Studies on interactions between traditional herbal and western medicines. V. effects of Sho-saiko-to (Xiao-Cai-hu-Tang) on the pharmacokinetics of carbamazepine in rats.

abstract：:This study investigated most suitable transforming factor related to the daily Phenobarbital dose (D) providing a steady-state serum concentration (Ct) and analyzed the influences of concomitant antiepileptic drugs on Ct quantitatively. Data obtained by routine therapeutic drug monitoring from a total of 326 epileptic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fukuoka N,Tsukamoto T,Uno J,Kimura M,Morita S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is a technology that specifically inhibits gene expression and is carried out by small 21-27-nucleotide double-stranded small interfering RNA (siRNA) or short hairpin RNA (shRNA). RNAi has become a very promising technology for genetic research, however problems remain with the delivery of siRN...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kawaguchi Y,Danjo K,Okuda T,Okamoto H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of quercetin, a naturally occurring plant flavonoid, in protecting against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-, excitotoxins-, and free radical-induced neuronal injury in mouse cortical cell cultures was investigated. Pre- and co-treatment with quercetin (100 microM) inhibited 50 min OGD-, 20 microM N-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ha HJ,Kwon YS,Park SM,Shin T,Park JH,Kim HC,Kwon MS,Wie MB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinobufagin isolated from traditional Chinese herbs has antitumour, anaesthetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. Recently, the antitumour activity of cinobufagin has attracted increasing attention from researchers. However, the anticancer activity of this drug on esophageal cancer cells and the precise mechan...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Deng X,Sheng J,Liu H,Wang N,Dai C,Wang Z,Zhang J,Zhao J,Dai E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids are the active ingredients in marijuana, which is among the most widely used addictive drugs despite the well-documented harmfulness related to its abuse. The mechanism underlying cannabinoid addiction remains unclear, which is attributed partially to the difficulty in behavioral testing of high-dose cann...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu T,Zheng Q,Qian Z,Wang H,Liu Z,Ren W,Zhang X,Han J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently reported that the consumption of a high-fat diet during pregnancy exerts various effects on fetuses and newborn mice. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a high-fat diet during pregnancy on the expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP) in the livers of offspring. Mouse dams were fe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tajima M,Ikarashi N,Okaniwa T,Imahori Y,Saruta K,Toda T,Ishii M,Tanaka Y,Machida Y,Ochiai W,Yamada H,Sugiyama K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of a traditional Chinese medicine, Shimotsu-to (a combined prescription of cnidium rhizome, peony root, angelica root and rehmannia root), and its included crude fractions were investigated on an adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation model of mice. The aqueous extract (30, 100 and 300 mg/kg, i.p.) of Shimotsu-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kojima S,Inaba K,Kobayashi S,Kimura M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation of 125I-endothelin-1 (125I-ET-1) was examined on cultured porcine aortic endothelial cell (EC) and rat vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) by HPLC analysis. The degradation of ET-1 was observed on SMC and was slightly observed on EC. Membrane fractions of SMC had a strong potency for the degradation of E...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Edano T,Arai K,Koshi T,Torii T,Ohshima T,Hirata M,Ohkuchi M,Okabe T

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans (DBLLs) from the fruit of Forsythia koreana NAKAI (Oleaceae) has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-asthmatic effects. In this study, to clarify the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of DBLL, we evaluated the effects of DBLLs on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee JY,Cho BJ,Park TW,Park BE,Kim SJ,Sim SS,Kim CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) is a natural compound found in a wide variety of plant food substances including members of the family Cruciferae with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive properties. In a previous study, I3C exhibited broad spectrum antibacterial activities. Particularly, it showed a more potent antibact...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sung WS,Lee DG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of compounds isolated from 70% ethanol (EtOH) extraction of Smilax china L. (SCE), a plant belonging to the family Smilacaceae on nicotine-induced endothelial dysfunction (ED) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We isolated 10 compounds from ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lincha VR,Zhao BT,Woo MH,Yang IJ,Shin HM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of the urine protein : creatine ratio (UPCR) in management of molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy has not been studied, although urine protein dipstick testing (uPr) is widely used in the clinical setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of UPCR as compared to uPr in pat...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamura K,Tanaka T,Masumori N,Miyamoto A,Hirano T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daiokanzoto (DKT), a Kampo medicine that includes the combination of two crude drugs (rhubarb and glycyrrhiza), is clinically effective for constipation. The aim of this study is to clarify the influence of glycyrrhiza, three glycyrrhiza constituents (glycyrrhizin, liquiritin, and liquiritin apioside), and eight antib...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsui E,Takayama K,Sato E,Okamura N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the protective effects of Echinacea purpurea against radiation by evaluating changes in the peripheral blood cell count and peripheral blood antioxidant activity. E. purpurea administration had a suppressive effect on radiation-induced leukopenia, especially on lymphocytes and monocytes, and resulted in a f...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mishima S,Saito K,Maruyama H,Inoue M,Yamashita T,Ishida T,Gu Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly sensitive ELISA for the determination of polymyxin B sulfate (PMB) was developed which is capable of measuring as low as 32 pg/ml. Anti-PMB antibody was obtained by immunizing rabbits with PMB conjugated with mercaptosuccinyl bovine serum albumin (MS. BSA) using N-(gamma-maleimidobutyryloxy) succinimide (GMBS...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saita T,Yoshida M,Nakashima M,Matsunaga H,Fujito H,Mori M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cardenolides, two hemiterpenoids, two phenylpropanoids and a phenylethanoid isolated from the roots of Streptocaulon juventas (LOUR.) MERR. were examined for their antiproliferative activity toward three human-derived (HT-1080 fibrosarcoma, lung A549 adenocarcinoma, cervix HeLa adenocarcinoma) and three murine...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda JY,Tezuka Y,Banskota AH,Tran QL,Tran QK,Saiki I,Kadota S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cell responses to poly(DL-lactide) (PDLLA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) with different weight average molecular weight (M.W.). Colony formation of MC3T3-E1 cells on the PLLA with M.W. 270000 or 1370000 was slightly lower than that on glass. The protein, DNA and hydroxypro...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ikarashi Y,Tsuchiya T,Kaniwa M,Nakamura A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed at kinetically characterizing the carrier-mediated transport systems for D-glucose and taurocholate in the rat colon, compared with their respective counterparts in the small intestine. The transport of these compounds was evaluated by measuring the initial uptake into everted intestinal ti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tomei S,Torimoto M,Hayashi Y,Inoue K,Yuasa H,Watanabe J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies were conducted to identify human drug-metabolizing enzymes involved in the metabolism of SNI-2011 ((+/-)-cis-2-methylspiro [1,3-oxathiolane-5,3'-quinuclidine] monohydrochloride hemihydrate, cevimeline hydrochloride hydrate). When 14C-SNI-2011 was incubated with human liver microsomes, SNI-2011 trans-s...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Washio T,Arisawa H,Kohsaka K,Yasuda H

