Uptake of low molecular weight fractionated [3H]heparin by rat hepatocytes in the primary culture.

abstract：:A protein was purified from rabbit seminal plasma using preparative acrylamide disc electrophoresis, ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration. The protein inhibited the in vitro fertilization of mouse ova inseminated with epididymal sperm and with capacitated sperm. The inhibition was not observed, however, w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okabe M,Kishi Y,Ying X,Kohama Y,Mimura T,Li SS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen (APAP) is a widely used analgesic and antipyretic drug. Drug-induced liver injury from agents such as APAP is known to vary between individuals within a species. To avoid liver injury and ensure the proper use of pharmaceutical products, it is important to be able to predict such risks using genetic info...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanno S,Tomizawa A,Yomogida S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of biological potency and its comparison with clinical effects are important in the quality control of therapeutic glycoproteins. Animal models are usually used for evaluating bioactivity of these compounds. However, alternative methods are required to simplify the bioassay and avoid ethical issues associat...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yanagihara S,Taniguchi Y,Hosono M,Yoshioka E,Ishikawa R,Shimada Y,Kadoya T,Kutsukake K

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Lysosomal trapping was investigated in the retinal capillary endothelial cells that are responsible for the inner blood-retinal barrier (BRB) using LysoTracker(®) Red (LTR). Using confocal microscopy on TR-iBRB2 cells, an in vitro model of the inner BRB, the presence of lysosomal trapping in retinal capillary endothel...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kubo Y,Seko N,Usui T,Akanuma S,Hosoya K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local disposition of a drug, which is efficiently eliminated by the liver in spite of very high binding with serum albumin, was investigated using BOF-4272 as a model drug in the hepatic perfusion system. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) labeled with Evans Blue was used as the marker of hepatic blood space. The perfusio...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishimura M,Yamaoka K,Naito S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ursane-type triterpenoid, weigelic acid (1), and seven known compounds, ursolic acid (2), ilekudinol A (3), corosolic acid (4), ilekudinol B (5), esculentic acid (6), pomolic acid (7), and asiatic acid (8) were isolated from the leaf and stem of Weigela subsessilis. The structure of the new triterpenoid was esta...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Thuong PT,Min BS,Jin W,Na M,Lee J,Seong R,Lee YM,Song K,Seong Y,Lee HK,Bae K,Kang SS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many important considerations in the interactions among the herbal constituents in a prescription of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Ephedra Herb [Chinese characters: see text] (Eph) is described a warm and acrid agent in TCM. The combination of Eph and Gypsum [Chinese characters: see text] (Eph-Gyp) sho...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yuan D,Sunouchi H,Sakurai T,Saito K,Kano Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) is used as a plasticizer to import flexibility to polyvinylchloride plastics. In this study, hydrolysis of BBzP to monobutyl phthalate (MBP) and monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) in liver microsomes of humans, monkeys, dogs, rats and mice was examined. The kinetics for MBP formation by human, do...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahara Y,Kinashi Y,Takahara Y,Hichiya H,Okada K,Murata M,Shigeyama M,Hanioka N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the efficacy of eugenol, a compound obtained from the essential oil of cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), a well characterized murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. Macroscopic clinical evidence of CIA manifests first as periarticular erythema and edema in...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Grespan R,Paludo M,Lemos Hde P,Barbosa CP,Bersani-Amado CA,Dalalio MM,Cuman RK

更新日期：2012-01-01 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

abstract：:Hepatoprotective effect of celosian, an acidic polysaccharide isolated from the water extract of the seed of Celosia argentea, was investigated using chemical and immunological liver injury models. Celosian inhibited the elevation of serum enzyme (GPT, GOT, LDH) and bilirubin levels on carbon tetrachloride (CC1(4))-in...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

