Antifungal activity of Hinokitiol-related compounds on wood-rotting fungi and their insecticidal activities.

abstract：:Nanoparticles are used in many fields and in everyday products. Silver nanoparticles are the most frequently used nanoparticles; for example, in food-related products, owing to their antibacterial activity. However, it has been pointed out that they might have unexpected biological effects, and evaluation of their eff...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Maki A,Lin Y,Aoyama M,Sato K,Gao JQ,Tsujino H,Nagano K,Higashisaka K,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of anthracene derivatives have been synthesized, and their potential individual cytotoxicity was evaluated using Jurkat T cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro. These compounds, except for 2l, showed less cytotoxicity in PBMCs than mitoxantrone. We also analyzed the antiproliferative a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chen RF,Chou CL,Wang MR,Chen CF,Liao JF,Ho LK,Tao CW,Huang HS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectal absorption of ozagrel (a selective thromboxane synthetase inhibitor) from suppositories was studied in rabbits. Two kinds of suppositories were prepared, one was from ozagrel powder (OPS, ozagrel powder suppository), and the other from ozagrel tablet (OTS, ozagrel tablet suppository). Ozagrel from OPS was absor...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zheng NX,Adachi I,Horikoshi I,Kanamoto I

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix (ECM), which contributes to structural homeostasis as well as to the regulation of cellular function, is enzymatically cleaved by proteases, such as matrix metalloproteinases and cathepsins, in the normal and diseased heart. During the past two decades, matricryptins have been defined as fragm...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okada M,Imoto K,Sugiyama A,Yasuda J,Yamawaki H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of oral candidiasis is accompanied by inflammatory symptoms such as pain in the tongue, edema or tissue damage and lowers the quality of life (QOL) of the patient. In a murine oral candidiasis model, the effects were studied of terpinen-4-ol (T-4-ol), one of the main constituents of tea tree oil, Melaleuca a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ninomiya K,Hayama K,Ishijima SA,Maruyama N,Irie H,Kurihara J,Abe S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) generates a potent cytotoxic effect, however many cancer cells are resistant to TNFalpha-mediated killing and the cause of the differential sensitivity remains to be elucidated. In this study, we demonstrated that TNFalpha induced cell death in four different human colon cancer c...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Han SY,Choung SY,Paik IS,Kang HJ,Choi YH,Kim SJ,Lee MO

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotiflorin is a single component extracted from traditional Chinese medicine Flos Carthami. In this study, we investigated its neuroprotection in permanent focal cerebral ischemia model in rats, and in an in vitro model of ischemia. At doses of 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg, nicotiflorin administered immediately after the ons...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li R,Guo M,Zhang G,Xu X,Li Q

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daikenchuto (DKT) has been widely used for the treatment of postsurgical ileus in Japan. However, its effect on postsurgical adhesion formation has been obscure. In this study, the effect of DKT on postsurgical adhesion formation induced by cecum cauterization or cecum abrasion in mice was investigated. First, the exp...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wu S,Uyama N,Itou RA,Hatano E,Tsutsui H,Fujimoto J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate drug interaction between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors (PIs), the effect of indinavir (IDV) on the intestinal exsorption of other HIV PIs, amprenavir (APV), saquinavir (SQV) and nelfinavir (NFV) was investigated in rats using an in situ single perfusion method. IDV in the intestin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Gao W,Kageyama M,Inoue Y,Tadano J,Fukumoto K,Fukushima K,Yamasaki D,Nishimura A,Yoshikawa Y,Shibata N,Takada K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that monkey embryonic stem cells (ESCs) were differentiated into hepatocytes by formation of embryoid bodies (EBs). However, this EB formation method is not always efficient for assays using a large number of samples simultaneously. A dispersion culture system, one of the differentiation methods...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Maruyama J,Matsunaga T,Yamaori S,Sakamoto S,Kamada N,Nakamura K,Kikuchi S,Ohmori S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) is used as a plasticizer to import flexibility to polyvinylchloride plastics. In this study, hydrolysis of BBzP to monobutyl phthalate (MBP) and monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) in liver microsomes of humans, monkeys, dogs, rats and mice was examined. The kinetics for MBP formation by human, do...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahara Y,Kinashi Y,Takahara Y,Hichiya H,Okada K,Murata M,Shigeyama M,Hanioka N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical effects and security of YiSuiShengXueGranule (YSSXG) on treating 156 patients with beta-thalassemia major. METHODS:YSSXG was given orally to 156 patients with beta-thalassemia in GuangXi Autonomous Region (the high incidence area of beta-thalassemia in China) for 3 months as one t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fang S,Wu Z,Zhang X,Liu Y,Wang W,Chai L,Cai H,Yi J,Wang L,Chen Y,Lv X,Huang Y,Wang R,Chen P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium is commonly used in treating mental disorders and bipolar diseases. As physicians frequently keep the patients on long-term lithium therapy, awareness of the numerous side effects and pathogenesis of this lightest alkali metal is needed for such treatments. The present study was designed to evaluate the toxic ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ahmad M,Elnakady Y,Farooq M,Wadaan M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with colitis has been increasing year by year. Recently, intestinal inflammation, as one of the factors for its onset, has been demonstrated to be induced by P2X7 receptor-mediated activation of colonic immune cells such as mast cells. Activation of P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is known to be inhibited...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohbori K,Fujiwara M,Ohishi A,Nishida K,Uozumi Y,Nagasawa K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the modulatory effects of rottlerin on ischemia reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Isolated rat hearts were exposed to 30 min of global ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion using Langendorff apparatus. Myocardial injury was assessed in the terms of infarct size,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kaur K,Singh M,Singh N,Jaggi AS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICR/f mutation in rat, an inherited disorder, is characterized by the development of cataracts. In this study, we analyzed and compared the crystallins in normal and cataractous rat lenses using gel filtration and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and determined the transglutaminase activities and Ca2+ content in t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takeuchi N,Kamei A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of transport of an oral aminocephalosporin, cefroxadine, in rabbit small intestinal brush border membrane vesicles were examined. Uptake rate of cefroxadine was saturable in the presence of an inward H+ gradient, and kinetic parameters were similar to those of cephradine. However, the uptake rate was a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kitagawa S,Sugaya Y

