Effects of astemizole on ventricular activation delay and RT intervals in a canine myocardial infarction model.

abstract：:A convenient and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method with post-column platinum catalyst reduction and electrochemical detection was applied to the simultaneous determination of oxidized and reduced coenzyme Q (CoQ and CoQH2) and alpha-tocopherol (alpha-TP) in human and rat samples. After the separ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wakabayashi H,Yamato S,Nakajima M,Shimada K

更新日期：1994-08-01 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

abstract：:Liposomes have been artificially made into membranous vesicles composed essentially of naturally occurring phospholipids and have been found to serve as a carrier of drugs and an immunological adjuvant. After being intravenously injected, they are quickly removed from the blood circulation and trapped by Kupffer cells...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aramaki Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of the abnormal expression of the bile salt export pump (BSEP) and multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) in isoniazid (INH)-induced liver injury, we assessed the liver injury induced by INH in rats and HepG2 cells in vitro. The regulatory pathways via Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Qu X,Zhang Y,Zhang S,Zhai J,Gao H,Tao L,Song Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen oxide, which is produced by activated macrophages, has been demonstrated to possess anti-tumor activity. We report herein the synergistic effect of sodium nitrite (NO2-) and/or sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on lysophospholipid (LysoPL)-mediated cytolysis. The incubation of 51Cr-labeled mouse melanoma (B16) cells...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanematsu M,Takagi K,Suketa Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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：:To investigate the protective effect of ginsenoside Re (Re) against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, adult male Wistar rats weighing 250-300 g were subjected to either sham surgery or middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 2 h of brain ischemia and 2 h reperfusion. A fluorescence polarization assay was carri...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhou XM,Cao YL,Dou DQ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (C/EBPdelta) transcription factor is rapidly induced at an early stage of acute phase response. We previously reported that this induction was mainly mediated by acute phase response factor/signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (APRF/STAT3). Furthermore, the high exp...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tanabe A,Kumahara C,Osada S,Nishihara T,Imagawa M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of ketotifen fumarate (KF) was examined after administration in rabbits through four different routes (intravenous, intranasal, oral and rectal). The time-course of the plasma concentration of KF after intravenous administration (1 mg/kg dose) fitted a two-compartment open model. KF was rapidly ab...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yagi N,Taniuchi Y,Hamada K,Sudo J,Sekikawa H

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Indomethacin is used as an anti-inflammatory drug and a nonselective cyclooxygenase inhibitor. When indomethacin in methanol was photo-irradiated with an Hg lamp, methyl ester, ethyl ester, and gamma-lactone derivatives of indomethacin were produced. In the present study, we found that the methyl ester derivative of i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chao SH,Wu AB,Lee CJ,Chen FA,Wang CC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is related to an increase in lipid peroxidation and oxygen free radicals in a kidney. In the present study, we investigated the effect of the dietary antioxidants, capsaicin (Cap), against cisplatin-induced lipid peroxidation and nephrotoxicity in rats. Nephrotoxicity induced by treatm...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shimeda Y,Hirotani Y,Akimoto Y,Shindou K,Ijiri Y,Nishihori T,Tanaka K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prunella vulgaris L., commonly known as "self-heal" or "heal-all," is a perennial herb with a long history of medicinal use. Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H), and 4-coumarate:coenzyme-A (CoA) ligase (4CL) are important enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway and in the accumulation of ro...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YB,Shin Y,Tuan PA,Li X,Park Y,Park NI,Park SU

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of exercise on the metabolism of caffeine (CA) were studied 3h after administration of the drug to race horses which then underwent exercise sets (1000-m gallop). Analysis was made of pharmacokinetics of CA, changes in its plasma concentrations, its metabolites, i.e., theophylline (TP), theobromine (TB) an...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aramaki S,Suzuki E,Ishidaka O,Momose A

