Yokukansan inhibits social isolation-induced aggression and methamphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion in rodents.

abstract：:Endogenously produced reactive oxygen species reportedly stimulate insulin secretion from islet β-cells. However, the molecular machinery that governs the oxidant-induced insulin secretion has yet to be determined. The present study demonstrates, using rat islet β-cell-derived RINm5F cells, the involvement of the tran...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Numazawa S,Takase M,Ahiko T,Ishii M,Shimizu S,Yoshida T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 8-substituted quinolines were synthesized and tested against seizures induced by maximal electro shock (MES), pentylenetetrazole (scMet) and antihypertensive activities. Neurologic deficit was evaluated by the rotarod test. Among the newly synthesized derivatives, several compounds with a 2-hydroxypropylox...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Muruganantham N,Sivakumar R,Anbalagan N,Gunasekaran V,Leonard JT

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of bisphenol A (BPA) was determined for 11 forms of human hepatic cytochromes P450 (CYPs) expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and for human steroidogenic CYP17 expressed in Escherichia coli. Additionally, the effect of BPA on the progesterone 17alpha-chydroxylase activity of CYP17 was invest...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Niwa T,Fujimoto M,Kishimoto K,Yabusaki Y,Ishibashi F,Katagiri M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A close relationship between rat liver regeneration and the concentration ratio of spermidine to spermine (spd:spm) was demonstrated by the oral administration of trans-4-methylcyclohexylamine (MCHA), a specific inhibitor of putrescine aminopropyltransferase. A decrease in recovery rate of remnant liver with MCHA, as ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kobayashi M,Takao K,Shiota Y,Sugita Y,Takahashi M,Nakae D,Samejima K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dacarbazine (DTIC) is converted to the photo-degradation product 4-diazoimidazole-5-carboxamide (Diazo-IC) by light. Diazo-IC production is often responsible for the pain reactions observed during peripheral intravenous infusion of DTIC in clinical settings. Although light shielding during infusion decreases the photo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tashiro M,Naito T,Yamamoto C,Katoh SY,Kawakami J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of long-term Hypericum perforatum treatment on spatial learning and memory in rats. Hypericum preparation (HP) standardized to 0.3% hypericin content was administered orally for 9 weeks in doses of 4.3 and 13 microg/kg corresponding to therapeutic dosages in h...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Widy-Tyszkiewicz E,Piechal A,Joniec I,Blecharz-Klin K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins (MTs) occur throughout the animal kingdom and they are induced in vivo by metals, hormones, cytotoxic agents, and some kind of stress. It is well known that various stresses such as starvation and immobilization can induce MT synthesis in animal tissues, but the influence of dietary restriction is unk...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shinogi M,Sakaridani M,Yokoyama I

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined region-dependent differences and alterations in the levels of protective thiol compounds, glutathione (GSH) and metallothionein (MT)-I and -II, in cultured rat astrocytes under several culture conditions and in brain tissues of rats at postnatal and weaning periods. Regardless of culture conditions, both p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Adachi T,Satoh M,Pramanik R,Kuroda S,Ishido M,Kunimoto M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized a new quaternary ammonium salt, N-alkyl-N-2-hydroxyethyl-N, N-dimethylammonium butyl phosphate (ABP) that does not precipitate in the presence of anionic surfactants by incorporating a paired butyl phosphate anion into cationic surfactants. ABP showed much greater bactericidal activities and antirusting...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohta S,Makino M,Nagai K,Zenda H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), i.e. human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells, are able to self-renew and differentiate into multiple cell types. Because of these abilities, numerous attempts have been made to utilize hPSCs in regenerative medicine/cell therapy. hPSCs are, however, als...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kuroda T,Yasuda S,Sato Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hinokitiol (beta-thujaplicin), beta-dolabrin and gamma-thujaplicin isolated from Thujopsis dolabrata SIEB. et ZUCC var hondai MAKINO showed antifungal activities against all of the wood-rotting fungi examined. The antifungal activity of three compounds on Daedalea dickinsii IFO-4979 was especially strong, their minimu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Inamori Y,Sakagami Y,Morita Y,Shibata M,Sugiura M,Kumeda Y,Okabe T,Tsujibo H,Ishida N

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant sex-related difference was observed for the pharmacokinetics of acetohexamide in Wistar-Imamichi (Wistar-IM) rats. However, there was no sex difference of the in vitro reductive metabolism of acetohexamide in the liver or kidney of these rats. Testectomy was found to decrease the plasma clearance (CLp) o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Imamura Y,Kaneko M,Mori Y,Otagiri M