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemia causes the depletion of oxygen and nutrition from brain tissues, and when persistent, results in irreversible damage to the cell function and survival. The cellular response to ischemic conditions and its mechanisms have been investigated widely in in vivo and in vitro experimental models, yet no stu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ujita S,Mizunuma M,Matsuki N,Ikegaya Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to be used in the cellular therapy of solid organs. However, tissue regeneration is limited by the death of transplanted cells. One of the main mechanisms of stem cell death in transplanted organs is through ischemia. In the present study, we sought to inves...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang W,Su X,Gao Y,Sun B,Yu Y,Wang X,Zhang F

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we showed significance of biosurfactants in the field of non-viral vectors for gene transfection. There, a biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid A (MEL-A), especially increased the efficiency of gene transfection mediated with cationic liposomes. However, the molecular mechanism has not been well-understood...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueno Y,Hirashima N,Inoh Y,Furuno T,Nakanishi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MeOH and water extracts of the Netherlands propolis were tested for their inhibitory activity toward nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated murine macrophage-like J774.1 cells. Both of the extract possessed significant NO inhibitory activity with IC(50) values of 23.8 and 51.5 microg/ml...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagaoka T,Banskota AH,Tezuka Y,Midorikawa K,Matsushige K,Kadota S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since grape extract (GE) contains oligomeric proanthocyanidins and numerous polyphenols, dietary GE supplements may exert protective effects against various diseases. The present study investigated the pharmacological effects of GE derived from Chardonnay in vitro and in vivo. GE (100 µg/mL) completely inhibited tumor...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohkita M,Hayashi H,Ito K,Shigematsu N,Tanaka R,Tsutsui H,Matsumura Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimidox (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzamidoxime) is one of the most potent ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors, revealing an antitumor effect in several experimental studies. We have examined the effect of trimidox on the induction of cytotoxicity and apoptosis via oxidative stress by typical free radical inducers, hydrogen p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanno S,Kakuta M,Kitajima Y,Osanai Y,Kurauchi K,Ohtake T,Ujibe M,Uwai K,Takeshita M,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrodynamic method by rapid intravenous injection of a large volume of plasmid DNA is known to be an efficient and liver-specific method of in vivo gene delivery and achieves high levels of foreign gene expression, particularly in hepatocytes. Low transgene activities have also been observed in other organs such ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hattori Y,Koga K,Izumisawa T,Yamasaki M,Narishima R,Yoshida S,Fukui T,Maitani Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of malondialdehyde (MDA) with alpha-N-acetyl-histidine (Ac-His) in the presence of alkanal was investigated. MDA alone did not react with Ac-His but when alkanal was present, a reaction took place. A similar result was obtained for the reaction of MDA with imidazole in the presence of alkanal. In addition...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohya T

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70% ethanol extract (KS-ext) from Kochiae Fructus (dried fruits of Kochia scoparia L.) was screened for its activity on nociceptive and inflammatory responses in experimental animals. Although KS-ext at an oral administration of 500 mg/kg had an antinociceptive effect on writhing responses induced by acetic acid, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuda H,Dai Y,Ido Y,Ko S,Yoshikawa M,Kubo M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PEGylation is an established method for improving the pharmacokinetic properties and pharmacodynamic effects of therapeutic proteins. Amino conjugation by N-hydroxysuccinimide activated polyethylene glycol (PEG-NHS) represents the most common modification of the target proteins. In this study, we compared the reaction...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nojima Y,Iguchi K,Suzuki Y,Sato A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective antigen (Ag) uptake by microfold cells (M-cells) is important for the induction of an efficient mucosal immune responses. Here, we show that 10-hydroxydecanoic acid (10-HDAA) from royal jelly (RJ) potentially supports M-cell differentiation and induces effective antigen-specific mucosal immune responses ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Isayama T,Etoh H,Kishimoto N,Takasaki T,Kuratani A,Ikuta T,Tatefuji T,Takamune N,Muneoka A,Takahashi Y,Misumi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costunolide, isolated from the stem bark of Magnolia sieboldii, is a sesquiterpene lactone that exhibits various biological and immunological actions. We investigated the induction mechanism of apoptosis by costunolide in a human B cell leukemia NALM-6 cell culture system. Costunolide (10 microM)-induced apoptosis tim...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanno S,Kitajima Y,Kakuta M,Osanai Y,Kurauchi K,Ujibe M,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a liquid nutritive and tonic drug (NTD) selected from a modification of the "Kai-xin-shou-yu-shen-qi-wan" prescription, on scopolamine-induced amnesia in mice were investigated using the passive avoidance and water-maze tasks. A popular NTD in Japan that contains 17 crude (natural) drug extracts togethe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sakata Y,Chida R,Ishige K,Edagawa Y,Tadano T,Ito Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00