The mitotic-arresting and apoptosis-inducing effects of diosgenyl saponins on human leukemia cell lines.

abstract：:The in vitro percutaneous permeation of diclofenac from various vehicles was examined using rat abdominal skin as a model membrane. The oleaginous vehicles used in this study consisted of three components: i.e. fatty acid, fatty acid ester and nonpolar oil. The solubilities of sodium diclofenac in formulated vehicles ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahashi K,Suzuki T,Sakano H,Mizuno N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calprotectin is a calcium- and zinc-binding protein complex that is abundant in cytosol of neutrophils. The concentration of calprotectin in extracellular fluids is greatly increased under various inflammatory conditions in vivo. We recently demonstrated that calprotectin inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis of...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mikami M,Kitahara M,Kitano M,Ariki Y,Mimaki Y,Sashida Y,Yamazaki M,Yui S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of biological potency and its comparison with clinical effects are important in the quality control of therapeutic glycoproteins. Animal models are usually used for evaluating bioactivity of these compounds. However, alternative methods are required to simplify the bioassay and avoid ethical issues associat...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yanagihara S,Taniguchi Y,Hosono M,Yoshioka E,Ishikawa R,Shimada Y,Kadoya T,Kutsukake K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activating factor (PAF)-acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes the acetyl ester at the sn-2 position of PAF, and converts it to the inactive metabolite, lyso PAF. This enzyme is distributed widely in the intracellular as well as the extracellular matrix and is believed to be a defense mechanism...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee E,Lee SJ,Lee TY,Chang HW

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangiferin, a natural glucosyl xanthone from the leaves of Mangifera indica L., was previously shown to exert potent hypouricemic effects associated with inhibition of the activity of xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase. The present study aimed to evaluate its uricosuric effect and possible molecular mechanisms underlying ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yang H,Gao L,Niu Y,Zhou Y,Lin H,Jiang J,Kong X,Liu X,Li L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When kalopanaxsaponin K (KPK) from Kalopanax pictus was incubated for 24 h at 37 degrees C with human intestinal microflora, KPK was mainly metabolized to kalopanaxsaponin I (KPI) via kalopanaxsaponin H (KPH) rather than via kalopanaxsaponin J (KPJ), and then transformed to kalopanaxsaponin A (KPA) and hederagenin. Ba...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim DH,Bae EA,Han MJ,Park HJ,Choi JW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to clarify the effect of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonist, (RS)-1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylic acid (AIDA) on pentetrazol-induced kindled seizures. The mechanism of the anticonvulsant effect of AIDA was also studied. Mice were anesthetized with pentobarbital; t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Watanabe Y,Kaida Y,Takechi K,Kamei C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) plays an important role in the development of glomerulonephritis. The study of experimental glomerulonephritis in rats was performed to examine the antinephritic effects of TJN-331, a new herbally-derived chemical compound. To clarify the action of TJN-331 ((E)-N-(3,4-dimet...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saegusa Y,Sadakane C,Koseki J,Hasegawa Y,Shindo S,Maruyama H,Takeda S,Takeda H,Hattori T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-D-Xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37) has been purified from ginsenoside Ra-metabolizing Bifidobacterium breve K-110, which was isolated from human intestinal microflora. beta-D-Xylosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, QAE-cellulose, butyl-toyopearl, hydroxyapatit a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shin HY,Lee JH,Lee JY,Han YO,Han MJ,Kim DH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen thiopaeonimetabolin-I adducts were obtained as mixtures of diastereoisomers after incubation of paeoniflorin with Lactobacillus brevis in the presence of various thiols. The anticonvulsant activity of the adducts was investigated in mice using the maximal subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol seizure test and sodiu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Abdel-Hafez AA,Meselhy MR,Nakamura N,Hattori M,Watanabe H,Murakami Y,El-Gendy MA,Mahfouz NM,Mohamed TA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effects of psychotropic drugs on the cytochrome P450 2D (CYP2D)-mediated 21-hydroxylation of progesterone (PROG) and allopregnanolone (ALLO) with the goal of clarifying whether neurosteroid levels are affected by psychotropic drugs in the brain. PROG or ALLO was incubated with rat CYP2D4 or human CYP...