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Nine murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against recombinant soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) were evaluated by means of ELISAs, and their neutralizing activity was investigated in two bioassays employing Raji cells activated with phorbol myristate acetate. Three of the MAbs inhibited autoagg...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Inuzuka H,Seita T,Okamoto K,Iida K,Ogawa Y,Iwasa S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible protective effects of benidipine (Coniel), a calcium antagonist, on mechanical dysfunction, metabolic damage and changes in vascular reactivity during ischemia and reperfusion in the Langendorff-perfused rat heart. The responses of perfusion pressure to U-46619, a vasoconstrictor, and acet...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yao K,Karasawa A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further enhance the efficiency and potential of plants for phytoremediation of mercury pollution, a genetically engineered tobacco to simultaneously express mercury transporter, mercury transporter (MerT) and mercury chelator, polyphosphate (polyP) was constructed by integrating bacterial merT gene in polyphosphate...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagata T,Nakamura A,Akizawa T,Pan-Hou H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in tumor angiogenesis and represents an attractive anticancer target. We have previously demonstrated that a redox-silent analogue of α-tocotrienol, 6-O-carboxypropyl-α-tocotrienol (T3E) exhibits potent anti-carcinogenic property in human malignant mesothe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sato A,Virgona N,Ando A,Ota M,Yano T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work aimed to investigate the vasorelaxant effect of isotirumalin, a dihydroflavonol isolated from Derris urucu (Leguminosae). The vasorelaxant effect of isotirumalin was investigated in the rat aorta, in the presence and in the absence of a functional endothelium. The production of nitric oxide (NO) induc...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mendes LJ,Capettini LS,Lôbo LT,da Silva GA,Arruda MS,Lemos VS,Côrtes SF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caesalpinia ferrea MART. (Leguminosae) called as Juca is one of the medicinal plants in Brazil used for diabetes. From the fruits of this plant, ellagic acid (EA) and 2-(2,3,6-trihydroxy-4-carboxyphenyl)ellagic acid (TEA) have been recently isolated as aldose reductase (AR) inhibitors. In this study, we examined to pr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda H,Kawanishi K,Moriyasu M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1-->3)-beta-D-Glucans exhibit a variety of biological and immunopharmacological activities, and the degree of these activities depends on the nature of the individual glucans e.q. molecular weight, degree of branching and conformation. Based on the generally accepted evidence that the conformation of Sonifilan (SPG) ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miura NN,Ohno N,Adachi Y,Aketagawa J,Tamura H,Tanaka S,Yadomae T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pairs of forward and reverse primers and TaqMan probes specific to each of 15 human sulfotransferases were prepared. The mRNA expression level of each target enzyme was analyzed in total RNA from single and pooled specimens of various human tissues (adrenal gland, bone marrow, brain, colon, heart, kidney, liver, lung,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishimura M,Naito S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of the adverse effects of oxaliplatin, a key agent in colon cancer chemotherapy, a taste disorder is a severe issue in a clinical situation because it decreases the quality of life of patients. However, there is little information on the mechanism underlying the oxaliplatin-induced taste disorder. Here, we exam...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohishi A,Nishida K,Yamanaka Y,Miyata A,Ikukawa A,Yabu M,Miyamoto K,Bansho S,Nagasawa K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first-pass intestinal metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was investigated by single-pass perfusion of the rat small intestine. At the low concentration of 0.06 mg/ml, the fraction of 5-FU absorbed into (i.e., appeared in) the mesenteric venous blood (Fa,b) was about 50% smaller than the fraction absorbed (disappe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Gu J,Yuasa H,Hayashi Y,Watanabe J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some P450 enzymes are expressed not only in the liver but also in the small intestine, and these enzymes play an important role in first-pass drug metabolism in the small intestine. Cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C19 has been confirmed to exist in the small intestine of white people, but not yet in Japanese. We investigated th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hayashi M,Matsumoto N,Takenoshita-Nakaya S,Takeba Y,Watanabe M,Kumai T,Takagi M,Tanaka M,Otsubo T,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) secrete cytokines and exhibit diverse pharmacological actions. The present study examined the unknown pharmacological action of ADSCs regarding whitening effects. A conditioned medium of ADSCs (ADSC-CM) was harvested and the whitening effect of ADSC-CM w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim WS,Park SH,Ahn SJ,Kim HK,Park JS,Lee GY,Kim KJ,Whang KK,Kang SH,Park BS,Sung JH

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:In a previous study we found that 50% ethanol extracts of immature fruits of Citrus unshiu (satsuma mandarin) have anti-allergic effects against the Type I, II and IV allergic reactions. However, many adverse interactions between citrus fruit, especially grapefruit juice, and drugs have been reported due to the inhibi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fujita T,Kawase A,Niwa T,Tomohiro N,Masuda M,Matsuda H,Iwaki M

更新日期：2008-05-01 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 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：:Permeation enhancement of ketoprofen (KP) from supersaturated systems and the effects of antinucleant polymers on both stability and permeation of supersaturated KP were investigated using silicone membrane as a skin model. The supersaturation was prepared by the cosolvent technique with water and propylene glycol (PG...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kumprakob U,Kawakami J,Adachi I

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00