Effect of ginseng radix on GLUT2 protein content in mouse liver in normal and epinephrine-induced hyperglycemic mice.

abstract：:Novel delivery technology using cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have recently shown their potential and are emerging as promising candidates for an oral protein and peptide delivery systems. As with for the development of any absorption enhancer that is meant to function across an epithelial layer covering a surface ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nielsen EJ,Kamei N,Takeda-Morishita M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most frequent cause of liver dysfunction and a common global problem. Gypenosides can decrease pathological modifications of high-fat diet-induced rat atherosclerosis; however, its effect and mechanism on NASH remain unclear. In this study, rats were randomly divided into nor...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li H,Ying H,Hu A,Hu Y,Li D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we investigated the vascular activity and possible mechanism of Orientin, from bamboo leaves (Phyllostachys nigra), in isolated thoracic aortic rings from New Zealand rabbit. Among the four compounds, studied, only Orientin relaxed phenylephrine-induced contractions with an IC50 value of 2.28 microM in t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fu XC,Wang MW,Li SP,Zhang Y,Wang HL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous oral administration of the acidic polysaccharide (TAP) solution (0.5 g/l) and the TAP-H (degradation products of TAP) solution (1.5 g/l) instead of water for 10 weeks were found to depress plasma glucose increases in diabetes using genetically non-insulin-dependent diabetic model (KK-Ay) mice. TAP and TAP-H...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kiho T,Kochi M,Usui S,Hirano K,Aizawa K,Inakuma T

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatoprotecive effects of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) on chemically and immunologically induced experimental liver injury models were examined. The hEGF clearly decreased serum transaminase levels in D-galactosamine (D-GalN) and D-GalN/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury models unde...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Cho JY,Yeon JD,Kim JY,Yoo ES,Yu YH,Park MH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coffee is a popular beverage worldwide with various nutritional benefits. Diterpene cafestol, one of the major components of coffee, contributes to its beneficial effects through various biological activities such as chemopreventive, antitumorigenic, hepatoprotective, antioxidative and antiinflammatory effects. In thi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shen T,Lee J,Lee E,Kim SH,Kim TW,Cho JY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethyl sulfate, a minor and direct ethanol metabolite in adult human body, has been implicated as a biomarker for alcohol consumption and in utero exposure to ethanol. To understand better the physiological relevance of the sulfation of ethanol, it is important to clarify the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) enzymes t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kurogi K,Davidson G,Mohammed YI,Williams FE,Liu MY,Sakakibara Y,Suiko M,Liu MC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vonoprazan fumarate (vonoprazan) is a new kind of acid suppressant with potent acid inhibitory effects. Therefore, it has been administered to kidney transplant recipients for treatment or prophylaxis of steroid ulcers, refractory peptic ulcers, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Because tacrolimus, which is a well-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mei T,Noguchi H,Suetsugu K,Hisadome Y,Kaku K,Okabe Y,Masuda S,Nakamura M