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a piroxicam-loaded gelatin microcapsule with enhanced bioavailability, a gelatin microcapsule encapsulated ethanol and piroxicam has been formulated by using gelatin as a water-soluble polymer shell. The aqueous solubility and bioavailability of piroxicam in piroxicam-loaded microcapsule in rats were then e...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Piao MG,Yang CW,Li DX,Kim JO,Jang KY,Yoo BK,Kim JA,Woo JS,Lyoo WS,Han SS,Lee YB,Kim DD,Yong CS,Choi HG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an attempt to find bioactive medicinal herbs exerting anti-asthmatic activity, the effects of an ethanol extract from the parts of Saururus chinensis were evaluated in both in vitro and in vivo. The ethanol extract of S. chinensis (ESC) inhibited generation of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) dependent phases of prosta...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee E,Haa K,Yook JM,Jin MH,Seo CS,Son KH,Kim HP,Bae KH,Kang SS,Son JK,Chang HW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin, a very potent and often used anti-cancer drug, is largely limited due to the dose-related toxic effects. The present study investigated whether berberine, a natural product alkaloid, can reduce the liver injury induced by doxorubicin. Mice of either gender were randomly divided into four groups: the contr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhao X,Zhang J,Tong N,Chen Y,Luo Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia, as well as postprandial hyperglycemia, are important factors contributing to the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. Nateglinide is a recently approved antidiabetic that suppresses postprandial hyperglycemia by stimulating the early phase of insuli...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mine T,Miura K,Kitahara Y,Okano A,Kawamori R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the eight inbred mouse strains employed in our preceding report, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) painting alone induced CD4+ regulatory T (Tr) cells in four strains (e.g., C3H/He) at 6-8 weeks of age, but not in the remaining strains (e.g., C57BL/6, BALB/c). In the present study, the effect of growth ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Negoro T,Satoh K,Iinuma F,Tobe T,Watanabe M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The weights of prostate and seminal vesicle were decreased by treatment with 3,6-dimethylpyrazine-2-thiol(3,6-DMP-SH) but the weights of testes and the plasma testosterone levels were not changed. The recovery of the weight of prostate and seminal vesicles of testosterone-treated orchidectomized rats were inhibited by...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamada K,Komatsu H,Ohta A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) technology has revolutionized therapeutic gene editing by providing researchers with a new method to study and cure diseases previously considered untreatable. While the full range and power of CRISPR technology for t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Çiçek YA,Luther DC,Kretzmann JA,Rotello VM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCl(4) (0.5 ml/kg as CCl(4)) was orally administered to rats. Twelve hours after administration of CCl(4), plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels, indicators of liver necrosis, were significantly higher than those in the control group showing that active liver necrosis took p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Washino Y,Koga E,Kitamura Y,Kamikawa C,Kobayashi K,Nakagawa T,Nakazaki C,Ichi I,Kojo S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the biological activities present in Streptomyces strains preserved at the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Biological Resource Center, and found a metabolite of Streptomyces roseolilacinus NBRC 12815 that showed a potent anti-tyrosinase activity. The compounds with anti-tyrosinase activity ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakashima T,Anzai K,Kuwahara N,Komaki H,Miyadoh S,Harayama S,Tianero MD,Tanaka J,Kanamoto A,Ando K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is the main form of β-cell death in diabetes. Ginseng has been used as an anti-diabetic herb for several thousand years in Asia with ginsenoside Rg1 and ginsenoside Rb1 as important active ingredients. In this study, we demonstrated ginsenoside Rg1 and Rb1 protect β-cells from high glucose/cytokine-induced p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chen F,Chen Y,Kang X,Zhou Z,Zhang Z,Liu D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor plays a key role in learning and memory. Our recent studies have shown that nobiletin from citrus peels activates the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) signaling pathway and ameliorates NMDA receptor antagonist-induced learning impairment by activating extracellular ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kimura J,Nemoto K,Degawa M,Yokosuka A,Mimaki Y,Shimizu K,Oku N,Ohizumi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00