The Effect of Daikenchuto, Japanese Herbal Medicine, on Adhesion Formation Induced by Cecum Cauterization and Cecum Abrasion in Mice.

abstract：:The effects of the plant isoflavones, daidzin and genistin, on bone loss in ovariectomized (ovx) rats fed a calcium-deficient diet were investigated. Daidzin and genistin were orally administered to ovx rats for 4 weeks. The femurs of these rats showed significantly lower density, strength (breaking forces), ash weigh...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishida H,Uesugi T,Hirai K,Toda T,Nukaya H,Yokotsuka K,Tsuji K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the investigation of chemical constituents in antiosteoporotic active fraction, 90% ethanol fraction of water extract of the rhizomes of Dioscorea spongiosa, twenty-two glycosides were isolated and their structures were elucidated. In order to know the role of each compound played in the fraction and to find the ex...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yin J,Han N,Liu Z,Song S,Kadota S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silymarin is a polyphenolic flavonoid from milk thistle (Silybum marianum), which has anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective, and anticarcinogenic effects. In this study, we assessed the effect of silibinin (Fig. 1), the major active compound in silymarin, on ultraviolet light (UV)-induced cell apoptosis in HaCaT cells, a ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li LH,Wu LJ,Tashiro S,Onodera S,Uchiumi F,Ikejima T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various absorption promoters on the pulmonary absorption of drugs with different molecular weights were examined in rats. Phenol red and fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled dextrans (FDs) with various molecular weights were used as model drugs and the absorption promoters used in this study were sodium g...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morita T,Yamamoto A,Hashida M,Sezaki H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the interactions between various drugs and aojiru (green juice), a popular health food in Japan, using a simple centrifugation method. The mixture of drug solution and aojiru suspension was gently shaken and centrifuged. The drug concentration in the supernatant fluid was th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Iwao K,Kawai RT,Oda M,Saitoh H

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The effects of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist YM358 on blood pressure were compared to those of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor enalapril in one-kidney, one-clip renal hypertensive rats (1K1C RHR), two-kidney, one-clip renal hypertensive rats (2K1C RHR) and normotensive rats (NTR). Additiona...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tokioka T,Shibasaki M,Fujimori A,Matsuda-Satoh Y,Uchida W,Inagaki O,Yanagisawa I

