Evaluation of biochemical effects of Casuarina equisetifolia extract on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative stress in rats. Phytochemical analysis.

abstract：:Monascus purpureus is a red dye derived from yeast rice and has been used as color additives for food in East Asia. Monascus purpureus consists of several bioactive components. Some of these components work as a radical scavenger, thus monascus purpureus would also eliminate reactive oxygen species. Cancer cells maint...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kurokawa H,Ito H,Matsui H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to anti-fungal drugs has become the main cause for increasing incidence rate of Candida infections in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Zinc supplementation has been shown to exhibit beneficial effects on many pediatric illnesses. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of zinc supplementation on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Xie J,Zhu L,Zhu T,Jian Y,Ding Y,Zhou M,Feng X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of anticancer agents on peripheral blood mononuclear cells for the purpose of providing data to support new translational chemoimmunotherapy regimens. Peripheral-blood mononuclear cells were treated with one of four anticancer agents (5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, cisplatin, and gemcitabine) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Sakai H,Kokura S,Ishikawa T,Tsuchiya R,Okajima M,Matsuyama T,Adachi S,Katada K,Kamada K,Uchiyama K,Handa O,Takagi T,Yagi N,Naito Y,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is synthesized in almost all human tissues and presumably involved in age-related alterations and diseases. Here, we examined the impact of aging and sex on the serum CoQ10 status in 860 European adults ranging in age from 18 to 82 years. We identified an inverse U-shaped relationship between CoQ1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Niklowitz P,Onur S,Fischer A,Laudes M,Palussen M,Menke T,Döring F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant sterols are used as food additives to reduce intestinal cholesterol absorption. They also increase fecal neutral sterol (FNS) excretion irrespective of the absorption inhibition. Intestine-mediated reverse cholesterol transport, or trans-intestinal cholesterol efflux (TICE), provides the major part of the increa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nakano T,Inoue I,Takenaka Y,Ikegami Y,Kotani N,Shimada A,Noda M,Murakoshi T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant supplementations are commonly used as an ergogenic aid for physical exercise despite its limited evidence. The study aimed to investigate the effects of a polyphenol mixture and vitamins on exercise endurance capacity. Seventy regularly exercising male participants were randomly assigned to receive oligome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kang SW,Hahn S,Kim JK,Yang SM,Park BJ,Chul Lee S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO), produced by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) during infection, plays a crucial role in host defense mechanisms. Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice is associated with excessive production of NO from iNOS as a host defense response. An important cytoprotective and antimicrobial function of NO is med...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Okamoto T,Khan S,Oyama K,Fujii S,Sawa T,Akaike T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effects of non-thermal plasma are expected in the medical fields, including hemostasis, vascularization, prevention of organ adhesion, and cell proliferation. Cancer is an internal enemy arising from normal tissue in the body. The prognosis of metastatic and recurrent cancers is still poor despite adva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kajiyama H,Utsumi F,Nakamura K,Tanaka H,Toyokuni S,Hori M,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily salt intake can be estimated by measuring sodium and creatinine concentrations in spot urine. Excessive salt intake is risk factor for gastric cancer. We examined the correlation between estimated salt intake from spot urine and risk of gastric cancer. This study included gastric cancer patients who underwent tr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Goto A,Nishikawa J,Ito S,Hideura E,Shirasawa T,Hamabe K,Hashimoto S,Okamoto T,Yanai H,Sakaida I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid composition of serum phospholipids were analyzed in 20 patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (11 with malnutrition and 9 with acceptable nutritional status); 25 healthy age and sex-matched adults were used as controls. Cirrhotic patients showed higher levels of palmitic acid and total saturated fatty ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Ristić-Medić D,Takić M,Vučić V,Kandić D,Kostić N,Glibetić M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential metallic microelement for life. However, iron overload is toxic. The liver serves an important role as a storehouse for iron in the body. About 20-25 mg of iron is required each day for hemoglobin synthesis. To maintain iron homeostasis, transferrin and transferrin receptors are primarily involved...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Takami T,Sakaida I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for correctly assessing hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of antioxidative chemicals and/or biological compounds/materials was proposed. This method can simultaneously assess two factors, i.e. hydroxyl radical-scavenging and 5,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxy-1-pyrrolidine-N-oxide (hydroxyl radical adduct of 5,5-dimet...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Ueno M,Nakanishi I,Matsumoto K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa are commonly observed in Japanese patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). However, detailed data regarding the possible association between the genetic factors of inflammation related molecules and FD are not available. Toll like receptor 2 (TLR2) and mannan-binding lectin (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tahara T,Shibata T,Wang F,Yamashita H,Hirata I,Arisawa T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The redox balance of coenzyme Q10 in human plasma is a good marker of oxidative stress because the reduced form of coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinol-10) is very sensitive to oxidation and is quantitatively converted to its oxidized form (ubiquinone-10). Here we describe an HPLC method for simultaneous detection of ubiquinol-10 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nagase M,Yamamoto Y,Mitsui J,Tsuji S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few decades, many types of functional factors have been identified in dietary foods; for example, flavonoids are major groups widely distributed in the plant kingdom. However, the absorption rates of the functional food factors are usually low, and many of these are difficult to be absorbed in the intact f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tsurusaki T,Sakakibara H,Aoshima Y,Yamazaki S,Sakono M,Shimoi K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts play a major role in bone resorption. Several functional food components, such as soy isoflavones and carotenoids, are reported to inhibit osteoclast formation. However, the cooperative effect of functional foods or their constituents on bone metabolism has not been clarified. This study aimed to investiga...