Phytogrowth-inhibitory activities of 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid and its related compounds.

abstract：:The fat-specific protein 27 (Fsp27) gene belongs to the cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor 45-like effector family. Fsp27 is highly expressed in adipose tissue as well as the fatty liver of ob/ob mice. Fsp27 is directly regulated by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) in livers of geneti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuo K,Matsusue K,Aibara D,Takiguchi S,Gonzalez FJ,Yamano S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated acute cytotoxic effects and Hg accumulation after exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) or Hg(2+) in the presence or absence of serum in cultured astrocytes prepared from the cerebral hemisphere or cerebellum of newborn rats. Dose-related changes in viable cell numbers after exposure to mercuric compounds w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Adachi T,Kunimoto M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to develop a new method of preparing salvianolic acid extracts (SAE) water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) multiple emulsion (ME). SAE injection is used in the treatment of brain infarct and promotion of blood circulation in China. However, the injection is not convenient, and the oral preparation...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Song Y,Gao H,Zhang S,Zhang Y,Jin X,Sun J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the comparative digestibility of food allergens and non-allergenic proteins is crucial when stability to digestion is to be used as a criterion to assess the allergenic potential of novel proteins. Preheating effect on in vitro digestibility has not been fully examined. In this study we investigated the...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takagi K,Teshima R,Okunuki H,Sawada J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the release properties of anti-cancer drugs from fibrin glue, a study was performed using several anti-cancer drugs with remarkably different physical properties. Concentrated fibrinogen, fibronectin, and coagulation factor XIII were prepared from healthy human plasma according to the cryoprecipitate method...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshida H,Yamaoka Y,Shinoyama M,Kamiya A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liposome, a closed phospholipid bilayered vesicular system, has received considerable attention as a pharmaceutical carrier of great potential over the past 30 years. The ability of liposomes to encapsulate both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs, coupled with their biocompatibility and biodegradability, make lipos...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Abu Lila AS,Ishida T

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of olmesartan (OLME), an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, on an intestinal mucositis model. Briefly, daily intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of methotrexate (MTX) 7 mg/kg were administered to rats on 3 consecutive days. A subset of these rats was also pretreated with...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： de Araújo AA,Borba PB,de Souza FH,Nogueira AC,Saldanha TS,Araújo TE,da Silva AI,de Araújo Júnior RF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of restraint and footshock stress and norepinephrine treatment on gastric emptying. The gastric emptying was significantly inhibited by restraint stress. beta(3)-adrenergic antagonist canceled the inhibition of gastric emptying caused by restraint stress, while beta(1)-, beta(2)-, alpha(1)-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tsukada F,Nagura Y,Abe S,Sato N,Ohkubo Y

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:The anti-herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) activity of 15 oleanan-type triterpenoides including glycyrrhizin and its sapogenol was examined and their structure-activity relationships were discussed. Although glycyrrhizin which exhibited in vivo efficacy against HSV-1 replication showed moderate in vitro anti-HSV-1 a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ikeda T,Yokomizo K,Okawa M,Tsuchihashi R,Kinjo J,Nohara T,Uyeda M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor activity of fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus was investigated in human colon carcinoma cells. The crude fucoidan, a polysaccharide composed predominantly of sulfated fucose, markedly inhibited the growth of HCT-15 cells (human colon carcinoma cells). After HCT-15 cells were treated with fucoidan, several ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hyun JH,Kim SC,Kang JI,Kim MK,Boo HJ,Kwon JM,Koh YS,Hyun JW,Park DB,Yoo ES,Kang HK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of anthracene derivatives have been synthesized, and their potential individual cytotoxicity was evaluated using Jurkat T cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro. These compounds, except for 2l, showed less cytotoxicity in PBMCs than mitoxantrone. We also analyzed the antiproliferative a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chen RF,Chou CL,Wang MR,Chen CF,Liao JF,Ho LK,Tao CW,Huang HS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restraint stressed rats were used as a model of Shanghuo and a global metabolic investigation of the effects of cantonese herbal tea (CHT) on the model rats was then performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) metabonomics in an attempt to characterize the metabolic changes underlying such stress and any...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： You R,Pang Q,Li L