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Niwa T,Okada K,Hiroi T,Imaoka S,Narimatsu S,Funae Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the relatively high prevalence of migraine or headache, the pathophysiological mechanisms triggering headache-associated peripheral hypersensitivities, are unknown. Since nitric oxide (NO) is well known as a causative factor in the pathogenesis of migraine or migraine-associated hypersensitivities, a mouse mod...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim SJ,Yeo JH,Yoon SY,Kwon SG,Lee JH,Beitz AJ,Roh DH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Darexaban maleate is a novel oral direct factor Xa inhibitor. Darexaban glucuronide (YM-222714) was the major component in plasma after oral administration of darexaban to humans and is the pharmacologically active metabolite. Additionally, YM-222714 N-oxides were detected as minor metabolites in human plasma and urin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shiraga T,Yajima K,Teragaki T,Suzuki K,Hashimoto T,Iwatsubo T,Miyashita A,Usui T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomacromolecules (>40 kDa) have been developed as drug delivery system (DDS) carriers of low-molecular weight drugs to promote these drugs' uptake by cancer tissues via enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effects. Human serum albumin (HSA) has been found to accumulate in cancer tissues via this EPR effect. HSA ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishima Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic value of an antirheumatic alkaloid, sinomenine (SIN), was investigated in the acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). SIN is a bioactive alkaloid derived from the Chinese medicinal plant, Sinomenium acutum REHDER & E. H. WILSON (Family Menispermaceae). Ch...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zeng Y,Gu B,Ji X,Ding X,Song C,Wu F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) are the first lymph nodes (LN) where cancer cells metastasize from the primary tumor. We designed fluorophore-quencher-based activatable nanoparticles for SLN imaging. We selected TAMRA as a fluorophore and BHQ2 or QSY7 as a quencher. Ternary anionic complexes were constructed with generatio...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hagimori M,Hatabe E,Sano K,Miyazaki H,Sasaki H,Saji H,Mukai T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoting effect of d-limonene and l-menthol on the percutaneous absorption of nonionized and ionized diclofenac (DF) was investigated employing a pretreatment method. After the pretreatment of hairless rat skin with an ethanol buffer solution containing terpenes, the permeation study was performed in vitro. The p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Obata Y,Takayama K,Maitani Y,Machida Y,Nagai T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of VP-343 ((N-[4-[[(2S,3aR)-2-hydroxy-2,3,3a,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]qunoxalin-5(1H)-yl]phenyl]-4'-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-carboxamide), a selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, using the experimental SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate secretion of...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Naito A,Hasegawa H,Kurasawa T,Ohtake Y,Matsukawa H,Ezure Y,Tsuriya Y,Koike K,Shigenobu K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor activity of fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus was investigated in human colon carcinoma cells. The crude fucoidan, a polysaccharide composed predominantly of sulfated fucose, markedly inhibited the growth of HCT-15 cells (human colon carcinoma cells). After HCT-15 cells were treated with fucoidan, several ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hyun JH,Kim SC,Kang JI,Kim MK,Boo HJ,Kwon JM,Koh YS,Hyun JW,Park DB,Yoo ES,Kang HK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The permeability of insulin across Xenopus pulmonary membrane and the effects of various absorption enhancers on insulin permeability were examined using an in vitro Ussing chamber technique. Absorption enhancers used in this study were sodium caprate (NaCap), sodium glycocholate (NaGC), sodium salicylate (NaSal) and ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamoto A,Tanaka H,Okumura S,Shinsako K,Ito M,Yamashita M,Okada N,Fujita T,Muranishi S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that female rats are resistant to ischemic acute renal failure (ARF), compared with male rats. To elucidate sex differences in ischemic ARF, we searched global protein expression in post-ischemic kidneys using proteomic techniques. Ischemic ARF was induced by 45-min ischemia followed by reperfusion. By pro...