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tadaishi M,Nishide Y,Tousen Y,Kruger MC,Ishimi Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N(ε)-(Hexanoyl)lysine, formed by the reaction of lysine with n-6 lipid hydroperoxide, is a lipid peroxidation marker during the initial stage of oxidative stress. The aim of the present study is to indentify N(ε)-(hexanoyl)lysine-modified proteins in neoplastic transformed gastric mucosal cells by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Okada H,Naito Y,Takagi T,Takaoka M,Oya-Ito T,Fukumoto K,Uchiyama K,Handa O,Kokura S,Nagano Y,Matsui H,Kato Y,Osawa T,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in patients with many chronic diseases, but has not been well recognized in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated the prevalence of GERD symptoms in 278 outpatients with RA and their association with such clinical factors as age, sex, height, weight, body mass inde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nampei A,Shi K,Ebina K,Tomita T,Sugamoto K,Yoshikawa H,Hirao M,Hashimoto J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional and immunological status of patients with obstructive jaundice is usually severely altered, with high mortality rates. The n-3 polyunsaturate fatty acids (PUFA), particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 n-3), posess potent immunomodulatory activities. Thus, our aim was to compare the plasma phospholip...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Popovic T,Ranic M,Bulajic P,Milicevic M,Arsic A,Vucic V,Glibetic M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable public and scientific interest in the use of phytochemicals derived from dietary components to combat human diseases. They are naturally occurring substances found in plants. Ferulic acid (FA) is a phytochemical commonly found in fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, sweet corn and rice b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Srinivasan M,Sudheer AR,Menon VP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although carbon monoxide derived from heme oxygenase has been reported to exert diverse biological actions in mammals, macromolecules responsible for its direct reception and functional outcomes of the gas binding remain largely unknown. Based on our previous results in vivo suggesting carbon monoxide serves as an inh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Yamamoto T,Takano N,Ishiwata K,Suematsu M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a major neurodegenerative disease involving the selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and α-synuclein containing Lewy bodies formation in the substantia nigra. Although α-synuclein is a key molecule for both dopaminergic neuron death and the formation of inclusion bodies, the mechanism ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Teraoka M,Nakaso K,Kusumoto C,Katano S,Tajima N,Yamashita A,Zushi T,Ito S,Matsura T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peyer's patches are nodules that play a central role in intestinal immunity. Few studies demonstrate the relationship between the number of Peyer's patches and intestinal polyps. Here we identify a statistically significant inverse correlation between the quantity of Peyer's patches and of the development of intestina...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Fujimoto K,Fujii G,Sakurai H,Yoshitome H,Mutoh M,Wada M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of olives (Olea europaea L.) is associated with a low incidence of inflammation-related diseases. Olive fruit is rich in bioactive pentacyclic triterpenoids, mainly maslinic acid. This study, a randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial, examined the effects of an orally administered maslinic a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Fukumitsu S,Villareal MO,Aida K,Hino A,Hori N,Isoda H,Naito Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted in order to determine whether oxidative stress during aging involves dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in association with the emergence of cognitive deficits. When young rats were subjected to oxidative stress in the form of hyperoxia, thiobarbituric acid rea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kobayashi N,Machida T,Takahashi T,Takatsu H,Shinkai T,Abe K,Urano S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although some studies have indicated a correlation between Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of colorectal neoplasms, these findings have not been consistent and are controversial. This case-control study aimed to investigate the association between endoscopic gastric mucosal atrophy and colorectal polyp occu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kawahara Y,Kodama M,Mizukami K,Saito T,Hirashita Y,Sonoda A,Fukuda K,Matsunari O,Okamoto K,Ogawa R,Okimoto T,Murakami K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i) luseogliflozin on skeletal muscle. Eight-week-old mice were fed a standard diet or the standard diet with added luseogliflozin for 8 weeks. The mice were divided into the following four genotype/dietary groups: Db/m mice without SGLT-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Okamura T,Hashimoto Y,Osaka T,Fukuda T,Hamaguchi M,Fukui M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication therapy and the risk of developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is controversial. We investigated the influence of H. pylori eradication on the risk of GERD by focusing on the quality of life (QOL) and evaluating reflux symptoms. Patients w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Hirata K,Suzuki H,Matsuzaki J,Masaoka T,Saito Y,Nishizawa T,Iwasaki E,Fukuhara S,Okada S,Hibi T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) is produced from intestinal mucosa and is essential in preventing infection. We analyzed the influence of moderate exercise on intestinal sIgA production and antioxidative function under different carbohydrate nutritional conditions. Thirty-six mice were fed an experimental diet for 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Shibuya T,Kaburagi T,Nagai R,Oshiro S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a crucial role in cancer metastasis. In this study, we evaluated the effect of heat treatment on tumor growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer cells and tried to ascertain the mechanism related to any observed effects. Human pancreatic cancer cell lines ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kimura-Tsuchiya R,Ishikawa T,Kokura S,Mizushima K,Adachi S,Okajima M,Matsuyama T,Okayama T,Sakamoto N,Katada K,Kamada K,Uchiyama K,Handa O,Takagi T,Yagi N,Naito Y,Itoh Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00