Antinociceptive effects of St. John's wort, Harpagophytum procumbens extract and Grape seed proanthocyanidins extract in mice.

abstract：:The effect of methylcarbonylmethyl 2(S)-14-(4-guanidino-benzoyloxy) phenyl] propionate methanesulfonate (TT-S24) on experimental pancreatitis in rats was examined in comparison with that of camostat. TT-S24 showed a preventive effect on increases in plasma amylase activity and pancreatic weight induced by cerulein inj...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tagami H,Abe S,Yoshida Y,Tanaka I,Kamei C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoprotective activity guided chemical analyses led to the isolation of two dicaffeoyl quinic acid derivatives, methyl 3,4-di-O-caffeoyl quinate (1) and 3,4-di-O-caffeoyl quinic acid (2) from water extract of propolis, and their structures were determined by the use of 2D NMR. These compounds were stronger antihepa...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Basnet P,Matsushige K,Hase K,Kadota S,Namba T

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Panaxydol, a polyacetylenic compound derived from Panax ginseng has been reported to suppress the growth of cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying cell cycle arrest by this compound in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are unknown. Our study found that panaxydol treatment induced cell cycle arrest...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee JH,Leem DG,Chung KS,Kim KT,Choi SY,Lee KT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the renal handling of therapeutic compounds observed as a non-linear process with a diffusion phenomenon, we employed a non-linear dispersion model described with a partial differential equation and solved it by using the finite difference method with an implicit scheme in a model dependent analysis. In thi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aiba T,Kubota S,Koizumi T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agaricus blazei is a medicinal mushroom native to Brazil. It used to be a source of anti-tumor and immunmoactive compounds and considered a health food in many countries. However, its specific effect against mast cell-mediated anaphylactic reactions is still unknown. In the present study, we investigated the effect of...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Choi YH,Yan GH,Chai OH,Choi YH,Zhang X,Lim JM,Kim JH,Lee MS,Han EH,Kim HT,Song CH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the genotypic status of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) polymorphism to evaluate the possible risk of the toxicity of azathioprine (AZA) in 68 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The allele frequency of TPMT mutation in the SLE group (2.9%) was higher than that in 174 Japanese healthy...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okada Y,Nakamura K,Kodama T,Ueki K,Tsukada Y,Maezawa A,Tsukamoto N,Nojima Y,Ishizaki T,Horiuchi R,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:In Parkinson's disease, while dopamine (DA) replacement therapy, such as with L-DOPA (levodopa), improves the symptoms, it does not inhibit the degeneration of DA neurons in the substantia nigra. Numerous studies have suggested that both endogenous and environmental neurotoxins and oxidative stress may participate in ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kitamura Y,Kakimura J,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse thioglycollate-induced peritoneal macrophages effectively, in the absence of serum, recognized mouse polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) mildly oxidized with diamide, superoxide (hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase) or t-butyhydroperoxide, or modified with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). The recognition reached a maximum when...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Beppu M,Yokoyama N,Motohashi M,Kikugawa K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that antibodies with low fucose content in their oligosaccharides exhibit highly potent antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). However, composites of therapeutic antibodies produced by conventional production systems using cell lines such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and SP2/0 do ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tojo S,Okazaki A,Wakitani M,Shinkawa T,Uchida K,Suzawa T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been retracted by the Editorial Committee of The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan because it contains scientific misconduct. Although the data published in this article were generated in part by the first author, the authors violated authorship and sponsorship protocol. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim JH,Lee JH,Kim YJ

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens and/or pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics considerations may result in off-label use of a certain class of antibacterials, including tigecycline. This study was performed to clarify the safety profile of tigecycline in the user-derived manner and to compare it with ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kadoyama K,Sakaeda T,Tamon A,Okuno Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimation of metallothionein (MT) levels in a biological sample is required to study the physiological role or the induction of MT, which is a multifunctional protein. MT contains 61 amino acids with 20 homologous cysteines. The high selectivity, sensitivity and stability of N-[4-(dimethylamino-2-benzofuranyl)phe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shinogi M,Nishinaga K,Yokoyama I

