Activation of murine kupffer cells by administration with gel-forming (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan from Grifola frondosa.

abstract：:Two angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides were isolated from a tryptic hydrolysate of human serum albumin (HSA). The peptides were identified by sequencing and other analyses as Ala-Trp and the nonapeptide Ala-Phe-Lys-Ala-Trp-Ala-Val-Ala-Arg (human albutensin A), corresponding to f(213-214) and f(2...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakagomi K,Ebisu H,Sadakane Y,Fujii N,Akizawa T,Tanimura T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cynanchum wilfordii is one of most widely used medicinal plants in Oriental medicine for the treatment of various conditions. In the present study, we isolated cynandione A (CA) from an extract of Cynanchum wilfordii roots (CWE) and investigated the effects of CA on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yang SB,Lee SM,Park JH,Lee TH,Baek NI,Park HJ,Lee H,Kim J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have indicated that isosteviol sodium (STVNa) has neuroprotective effects against acute focal cerebral ischemia in rats; however, the exact underlying mechanisms and ideal treatment paradigm are not known. To find a reasonable method for STVNa administration and to determine its possible therapeutic m...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang H,Sun X,Xie Y,Tian F,Hu H,Tan W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective effects of quinic acids from Aster scaber on tetrahydropapaveroline (THP)-induced cell toxicity were evaluated in rat C6 glioma cells. Among 4 quinic acid derivatives tested, (-) 4,5-dicaffeoyl quinic acid (QA3) exhibited the highest protective effect against THP-induced cell toxicity. C6 cells treated with...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Soh Y,Kim JA,Sohn NW,Lee KR,Kim SY

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the recommended theophylline therapeutic range in the treatment of acute airway obstruction. Twenty seven patients (20 to 64 years) with acute asthma attack were given aminophylline intravenously to obtain a theophylline concentration between 10 and 20 microgra...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakahara Y,Murata M,Suzuki T,Ohtsu F,Nagasawa K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel tricyclic 21-amino-acid peptide, FR901724, was isolated from the cultured broth of Streptomyces sp. No. 73264. This peptide appears to possess potent anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity in vitro and might represent a lead to a new class of anti-HIV agents; it qualifies as an HIV-cell fusion inhibi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakashima H,Ichiyama K,Inazawa K,Ito M,Hayashi H,Nishihara Y,Tsujii E,Kino T

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To predict the actions of T-3762, a newly developed fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agent, as well as ciprofloxacin (CPFX) and ofloxacin (OFLX), on injection sites when dosed parenterally, their ability to increase cutaneous vascular permeability in dogs and to release histamine from rat peritoneal mast cells was examin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Furuhata K,Fukuda Y,Soumi K,Arai H,Watanabe Y,Narita H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) and iron contents of diabetic rat serum, as well as the iron-binding capacity of glycated transferrin and oxygen radical production by the glycated proteins were examined. The TIBC and iron content of diabetic rat sera were found to be much lower than those of control rat sera. I...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fujimoto S,Kawakami N,Ohara A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral tolerance is thought to have a role in preventing allergic responses and immune-mediated diseases. Modulation of this tolerance by drugs and chemicals can cause or suppress them. An improved model of oral tolerance to ovalbumin (OVA) in mice was developed to detect modulators of the tolerance and to apply it to s...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim JH,Ohsawa M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For analyzing the concentrations of drugs in hairs, a new method of digestion of hairs with Biopurase, a protease obtained from Bacillus subtilis, was examined. The concentrations of drugs in hairs were then determined in order to examine the usefulness of the protease for the digestion of hairs. The stability of five...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fujii J,Higashi A,Nakano M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many plant-derived flavonoids including quercetin exhibit antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties. Proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress play an important role in acute pancreatitis. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of quercetin on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice. Animal groups were pre...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Carvalho KM,Morais TC,de Melo TS,de Castro Brito GA,de Andrade GM,Rao VS,Santos FA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of zaldaride on acetylcholine-induced colonic electrolyte secretion was examined. The short-circuit current response to acetylcholine was partially reduced by tetrodotoxin, a neuronal blocker, and was completely inhibited by atropine, an acetylcholine M receptor antagonist, in the rat colonic preparations. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aikawa N,Kishibayashi N,Karasawa A,Ohmori K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A safe and effective delivery system with a submicron emulsion for puerarin was studied. Puerarin submicron emulsion was prepared by a novel complex-phase inversion-high press homogenization technology. The mechanism to reduce the hemolysis side effect of puerarin was studied by blood cell counts in rabbits. The avera...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yue PF,Hai-Long Yuan HL,Zhu WF,Cong LB,Xie H,Liu ZG,Wang LJ,Xiao XH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total alkaloid fractions of the methanolic extracts of the leaves, ripe fruits, roots, seeds and stem of Solanum pseudocapsicum were subjected to in-vitro cytotoxicity, short-term toxicity and long-term survival studies. All the five fractions exhibited potent activity. The total alkaloid fraction of leaves was fo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Vijayan P,Vijayaraj P,Setty PH,Hariharpura RC,Godavarthi A,Badami S,Arumugam DS,Bhojraj S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the topical application of ascorbic acid 2-O-alpha-glucoside (AA-2G) suppressed the cutaneous inflammation by ultraviolet irradiation in human and guinea pigs (Miyai et al., Nishinihon J. Dermatol., 58, 439-443 (1996)). In this paper, the effect of AA-2G on the lethal damage induced by ultr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miyai E,Yanagida M,Akiyama J,Yamamoto I

