Effects of some beta-adrenoceptor antagonists on orthostatic hypotension in repeatedly cold- (SART-) stressed rats.

abstract：:Defining a quantitative and reliable relationship between in vitro drug release and in vivo absorption is highly desired for rational development, optimization, and evaluation of controlled-release dosage forms and manufacturing process. During the development of once daily extended-release (ER) tablet of glipizide, a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ghosh A,Bhaumik UK,Bose A,Mandal U,Gowda V,Chatterjee B,Chakrabarty US,Pal TK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), a phthalate ester, has been shown to have an adjuvant effect on fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-induced contact hypersensitivity (CHS) mouse models. Di-n-butyl maleate (DBM), widely used as a plasticizer for industrial application, has been reported to cause dermatitis in humans. DBM is a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuoka T,Kurohane K,Suzuki W,Ogawa E,Kobayashi K,Imai Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3',4'-Diisovalerylkhellactone diester (PJ-1) is a coumarin derivative purified from the medicinal herb Peucedanum japonicum Thunb. We examined its in vitro effects on various aspects of platelet reactivity. PJ-1 inhibited the aggregation and ATP release of rabbit platelets induced by PAF (platelet-activating factor) a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hsiao G,Ko FN,Jong TT,Teng CM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubeimoside I (TBMS I), an extract from Chinese herbal medicine Bolbostemma paniculatum (MAXIM.) FRANQUET (Cucurbitaceae) has been shown as a potent anti-tumor agent for a variety of human cancers, but yet to be evaluated for hepatoma that is highly prevalent in Eastern Asian countries including China. Here, we examin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wang Y,Deng L,Zhong H,Wang Y,Jiang X,Chen J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of the abnormal expression of the bile salt export pump (BSEP) and multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) in isoniazid (INH)-induced liver injury, we assessed the liver injury induced by INH in rats and HepG2 cells in vitro. The regulatory pathways via Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Qu X,Zhang Y,Zhang S,Zhai J,Gao H,Tao L,Song Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The intestinal expression of the CYP3A subfamily was investigated in female rats, and the intestinal metabolism of two CYP3A substrates, testosterone and rifabutin, was examined and compared between males and females. CYP3A1/23 and CYP3A2 intestinal expression was barely detected in male and female rats. Although CYP3...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aiba T,Yoshinaga M,Ishida K,Takehara Y,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diosgenyl saponins are the most abundant steroid saponins, and exert a large variety of biological functions. In a previous report, we showed that dioscin was able to induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis in human myeloblast leukemia HL-60 cells. This study further investigated the action mechanisms underlying this effect...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu MJ,Wang Z,Ju Y,Zhou JB,Wang Y,Wong RN

