Inactivation of cholinesterase by ascorbic acid in the presence of cupric ions: a possible mechanism for the inactivation of an enzyme by the metal-catalyzed oxidation system.

abstract：:We studied the effects of twelve 5,7-dihydroxyflavone analogs on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells. Among the compounds, luteolin, diosmetin, and chrysoeriol partly inhibited adipogenesis by blocking the accumulation of triacylglycerol in the cells. Conversely, tricetin facilitated triacylglycerol accumulation in the cells...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishina A,Ukiya M,Fukatsu M,Koketsu M,Ninomiya M,Sato D,Yamamoto J,Kobayashi-Hattori K,Okubo T,Tokuoka H,Kimura H

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Despite the relatively high prevalence of migraine or headache, the pathophysiological mechanisms triggering headache-associated peripheral hypersensitivities, are unknown. Since nitric oxide (NO) is well known as a causative factor in the pathogenesis of migraine or migraine-associated hypersensitivities, a mouse mod...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim SJ,Yeo JH,Yoon SY,Kwon SG,Lee JH,Beitz AJ,Roh DH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans (DBLLs) from the fruit of Forsythia koreana NAKAI (Oleaceae) has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-asthmatic effects. In this study, to clarify the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of DBLL, we evaluated the effects of DBLLs on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee JY,Cho BJ,Park TW,Park BE,Kim SJ,Sim SS,Kim CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The effects of various surfactants and protease inhibitors on the nasal absorption of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) were examined in rats. No effects of bile salts and acids such as sodium glycocholate or taurocholic acid, amphoteric surfactants such as lauryldimethyl betaine, or an...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Machida M,Sano K,Arakawa M,Hayashi M,Awazu S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological cell death is an essential event in normal development and maintenance of homeostasis. Recently, the morphological and pharmacological characteristics of programmed cell death, which are distinct from those of apoptosis under physiological and pathological conditions, have been reported. However, the mol...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morimoto R,Obinata A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that N-linked glycoproteins were accumulated in the cytosol of the normal aging rat brain, and that one protein had been identified as cathepsin D (Mech. Ageing Dev., 127, 771-778 (2006)). In this study, to elucidate the mechanism of cathepsin D accumulation in the cytosol, we examined the effec...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miura Y,Sakurai Y,Hayakawa M,Shimada Y,Zempel H,Sato Y,Hisanaga S,Endo T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Nanoparticles are used in many fields and in everyday products. Silver nanoparticles are the most frequently used nanoparticles; for example, in food-related products, owing to their antibacterial activity. However, it has been pointed out that they might have unexpected biological effects, and evaluation of their eff...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Maki A,Lin Y,Aoyama M,Sato K,Gao JQ,Tsujino H,Nagano K,Higashisaka K,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extract of Ongael [leaves of Phaleria cumingii (MEISN.) F. VILL.], a Palauan medicinal herb, enhanced an in vitro phagocytic activity of mouse macrophages RAW 264.7 cells (RAW 264.7). Activity-guided fractionation of the Ongael extract by the in vitro phagocytosis assay using RAW 264.7 led to the isolation of a mi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuda H,Tokunaga M,Iwahashi H,Naruto S,Yagi H,Masuko T,Kubo M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonists are clinically useful for the improvement of urinary obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and their therapeutic effects are mediated through the blockade of prostatic alpha(1)-adrenoceptors. The present study was undertaken to predict the magnitude and duration of alph...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamada S,Kato Y,Okura T,Kagawa Y,Kawabe K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sauchinone, a biologically active lignan found in Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae), exerts various biological activities against jaundice, inflammatory disease, hepatic steatosis, and oxidative injury. Despite its diverse applications, there exists some information about sauchinone's pharmacokinetics but its tissue di...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YJ,Han SY,Seo JS,Chin YW,Choi YH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a plaque reduction assay, treatment of human influenza A viruses with the fruit-juice concentrate of Japanese plum (Prunus mume SIEB. et ZUCC) showed strong in vitro anti-influenza activity against human influenza A viruses before viral adsorption, but not after viral adsorption, with 50% inhibitory concentratio...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yingsakmongkon S,Miyamoto D,Sriwilaijaroen N,Fujita K,Matsumoto K,Jampangern W,Hiramatsu H,Guo CT,Sawada T,Takahashi T,Hidari K,Suzuki T,Ito M,Ito Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of N-acyl taurates (NATs) on the intestinal absorption of curcumin (CUR), a water-insoluble and poorly absorbed compound, were examined in rats. Sodium methyl lauroyl taurate (LMT) and sodium methyl cocoyl taurate (CMT) were the most effective in increasing the solubility and intestinal abso...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li X,Kawamura A,Sato Y,Morishita M,Kusamori K,Katsumi H,Sakane T,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently suggested that the transferrin (Tf)-gallium-67 (67Ga) complex dissociated on the surface of the hepatocytes after partial hepatectomy and free 67Ga bound to heparan sulfate in the extracellular matrix. In the present study, we investigated whether the entering of indium-111 (111In) and iron-59 (59Fe) with ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sato R,Abe S,Yamada Y,Toyama D,Ohtake Y,Sato N,Ohkubo Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory activity of 40 stilbene oligomers isolated from six plant species against topoisomerase II was evaluated, of which nine compounds showed a potent inhibitory effect, stronger than daunorubicin, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, used as an anti-cancer drug. The specificity of active stilbene oligomers on topo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamada M,Hayashi K,Ikeda S,Tsutsui K,Tsutsui K,Ito T,Iinuma M,Nozaki H

