes extracted from terrestrial and aquatic plants. Phytochemistry, 63, 361-371. Journal's web site

2001
Chikaraishi, Y. and Naraoka, H. (2001) Organic hydrogen-carbon isotope signatures of terrestrial higher plants during biosynthesis for distinctive photosynthetic pathways. Geochemical Journal, 35, 451-458. Journal's web site

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Chikaraishi, Y. and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) An improved method for precise determination of carbon isotopic composition of amino acids. Earth, Life, and Isotopes, Kyoto University Press, p.355-366. Journal web site
Chikaraishi, Y., Ogawa, N.O., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Further evaluation of the trophic level estimation based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids. Earth, Life, and Isotopes, Kyoto University Press, p.37-51.
Chikaraishi, Y., Takano, Y., Ogawa, N.O., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Instrumental optimization for compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Earth, Life, and Isotopes, Kyoto University Press, p.367-386.
Kashiyama, Y., Ogawa, N.O., Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, N., Sakai, S., Tanabe, K., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Reconstructing the life history of modern and fossil nautiloids based on the nitrogen isotopic composition of shell organic matter and amino acids. Cephalopods - Present and Past, Tokai University Press, Tokyo, p.67-75. Journal web site
Ohkouchi, N., Chikaraishi, Y., Kashiyama, Y., and Ogawa, N.O. (2010) Isotopomer of chlorophyll nucleus: Theories and an application. Earth, Life, and Isotopes, Kyoto University Press, p.271-290.
Takano, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., and Ohkouchi, N. (2010) Enantiomer-specific isotope analysis (ESIA) of D- and L-alanine: nitrogen isotopic hetero- and homogeneity by microbial and chemical processes.Earth, Life, and Isotopes, Kyoto University Press, p.387-402.

Ohkouchi, N., Nakajima, Y., Ogawa, N. O., Suga, H., Kashiyama, Y., Matsumoto, K., Chikaraishi, Y., Oguri, K., and Kitazato, H. (2006) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of photosynthetic pigments as tracers for elemental cycle in the modern- and paleo-environments. Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, 2. Journal web site

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