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Cisplatin chemotherapy is the standard treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Although there are second-line chemotherapeutic agents approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) such as those targeting programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), more effective pharmacotherapy is required for cisplatin-resist...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ryu H,Jin H,Ho JN,Bae J,Lee E,Lee SE,Lee S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous paper, mixed polyetheleneglycol (PEG) modification of liposomes by a mixture of 1-monomethoxypolyethyleneglycol-2,3-distearoylglycerol (PEG-DSG) with short polyoxyethylene chain and PEG-DSG with long one was shown to increase fixed aqueous layer thickness (FALT) around the liposomal membrane, and this ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sugiyama I,Sadzuka Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of quercetin, a naturally occurring plant flavonoid, in protecting against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-, excitotoxins-, and free radical-induced neuronal injury in mouse cortical cell cultures was investigated. Pre- and co-treatment with quercetin (100 microM) inhibited 50 min OGD-, 20 microM N-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ha HJ,Kwon YS,Park SM,Shin T,Park JH,Kim HC,Kwon MS,Wie MB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extract of the leaves of Apocynum venetum L. (Apocynaceae) markedly shortened the immobility time of male rats in a forced swimming test (FST) in a dose range of 30-125 mg/kg, indicating a possible antidepressant activity. This effect was comparable to that of the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine (20 mg/kg). Nei...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Butterweck V,Nishibe S,Sasaki T,Uchida M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinobufagin isolated from traditional Chinese herbs has antitumour, anaesthetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. Recently, the antitumour activity of cinobufagin has attracted increasing attention from researchers. However, the anticancer activity of this drug on esophageal cancer cells and the precise mechan...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Deng X,Sheng J,Liu H,Wang N,Dai C,Wang Z,Zhang J,Zhao J,Dai E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Pt(IV) and Pt(II) complexes containing 1R,2R-cyclohexanediamine (1R,2R-dach) as a carrier ligand were synthesized. The cytotoxicities and the uptake of the platinum complexes by leukemia L1210 cells were compared in order to study the correlation between their structures and cytotoxicities. [Pt(II)Cl2(1R,2R-da...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamashita T,Hirose J,Noji M,Saito R,Tomida H,Kidani Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:Alzheimer's beta-amyloid protein (A beta) is the main component of senile plaques, which are characteristic hallmarks of the Alzheimer's disease brain. Recently, there have been several reports that A beta has toxic effects on both cultured neurons and in the brain. We confirmed the neurotoxicity of A beta in vitro an...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hasegawa Y,Sugimoto E,Endo T,Ogawa K,Aratake H,Morikawa A,Kitaguchi N

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sesamol and 20 related compounds on the lipid peroxidation of liposomes induced by Fe(2)+, on the lipid peroxidation of rat liver microsomes induced by CCl(4) or NADPH and on the lipid peroxidation of mitochondria induced by ascorbate/Fe(2)+ were demonstrated. Consequently, sesamol and related compounds,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Uchida M,Nakajin S,Toyoshima S,Shinoda M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When kalopanaxsaponin K (KPK) from Kalopanax pictus was incubated for 24 h at 37 degrees C with human intestinal microflora, KPK was mainly metabolized to kalopanaxsaponin I (KPI) via kalopanaxsaponin H (KPH) rather than via kalopanaxsaponin J (KPJ), and then transformed to kalopanaxsaponin A (KPA) and hederagenin. Ba...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim DH,Bae EA,Han MJ,Park HJ,Choi JW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfiram (DSF) is a dimer of diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) that we previously added to a solution of 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (DSF solution). We found that the instillation of this DSF solution delayed lens opacification in a hereditary cataractous ICR/f rat. In this study, we attempted to design an ophthalmic ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagai N,Mano Y,Ito Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lower serum cholesterol level was recently shown to be one of the causes of stroke in an epidemiological study. Spontaneously hypertensive rats stroke-prone (SHRSP) have lower serum cholesterol levels than normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). To elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the lower serum cholesterol l...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Michihara A,Mido M,Matsuoka H,Mizutani Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of sulfaphenazole (SP) on the pharmacokinetics of ampiroxicam (AM) which is metabolized by cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 2C9, since SP is a potent inhibitor of CYP 2C9, and so a dramatic pharmacokinetic drug interaction between both drugs is assumed after dosing. Singl...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ogiso T,Iwaki M,Tanaka H,Kobayashi E,Tanino T,Sawada A,Uno S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emulsion prepared with β-cyclodextrin as an emulsifier (βCDE) is considered to be a Pickering emulsion. We examined the characteristics of βCDEs using captopril (CP) as a model drug, and studied the in vitro skin permeation of CP from βCDEs through hairless mouse skin. The stability of βCDE was increased with incr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Taguchi H,Tanaka H,Hashizaki K,Saito Y,Fujii M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitro reduction is a critical step in the mutagenic activation of nitroarene. Nitroarene and quinone are known to be reduced by common enzymes, and thus, naphthoquinone (NQ) was studied for its effects on the mutagenicity of nitroarene in the Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA98 without S9. The mutagenicity of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohmori K,Kishi M,Nakaoka T,Miyata N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00