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists have neuroprotective properties in addition to their original pharmacologic function. We examined the effects of pergolide mesilate (PM) on the levels of metallothionein mRNA expression and lipid peroxidation in the corpus striata of 1-methyl 4-phenyl 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkins...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ono S,Hirai K,Tokuda E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is a highly sophisticated post-translational modification of proteins that occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus. The vital biological functions served by protein glycosylation can be separated into two types. The first is the role of glycosylation in the extracellular environm...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitro reduction is a critical step in the mutagenic activation of nitroarene. Nitroarene and quinone are known to be reduced by common enzymes, and thus, naphthoquinone (NQ) was studied for its effects on the mutagenicity of nitroarene in the Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA98 without S9. The mutagenicity of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohmori K,Kishi M,Nakaoka T,Miyata N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin has been suggested to play important roles in lipid metabolism as well as circadian rhythm; however, very few studies explored the effects of ramelteon, a selective melatonin receptor agonist, on serum lipid profiles. In this study effects of ramelteon on serum lipid profiles were explored, comparing to thos...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Torii H,Shimizu R,Tanizaki Y,Omiya Y,Yamamoto M,Kamiike S,Yasuda D,Hiraoka Y,Hashida T,Kume N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculovirus vectors (BVs) enable safe and efficient gene delivery to mammalian cells and are useful in a wide range of applications, including gene therapy and in vivo analysis of gene functions. We previously developed BVs expressing malaria sporozoite surface proteins for targeting liver cells or hepatocytes. Howeve...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kawai Y,Kawabata C,Sakaguchi M,Tamura T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swallowing involves several motor processes such as bolus formation and intraoral transport of a food bolus (oral stage) and a series of visceral events that occur in a relatively fixed timed sequence but are to some degree modifiable (pharyngeal stage or swallow reflex). Reflecting the progressive aging of society, p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamura K,Kitagawa J,Kurose M,Sugino S,Takatsuji H,Mostafeezur RM,Zakir HM,Yamada Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solifenacin succinate is a novel muscarinic receptor antagonist used for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB). We investigated the effects of solifenacin by oral and intravenous administration on carbachol (CCh)-induced intravesical pressure (IVP) elevation and compared its efficacy with that on CCh-induced saliv...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okutsu H,Noguchi Y,Ohtake A,Suzuki M,Sato S,Sasamata M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (AcSDKP) is an endogenous peptide released from its precursor (thymosin-β4) by prolyl oligopeptidase. AcSDKP is a natural inhibitor of pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and is normally found in human plasma. AcSDKP has been shown to be a potent angiogenic factor an...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Suzuki Y,Katagiri F,Sato F,Fujioka K,Sato Y,Fujioka T,Sato Y,Mimata H,Itoh H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the activity of Ca(2+)-ATPase in liver plasma membrane and cytosolic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in an individual vital cell in mouse liver 18 h after endotoxin administration. Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in liver plasma membrane in the poisoned mice was markedly decreased to 28% of that i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sakaguchi S,Tsutsumi E,Yokota K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sauchinone, a biologically active lignan found in Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae), exerts various biological activities against jaundice, inflammatory disease, hepatic steatosis, and oxidative injury. Despite its diverse applications, there exists some information about sauchinone's pharmacokinetics but its tissue di...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YJ,Han SY,Seo JS,Chin YW,Choi YH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate insecticidal activity of spider toxins, metal ions in venoms and in the bodies were determined by thin layer chromatography, spark source mass spectrometry, ion chromatography, inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry and atomic absorption spectrometry. Two kinds of spiders were used, Nephila clav...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshioka M,Narai N,Shinkai A,Tokuda T,Saito K,Shioya M,Tokoro N,Kono Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Thiophenecarboxylic acid (I) exhibited growth-inhibitory activity in five kinds of plants. In particular, I strongly inhibited the growth of the roots of Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia LAM and Echinochloa utilis OHWI et YABUNO, even at the low concentration of 5.0 x 10(-3) M. Furthermore, all of the I-related com...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Inamori Y,Muro C,Funakoshi Y,Usami Y,Tsujibo H,Numata A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to isolate a cholesterol-lowering compound from Alpinia katsumadai, an inhibitor for acyl-CoA : cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), an enzyme responsible for the cholesterol ester formation in liver, was purified, its chemical structure was determined, and in vivo and in vitro inhibition activities were perfo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Choi SY,Lee MH,Choi JH,Kim YK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the quantitative analysis of saikosaponins from Radix Bupleuri in China was performed by high performance liquid chromatography. Saikosaponin-a and -d were converted completely into saikosaponin-b1 and -b2 by mild acid treatment. Distinctive measuring of these converted diene-saponins provided a rapid a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li XQ,Gao QT,Chen XH,Bi KS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a silent polymorphism of C3435T of the MDR1 gene, encoding the multidrug resistant transporter MDR1/P-glycoprotein, has been found to be associated with susceptibility to ulcerative colitis (UC), but this remains controversial. This study was conducted to find a possible reason for the discrepancies, and it ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Osuga T,Sakaeda T,Nakamura T,Yamada T,Koyama T,Tamura T,Aoyama N,Okamura N,Kasuga M,Okumura K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly inhibitory effects of hybrid liposomes on the growth of human breast tumor cells in vitro were obtained. It is worthy to note that induction of apoptosis through activation of caspases by hybrid liposomes was clearly observed. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagami H,Matsumoto Y,Ueoka R

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV) is a new emerging viral disease characterized by high fatality rate. Understanding MERS CoV genetic aspects and codon usage pattern is important to understand MERS CoV survival, adaptation, evolution, resistance to innate immunity, and help in finding the unique ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Alnazawi M,Altaher A,Kandeel M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is popular as a potherb in many areas of Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean region and is widely distributed around the globe. It has a wide range of pharmacological effects, such as antibacterial, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative properties. Although the extract of p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim JY,Oh HM,Kwak SC,Cheon YH,Lee MS,Rho MC,Oh J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin (Rap) has been demonstrated to affect lipid metabolism through stimulating lipolysis, inhibiting de novo lipogenesis and reducing adiposity. In the present study, we investigated rapamycin exposure's influence on adipose tissue browning in high-fat diet-induced fatty mice. Four-week old C57BL/6J mice were fe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wang Y,He Z,Li X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to regulation of normal cell functions, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has also been shown to be involved in malignant cell transformation and in growth, invasion and metastasis in cancer cells. Inhibitors of HGF production have a potential for interfering with malignant cell transformation and progression...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Motoki T,Takami Y,Yagi Y,Tai A,Yamamoto I,Gohda E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), including exosomes as typical example, are cell-derived vesicles comprising lipid bilayer with a diameter approximately 100 nm. sEVs are endogenous delivery vehicles that deliver their contents such as nucleic acids and proteins to recipient cells. Because of their potential nature...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takakura Y,Matsumoto A,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00