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takayama J,Takaoka M,Sugino Y,Yamamoto Y,Ohkita M,Matsumura Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Acetyltropolone, a minor component of Thujopsis dolabrata SIEB. et Zucc. hondai MAKINO, showed antimicrobial activity against various microorganisms including wood-rotting fungi, a phytogrowth-inhibitory effect with chlorophyll biosynthesis inhibition, cytotoxic effect and inhibitory activity on metalloproteases. Th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morita Y,Matsumura E,Tsujibo H,Yasuda M,Okabe T,Sakagami Y,Kumeda Y,Ishida N,Inamor Y

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for possible anti-tumor-promoters (cancer chemopreventive agents), we carried out primary screening of 23 triterpenoid hydrocarbons (1-23) isolated from ferns using an in vitro synergistic assay system. Of these triterpenoids, hop-17(21)-ene (2), neohop-13(18)-ene (3), neohop-12-ene (4), taraxerane (17), mul...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Konoshima T,Takasaki M,Tokuda H,Masuda K,Arai Y,Shiojima K,Ageta H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulating γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake transport on the plasma membranes is required for its efficient clearance from the brain interstitial fluid. The purpose of this study was to clarify the assembly of taurine transporter (TauT/Slc6a6) and PSD-95/Disc-large/Zo-1 (PDZ) domain of Na+-H+ exchanger regulatory fac...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tachikawa M,Yokoyama R,Akanuma SI,Hosoya KI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research is improvement of therapeutic treatment for periodontitis by using lipophilic and/or hydrophilic zinc materials. The sample suspension injections were prepared from zinc octanate (C8Zn), zinc stearate (C18Zn), zinc sulfate hepta-hydrate (ZnSO4) and tricalcium phosphate (ZnTCP) containing 6...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tokudome Y,Otsuka M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ointments of the skin depigmentation agent hydroquinone (HQ) have been prepared by extemporaneous nonsterile compounding in our hospital. The HQ ointments were highly effective in the treatment of various types of skin pigmentations; however, various problems have emerged including chromatic aberration of the ointment...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsubayashi T,Sakaeda T,Kita T,Kurimoto Y,Nakamura T,Nishiguchi K,Fujita T,Kamiyama F,Yamamoto A,Okumura K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro skin permeability of 16 drugs with a wide range of lipophilicity (log P; -0.95-4.40) was evaluated by the use of an ethanol/water (60/40) binary vehicle with or without lauric acid as a permeation enhancer. The enhancing effect by the addition of lauric acid to the ethanol/water (60/40) binary vehicle cou...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee CK,Uchida T,Kitagawa K,Yagi A,Kim NS,Goto S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Aspartate (D-Asp), a free D-amino acid found in mammals, plays crucial roles in the neuroendocrine, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Recent studies have implicated D-Asp in the pathophysiology of infertility and N-methyl-D-Asp receptor-related diseases. D-Asp oxidase (DDO), a degradative enzyme that is stereo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Katane M,Kawata T,Nakayama K,Saitoh Y,Kaneko Y,Matsuda S,Saitoh Y,Miyamoto T,Sekine M,Homma H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropolone (1). showed strong insecticidal activity on Tyrophagus putrescentiae and Dermatophagoides farinae. The insecticidal effect of 1 on both insects was stronger than that of hinokitiol (2, 4-isopropyltropolone: major component of Thujopsis dolabrata SIEB. et ZUCC. hondai MAKINO). The insecticidal activity of bot...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morita Y,Matsumura E,Okabe T,Shibata M,Sugiura M,Ohe T,Tsujibo H,Ishida N,Inamori Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improvement of diabetic complications such as lipid lowering and anti-oxidative potential of Hydrangea Dulcis Folium (HDF) was studied in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups after induction of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetes: normal control; diabetic control; dia...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim HK,Kim MJ,Lyu ES,Shin DH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00