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：: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：: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：: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：:Plasma hyaluronan biding protein (PHBP) is a novel serine protease, which has an amino acid sequence homology to that of hepatocyte growth factor activator (HGFA), and has a similar domain structure to that of urinary plasminogen activator (u-PA), found in human plasma. We searched the PHBP substrate in human plasma b...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Choi-Miura NH,Yoda M,Saito K,Takahashi K,Tomita M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption and distribution of ulinastatin following intra-articular administration of [125I]ulinastatin to rabbits were determined and kinetic analysis using a multi-compartment model was performed. At 4 h after administration, the content of radioactivity in the synovial fluid, which was comparable to that of th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohzawa N,Takahashi Y,Ogihara T,Nakai Y,Ishiguro J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release kinetics of dihydroetorphine (DHE) from pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape with an ethylene-vinyl acetate co-polymer (EVA) membrane as a diffusion-controlling membrane and its protective effect from an unpredictable increase in skin permeation of DHE caused by stratum corneum damage were investigated. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohmori S,Sugiyama Y,Morimoto Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is popular as a potherb in many areas of Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean region and is widely distributed around the globe. It has a wide range of pharmacological effects, such as antibacterial, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative properties. Although the extract of p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim JY,Oh HM,Kwak SC,Cheon YH,Lee MS,Rho MC,Oh J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swallowing involves several motor processes such as bolus formation and intraoral transport of a food bolus (oral stage) and a series of visceral events that occur in a relatively fixed timed sequence but are to some degree modifiable (pharyngeal stage or swallow reflex). Reflecting the progressive aging of society, p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamura K,Kitagawa J,Kurose M,Sugino S,Takatsuji H,Mostafeezur RM,Zakir HM,Yamada Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt-sensitive hypertension induces renal injury via decreased blood flow in the renal artery (RA), and ion channel dysfunction in RA myocytes (RAMs) may be involved in the higher renal vascular resistance. We examined the effects of several voltage-gated K+ (KV) channel blockers on the resting tension in endothelium-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ogiwara K,Ohya S,Suzuki Y,Yamamura H,Imaizumi Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) has 6 transmembrane regions and 3 matrix loops. Our previous mutational study on the Cys residue in the LM1s of chimeric bovine type 1 AAC (yN-bAAC1), in which the N-terminal 11 amino acids of bovine type 1 AAC are substituted with the corresponding 26 amino acids of yeast type ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kihira Y,Ueno M,Terada H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse thioglycollate-induced peritoneal macrophages effectively, in the absence of serum, recognized mouse polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) mildly oxidized with diamide, superoxide (hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase) or t-butyhydroperoxide, or modified with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). The recognition reached a maximum when...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Beppu M,Yokoyama N,Motohashi M,Kikugawa K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragility fractures associated with age-related bone loss are of urgent concern worldwide because they reduce QOL and pose financial burdens for health care services. Currently, national data in Japan are limited. This study provides quantitative data for older patients throughout Japan who, although otherwise relativ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Iihara N,Ohara E,Bando Y,Yoshida T,Ohara M,Kirino Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate skin permeation enhancement effect of essential oils from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort (chuanxiong oil) in rabbits and to compare the in vivo absorption and in vitro permeation using flurbiprofen as a model drug. In vivo results demonstrated that chuanxiong oil showed a rapid a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang LC,Hu JH,Li L,Gao LH,Zhu QG,Li Z,Wang ZZ,Su DF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium isolated as the contaminant of a batch of commercial benzalkonium chloride (BAC) solution (10% (w/v)) stored in a loosely capped bottle in the Department of Pharmacy Shinshu University Hospital was identified as Pseudomonas fluorescens belonging to biotype G of Stanier, et al. The strain was highly resista...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagai K,Ohta S,Zenda H,Matsumoto H,Makino M

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:The effect of insulin administration on bone formation was investigated in the femoral diaphysis of rats with skeletal unloading. When the femoral-diaphyseal tissues from normal rats were cultured in the presence of insulin (10(-9) and 10(-8) M) for 48 h, the hormone produced a significant increase of alkaline phospha...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamaguchi M,Kishi S,Hoshi T

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Fossilia Mastodi OSSIS, which is a skeletal fossil of a Mastodon, an ancient mammal, has been found to have anxiolytic, sedative and anticonvulsant activities in Oriental medicine. In this study, in vivo characterization of the sedative activities of Fossilia Mastodi OSSIS was performed in order to obtain basic inform...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ha JH,Lee MG,Chang SM,Lee JT

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) against anaphylaxis and allergic pruritus were investigated using a in vivo assay. Inhibitory effects of CLA were observed on the immediate (type 1) hypersensitivity reaction, with CLA significantly suppressing the decrease in blood pressure (BP) and blood flow (BF) induce...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishiguro K,Oku H,Suitani A,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin, a bioactive component in tumeric, has been shown to exert antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective effects, but the effects of curcumin against manganese (Mn)-mediated neurotoxicity have not been studied. This study examined the protective effects of curcumin on...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Park E,Chun HS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the in vivo and in vitro antitumor activities of gambogic acid (GA) and one of the possible mechanisms for its inhibitory activities. In vivo antitumor activity of GA was evaluated by the relative tumor growth ratio (T/C) in nude mice, and in vitro inhibition of SPC-A1 cells was measured by 3-(4,5-dimeth...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wu ZQ,Guo QL,You QD,Zhao L,Gu HY

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00