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

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface topology of ligands on liposomes is an important factor in active targeting in drug delivery systems. Accurately evaluating the density of anchors and bioactive functional ligands on a liposomal surface is critical for ensuring the efficient delivery of liposomes. For evaluating surface ligand density, it ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee SH,Sato Y,Hyodo M,Harashima H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle is a major site for glucose metabolism and its injury by cytokines can induce insulin resistance leading to type 2 diabetes. It has been suggested that quercetin may act as an anti-diabetic agent, however, the effects of quercetin on insulin resistance in skeletal muscle remain unknown. We aimed to inv...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Dai X,Ding Y,Zhang Z,Cai X,Bao L,Li Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Povidone-iodine (PVP-I), an antibacterial medicine, was infiltrated in sepiolite (SPL). The available iodine content in this new pharmaceutical product, a sepiolite preparation containing povidone-iodine (PVP-I-SPL), was retained at 98.9 and 98.3% during storage at 40 degrees C for 3 and 6 months, respectively. The ef...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohta S,Nagai K,Maruyama M,Inoue H,Katsuyama Y,Atobe O,Ogata H,Yamato S,Tachikawa E,Zenda H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extract from Salvia officinalis (Sage) leaves showed antimicrobial activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). We isolated the effective compound and identified it as oleanolic acid, a triterpenoid. We also tested antimicrobial activity of similar triterpenoids, ursolic acid, uvaol, betulinic acid and ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Horiuchi K,Shiota S,Hatano T,Yoshida T,Kuroda T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are effective drugs for the treatment of allergic skin diseases. In the present study, we observed the effects of prednisolone on the cutaneous reaction and skin barrier function in mice treated with a hapten, 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene. Repeated hapten application onto the mouse ear resulted in a potent...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda Y,Sone T,Inagaki N,Nagai H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is pathologically characterized by accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau, and thereby induction of neuronal cell death. The Aβ-induced neuronal cell death has been shown to occur by several modes, such as apoptosis, necrosis, and necroptosis. Interestingly, in AD patients,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tagai N,Tanaka A,Sato A,Uchiumi F,Tanuma SI

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:The aim of the present study is to discover multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) inhibitors with neuroblastoma-selective cytotoxicity by means of fluorescence assay with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, Fluo-8 AM, based on our observation that gene expression of Mrp3 in neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells was re...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamichi N,Ishimoto T,Yamauchi Y,Masuo Y,Kato Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the disposition of benzphetamine (BZP) and its metabolites, desmethyl benzphetamine (norBZP), p-hydroxy desmethyl benzphetamine (OHnorBZP), methamphetamine (MA) and amphetamine (AP), from plasma to hair in rats, an analytical method for identifying these drugs in plasma, urine and hair was developed ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kikura R,Nakahara Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese medicinal prescriptions were screened for their effects on alpha-amylase activity in mouse plasma. Daio-kanzo-to, Hange-koboku-to, Saiko-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to, Saiko-keishi-kankyo-to and Mao-to changed the activity in isolated mouse plasma greatly and concentration dependently. However, no prescription influenc...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kobayashi K,Funayama N,Suzuki R,Yoshizaki F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The riboflavin sensitized oxidation of cysteine under an aerobic condition was investigated. The effects of various scavengers, such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, mannitol, sodium azide and potassium ferrocyanide (an electron donor), on the photooxidation were determined. A reaction mechanism involving the supero...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sarkar B,Das U,Bhattacharyya S,Bose SK

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity contains almost half of the commensal bacterial population present in the human body. An increase in the number of these microorganisms may result in systemic diseases such as infective endocarditis and aspiration pneumonia as well as oral infections. It is essential to control the total numbers of the...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tamura M,Saito H,Kikuchi K,Ishigami T,Toyama Y,Takami M,Ochiai K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the modulatory effects of rottlerin on ischemia reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Isolated rat hearts were exposed to 30 min of global ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion using Langendorff apparatus. Myocardial injury was assessed in the terms of infarct size,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kaur K,Singh M,Singh N,Jaggi AS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of permeation enhancers on the percutaneous absorption of pentazocine (PTZ) was investigated in excised hairless mice using Franz diffusion cells in vitro. The enhancing effect on the percutaneous absorption of PTZ from the isopropyl myristate (IPM) solution system was improved with glyceryl monocaprylate (...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Furuishi T,Oda S,Saito H,Fukami T,Suzuki T,Tomono K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroin, the protein of silk, and hydrolyzed fibroin have recently been described to enhance insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Here, we report that a series of synthetic peptides derived from the fibroin sequence have enhancing effects on glucose transport in normal and insulin-resistant...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim ED,Bayaraa T,Shin EJ,Hyun CK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis (OP) is increasingly becoming one of a major health concerns all over the world. However, the limitations of current therapeutic drugs for OP are including considerable side effects and low efficacy. Therefore, it is required to develop new therapeutic drugs for OP. This study aimed to investigate the rol...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu M,Meng Y,He K,Luan C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-927, currently undergoing Phase I clinical trial, is a new orally effective taxane with potent antitumor effects. The absorption, tissue distribution, and excretion of DJ-927 were investigated in mice, dogs, and monkeys after a single oral administration. After oral administration of [14C]DJ-927, radioactivity was ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ono C,Takao A,Atsumi R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of dosage forms (tablets and retarded capsules) of furosemide (F) were compared in vitro dissolution profile and in vivo absorption studies. The dissolution of F from retarded capsules was extremely restricted in the first fluid of the JP XII disintegration test (within 0.8%), while the dissolution of F from...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yagi N,Kiuchi T,Satoh H,Terashima Y,Kenmotsu H,Sekikawa H,Takada M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00