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix (ECM), which contributes to structural homeostasis as well as to the regulation of cellular function, is enzymatically cleaved by proteases, such as matrix metalloproteinases and cathepsins, in the normal and diseased heart. During the past two decades, matricryptins have been defined as fragm...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okada M,Imoto K,Sugiyama A,Yasuda J,Yamawaki H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfapyridine (SP), one of the metabolites of sulfasalazine (SASP), is further metabolized into N-acetylsulfapyridine (AcSP) by polymorphic N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2). NAT2 activity has been diagnosed by phenotyping, that is, evaluating plasma concentrations or urinary excretions of tentatively administered test dru...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tanigawara Y,Kita T,Aoyama N,Gobara M,Komada F,Sakai T,Kasuga M,Hatanaka H,Sakaeda T,Okumura K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiemetic effect of a potent and selective neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist, FK886 ([3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl][(2R)-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methylbenzyl)-4-{2-[(2S)-2-(methoxymethyl)morpholin-4-yl]ethyl}piperazin-1-yl]methanone dihydrochloride), on cisplatin-induced acute and delayed emesis in ferrets was stud...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Furukawa TY,Nakayama H,Imazumi K,Yamakuni H,Takeshita K,Matsuo M,Manda T,Uchida W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of inactivation of cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8) by the Cu2+ -ascorbic acid (AsA) system was investigated. Incubation of the enzyme with the Cu2+ -AsA system under aerobic conditions resulted in an irreversible loss of enzyme activity. At low concentrations of Cu2+, the extent of inactivation showed the sa...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanazawa H,Fujimoto S,Ohara A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyphal growth of Candida albicans was observed at neutral condition, whereas the yeast growth was increased below pH 5. Eight out of 12 strains of C. albicans grow in hyphal form at pH 7, and hyphal formation was inhibited in all strains at pH 4. The addition of GMP, an alternative oxidase (AOX) activator, induced the...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Konno N,Ishii M,Nagai A,Watanabe T,Ogasawara A,Mikami T,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative structure activity relationship, Hansch approach was applied on twenty compounds of chromene derivatives as Lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase inhibitory activity against eight fungal organisms. Various physicochemical descriptors and reported minimum inhibitory concentration values of different fungal orga...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Vasanthanathan P,Lakshmi M,Arockia Babu M,Kaskhedikar SG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in lymphocytes is implicated in the failure of immunosuppressant therapy. We investigated P-gp function in peripheral-blood CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ cells of 14 healthy subjects and 12 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). P-gp function was estimated by the transporter ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Henmi K,Yoshida M,Yoshikawa N,Hirano T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequences of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Atropa belladonna and Hyoscyamus niger have been determined by automated Edman degradation of the entire S-carboxymethylcysteinyl proteins and of the peptides obtained by enzymatic digestion. These two ferredoxins exhibited 1-8 differences in their amino ac...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mino Y,Yukita M,Hiratsuka N,Wariishi H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fraxinellone and sauchinone, isolated from natural substance, are known to have an anti-inflammatory effect in inflammatory conditions. However, the anti-inflammatory actions of these compounds have been insufficiently demonstrated in viral-induced neuroinflammation. A viral component (double-stranded (ds)RNA) trigger...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee CS,Won C,Yoo H,Yi EH,Cho Y,Maeng JW,Sung SH,Ye SK,Chung MH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five rabbit aldo-keto reductases (AKRs) that participate in the reduction of drug ketones and endogenous ketosteroids have recently been cloned and characterized. Among them, AKR1C30 and AKR1C31 show the highest amino acid sequence identity of 91%, but markedly differ in their substrate specificity and inhibitor sensi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Endo S,Arai Y,Matsunaga T,Ikari A,El-Kabbani O,Hara A,Kitade Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of different combinations of ciprofloxacin (CIP) and norfloxacin (NOR) against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were studied using checkerboard, fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) and time-kill analysis methods. Results obtained by the checkerboard method showed that the more effectives co...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Vitorino GP,Becerra MC,Barrera GD,Caira MR,Mazzieri MR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antimalarial activity against human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum, FCR-3 strain) was examined using 59 triterpenoids obtained during studies on the triterpenic constituents of Cimicifuga spp. The 50% effective concentration values (EC50) of 25 active triterpenoids were 1.0-3.0 microM, and 19 of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahira M,Kusano A,Shibano M,Kusano G,Koizumi K,Suzuki R,Kim HS,Wataya Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanogenesis inhibitory and free radical scavenging activities of nine cyclic (1-9) and one acyclic diarylheptanoids (10), and two phenolic compounds, (+)-rhododendrol (11) and (+)-catechin (12), isolated from the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction of the MeOH extract of the bark of Acer nikoense MAXIM. (Aceraceae) were ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Akazawa H,Akihisa T,Taguchi Y,Banno N,Yoneima R,Yasukawa K

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：: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：:Effects of pentamidine, a therapeutic drug for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), on specific bindings of [3H](+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H- dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5,11-imine maleate (MK-801) and [3H]nitrendipine were investigated in crude synaptic membranes (CSM) of ra...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kitamura Y,Arima T,Sato T,Nakamura J,Nomura Y

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:A new HPLC method has been developed for measuring clonazepam (CZP) in plasma, using a reversed-phase non-porous silica column packed with 2 microm particles. CZP in plasma was first purified with a column extraction technique and injected onto a non-porous silica column. The calibration curve was linear from 5-200 ng...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamura M,Fukawa K,Sugiyama T,Katagiri Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:The effect of extracellular calcium on the intracellular calcium level of newborn rat skin basal cells was examined. The intracellular calcium level of basal cells was affected by the extracellular calcium concentration on culture of the cells on a collagen-coated filter, but not on a plate. The intracellular calcium ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohkura K,Hori H,Terada H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human parvovirus B19 is a clinically important pathogen in both children and adults. In adults, it frequently causes acute and chronic arthritis, which may be related to persistent infection. The effect of the capsid of human parvovirus B19 on monocytes, which are thought to be responsible for the first line of defens...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fujita T,Ikejima H,Yamagata N,Kudo Y,Hoshi K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two subclones (K562-L and -H) were previously isolated from K562 human leukemic cells according to hemoglobin production: K562-L was expressed in less than 5% and K562-H in more than 90% of dianisidine positive cells. 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13- acetate (TPA) suppressed the expression of the erythrocytic (glycophori...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sasaki D,Kosunago S,Mikami T,Matsumoto T,Suzuki M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously screened the anti-itching activities of 33 herbal medicines in substance P (SP)-induced itching model mice. One of the most potent antipruritogenic extracts, the methanol extract of fruits of Cnidium monnieri (Cnidii Fructus) was studied further. The chloroform-soluble fraction of the methanol extract ma...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Basnet P,Yasuda I,Kumagai N,Tohda C,Nojima H,Kuraishi Y,Komatsu K

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00