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:A calcium-induced alginate gel bead (Alg-CS) containing chitosan (CS) and 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid (CMP) was prepared. We then investigated (a) CMP release from Alg-CS, and (b) uptake of bile acid into the Alg-CS, within the gastrointestinal tract. Dried Alg-CS gradually swelled in taurocholate solut...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Murata Y,Hirai D,Kofuji K,Miyamoto E,Kawashima S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if there is stereoselectivity in peroxisomal proliferation induced by chiral peroxisome proliferators, induction by stereoisomers of 2-methyl-4'-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2-methyl-2-(2'-4'-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid were studied in rat in vivo and in vitro with isolated rat hepatocytes. No significant...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Koibuchi Y,Yamada J,Watanabe T,Suga T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilnidipine is a 1,4-dihydropyridine-derived voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC) blocker and suppresses N-type VDCC currents in addition to L-type VDCC currents. An earlier investigation has suggested that intrathecally injected cilnidipine produces antinociception by blocking N-type VDCCs in mice. The present st...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Koganei H,Shoji M,Iwata S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of clindamycin on beta-lactamase biosynthesis was investigated in beta-lactam resistant bacteria with inducible and/or constitutive production of the enzyme(s). Clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae (E. cloacae) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) were examined. Three strains of each, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishihata T,Kunieda S,Nakahama C,Soejima R

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimation of metallothionein (MT) levels in a biological sample is required to study the physiological role or the induction of MT, which is a multifunctional protein. MT contains 61 amino acids with 20 homologous cysteines. The high selectivity, sensitivity and stability of N-[4-(dimethylamino-2-benzofuranyl)phe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shinogi M,Nishinaga K,Yokoyama I

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morinda citrifolia L., known as noni, originated from Indonesia exhibits various pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory properties. However, the validity of noni fruit juice as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disorder, has not been confirmed yet. Therefore, the main purpose of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kustiarini DA,Nishigaki T,Kanno H,To H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory neuropathy (AN) is a hearing disorder characterized by an abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR). This study examined experimental AN model induced in mice following increased dosages of pyridoxine. Induced AN was examined for < or =10 weeks following the last pyridoxine treatment. To assess AN, we evalua...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hong BN,Yi TH,Kim SY,Kang TH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrodynamic method by rapid intravenous injection of a large volume of plasmid DNA is known to be an efficient and liver-specific method of in vivo gene delivery and achieves high levels of foreign gene expression, particularly in hepatocytes. Low transgene activities have also been observed in other organs such ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hattori Y,Koga K,Izumisawa T,Yamasaki M,Narishima R,Yoshida S,Fukui T,Maitani Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Threohydroxyaspartate (THA) causes glutamate excitotoxicity in motor neurons in organotypic culture of rat spinal cord. Some drugs, including sulforaphane (SF) and riluzole, can protect motor neuron against excitotoxicity. It has been demonstrated that SF is a potent inducer of Phase II enzymes, while riluzole is a cl...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chang G,Guo Y,Jia Y,Duan W,Li B,Yu J,Li C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioprotective effects of propolis and polyphenolic compounds from propolis on the radiation-induced mortality of mice exposed to 9 Gy of gamma-irradiation were studied. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) treatment of mice at doses of 100 mg kg(-1) body weight of propolis (water or ethanolic extract; WSDP or EEP) or its poly...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Orsolić N,Benković V,Horvat-Knezević A,Kopjar N,Kosalec I,Bakmaz M,Mihaljević Z,Bendelja K,Basić I

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a mass microscope in which a microscope is combined with high-resolution matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS). This technique is a powerful tool for investigating the spatial distribution of biomolecules without the need for any time-consuming extraction, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saito Y,Waki M,Hameed S,Hayasaka T,Setou M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fractions of neutral alpha-glucosidase were partially purified from the insoluble fraction of bovine lens. This is the first report of such an event to the best of our knowledge. The apparent native molecular weights of these fractions were 121 kDa (fraction-I) and 254 kDa (fraction-II). Both fractions contained t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kamei A,Fujiyama O

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osthole, a main active constituent from Cnidium monnieri (L.) CUSSON, has been considered therapeutic agent in the treatment of ischemic stroke. This study was designed to investigate the effect of osthole on permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. Osthole was administrated by gavage to the normal a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li F,Gong Q,Wang L,Shi J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1) integrates multiple signaling pathways and regulates various cellular processes. Tuberous sclerosis complex 1 (Tsc1) and complex 2 (Tsc2) are critical negative regulators of mTORC1. Mouse genetic studies, including ours, have revealed that inactivation o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Iwahashi S,Tokumura K,Park G,Ochiai S,Okayama Y,Fusawa H,Ohta K,Fukasawa K,Iezaki T,Hinoi E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00