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:The human adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) early-region 1A (E1A) proteins have been shown to have strong tumor-suppressive activities in human tumor cells and to enhance the sensitivity of a variety of malignant tumors to apoptosis induced by ionizing radiation and chemotherapeutic agents. However, the inherent limitations of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ma Y,Zhou X,Zhao Q,Li Y,Liu Y,Wang Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of exogenously applied gibberellic acid (GA(3)) or brassinolide (BL) on the H(+)-pumps and aquaporin in the vacuolar membrane of rice seedling leaf sheath were investigated. Antibodies against mung bean H(+)-PPase, the B subunit of V-ATPase, and radish tonoplast intrinsic protein (TIP) cross-reacted with t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yang S,Maeshima M,Tanaka Y,Komatsu S

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), including exosomes as typical example, are cell-derived vesicles comprising lipid bilayer with a diameter approximately 100 nm. sEVs are endogenous delivery vehicles that deliver their contents such as nucleic acids and proteins to recipient cells. Because of their potential nature...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takakura Y,Matsumoto A,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient protocol for the in vitro germination and propagation of Larrea divaricata CAV. (Jarilla) was established. To determine the effect of different growth regulators on the growth rates and phenol production, apical-node microshoots from in vitro germinated plantlets were incubated on the following media: 1) ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Palacio L,Baeza MC,Cantero JJ,Cusidó R,Goleniowski ME

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Recent development in carbohydrate markers and functions are described. Identification of carbohydrate epitope for cancer-specific antibody is introduced. This novel approach involves the key glycosyltransferases that synthesize tumor-associated carbohydrate-antigens and elucidate the biosynthetic pathways. This is th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fukuda M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the progression of osteoporosis and the active peptide within the RAS, angiotensin II (ANG II), has deleterious effects on bones. This study was performed to investigate whether suppression of the rate-limiting step of the RAS cascade by the renin inhibitor al...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang FY,Yang FJ,Yang JL,Wang L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine is one of the main alkaloids of Rhizoma coptidis which has been used as a folk medicine to treat diabetes mellitus for more than 1400 years in China. To investigate the chronic effect of berberine on diabetic hyperlipidemic rats, fasted rats were intraperitoneally injected 35 mg/kg streptozotocin. Diabetic r...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhou JY,Zhou SW,Zhang KB,Tang JL,Guang LX,Ying Y,Xu Y,Zhang L,Li DD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bepridil hydrochloride is used for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Japan. We investigated the relationship between plasma concentrations of bepridil just before dosing (Cbep) and its clinical efficacy in Japanese patients (n=36) with AF. Patients were treated orally with 100, 150 or 200 mg/d bepridil. Cbep we...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Noda K,Gotoh Y,Tanioka S,Narayama Y,Kobayashi M,Iwai S,Katoh N,Tadano K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport mechanisms of p-aminohippurate (PAH) were investigated in rat renal brush-border membrane vesicles. The uptake of PAH was stimulated by an inside-positive membrane potential created by K+ and valinomycin. This potential-stimulated uptake of PAH was inhibited by various anion transport inhibitors and was satu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohoka K,Takano M,Okano T,Maeda S,Inui K,Hori R

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00