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) was diagnosed in a 39-year-old woman, treated with ampicillin (4000-8000 mg daily), phenytoin (250 mg daily), and furosemide (20-40 mg daily) for 25, 21, and 20 d, respectively, before the appearance of the eruption. The lymphocyte stimulation test with the MTT [3-(4,5-dimethyl thiazol-2...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshimura T,Hamaguchi E,Usami E,Nakashima K,Kawaguchi M,Suzuki N,Okamoto Y,Nakao T,Yamazaki F

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:The fundamental role that receptor tyrosine kinases play in cancer and other proliferative diseases has provided the impetus for an extensive effort on the part of both academic and pharmaceutical laboratories to develop highly specific inhibitors. In this study, inhibitory activity of previously synthesized arylaceti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Altuntas TG,Olgen S,Nebioglu D,Akaho E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) plays important roles in the glucuronidation of various drugs and endogenous substances. Minipigs have been used as experimental animals in pharmacological and toxicological studies, because many of their physiological characteristics are similar to those ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miyake Y,Mayumi K,Jinno H,Tanaka-Kagawa T,Narimatsu S,Hanioka N

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Significant selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitory activities were observed for two new 1,4-naphthoquinone sodium salts, sodium 3-hydroxide-2[[sodium 3-hydroxide-1,4-dioxo(2-naphthyl)]ethyl]naphthalene-1,4-dione (impatienolate) (1) and sodium 2-hydroxide-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)naphthalene-1,4-dione (balsaminolate) (...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Oku H,Ishiguro K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When normal rabbits were administered various samples of deep-sea water, their biochemical values changed within normal limits, and no differences from distilled water administration (control) group levels were observed. Furthermore, no histopathological changes were observed in internal organs on the 28th day after a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshioka S,Hamada A,Cui T,Yokota J,Yamamoto S,Kusunose M,Miyamura M,Kyotani S,Kaneda R,Tsutsui Y,Odani K,Odani I,Nishioka Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of kolaviron (KV), a biflavonoid from Garcinia kola seeds, against gamma-radiation (5 Gy)-induced oxidative stress in brain of Wistar rats. Vitamin C (VC) served as standard antioxidant. Forty-four rats were divided into 4 groups of 11 animals each. One group w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Adaramoye OA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antiinflammatory saponin components were isolated from the alkaline hydrolysate of a butanol-soluble portion of Kalopanax pictus bark extract through an in vivo activity-guided fractionation procedure. The hydrolysate showed inhibition of adjuvant induced arthritis in rats. After further fractionation, the ethyl...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li DW,Hyun JE,Jeong CS,Kim YS,Lee EB

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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：:Calreticulin (CRT) and calnexin (CNX), homologous major chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), are known to translocate to the cell surface in response to chemotherapeutic agents, such as mitoxantrone (MIT), and cellular stresses, including apoptosis. Cell surface CRT (ecto-CRT) is relevant to the phagocytic up...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Azuma Y,Suzuki K,Higai K,Matsumoto K,Tada S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of zaldaride on acetylcholine-induced colonic electrolyte secretion was examined. The short-circuit current response to acetylcholine was partially reduced by tetrodotoxin, a neuronal blocker, and was completely inhibited by atropine, an acetylcholine M receptor antagonist, in the rat colonic preparations. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aikawa N,Kishibayashi N,Karasawa A,Ohmori K

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Ty2 retrotransposons are the mobile genetic elements of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcriptional regulation of Ty2-917 requires a complex set of cis acting elements which are located both upstream and downstream of the transcription initiation site. Previously, the glycolysis regulatory protein Gcr1p has be...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Türkel S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODEs) are generated by oxidation of linoleic acid in vivo and thought to mediate various pathophysiological responses. In this study, we examined the effects of HODEs on EL4 mouse lymphoma cell growth and found that 9-(E,Z)-HODE inhibited EL4 cell growth in a dose-dependent manner, where...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kodaka A,Hayakawa Y,AlSayegh RJ,Yasuhara T,Tomoda H,Oku T,Dan S,Tsuiji M,Tsuji T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00