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is recognized as an important mediator of brain disorders. Nevertheless, there are few antioxidants approved for brain diseases. There are two types of mechanisms as antioxidant systems in vivo, antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes. Antioxidants are consumed by the reaction with reactive oxygen specie...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kume T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastric mucus is an important factor in the gastric mucosal protection from acid, pepsin and various reagents (alcohol, aspirin, etc.). MUC5AC is the mucin secreted from surface mucous cells, and belongs to the gel-forming mucin. We examined the regulation of rat MUC5AC (rMUC5AC) mRNA by glucocorticoid in vivo and...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tanaka T,Kobayashi T,Sunaga K,Tani S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astilbin, a dihydroflavonol rhamnoside isolated from the leaves of Engelhardtia chrysolepis, enhanced the vanadate-stimulated release of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity from rat isolated fat pads. N-[2-(Methyl-amino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H-8), a potent inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), ma...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Motoyashiki T,Miyake M,Morita T,Mizutani K,Masuda H,Ueki H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has been designed to investigate the modulatory role of dichlorobenzamil a Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger inhibitor in ischemic post-conditioning-induced neuroprotection in mice. Bilateral carotid artery occlusion followed by reperfusion, produced a significant rise in cerebral infarct size along with impair...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kaur H,Jaggi AS,Singh N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the activity of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (cytochrome P-45014DM) by dietary cholesterol was studied in rats. In male rats fed a 3% cholesterol diet for 1 and 4 weeks, the activity of 24,25-dihydrolanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase was decreased in the liver. The cytochrome P-45014DM protein content de...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sonoda Y,Amano C,Endo M,Sato Y,Sekigawa Y,Fukuhara M

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:The roles of OmpC and OmpF in acidic resistance (AR) were examined. When ompC and ompF were deleted, AR was decreased. The decreased level of AR seen in the mutant that was deficient in ompC and ompF was elevated by the addition of glutamate, but not by the addition of arginine or lysine. The expression levels of adiA...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Bekhit A,Fukamachi T,Saito H,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisandrin B (Sch B), a dibenzocyclooctadiene derivative isolated from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, has been shown to enhance mitochondrial antioxidant status in liver, heart and brain tissues in rodents. Whether or not long-term Sch B treatment can protect against oxidative stress-induced cerebral damage remai...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chen N,Chiu PY,Ko KM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin is a natural polyphenolic compound abundant in the rhizome of the perennial herb turmeric, Curcuma longa. It is commonly used as a dietary spice and coloring agent in cooking, and is used anecdotally as an herb in traditional Indian and Chinese medicine. It has been reported that curcumin has the potential to...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mito S,Watanabe K,Harima M,Thandavarayan RA,Veeraveedu PT,Sukumaran V,Suzuki K,Kodama M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the activities of type IV collagenase and/or ectopeptidases possessed by malignant cells are related to their metastatic potentials. In the present study, we examined the activities of three aminopeptidases, two serine proteases, as well as type IV collagenase, in three kinds of cell lines o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Funahashi T,Shimamura M,Kocha T,Fukuda T,Aoyagi T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nafamostat mesilate, an ester drug with extensive hydrolysis in vivo, exhibits species difference in the relative contribution for its hydrolysis in blood and tissues. For the rat, the main hydrolysis site may be blood and human may be tissue (mainly by liver). The paper gave in vivo evidence that human tissue may giv...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Cao YG,Chen YC,Hao K,Zhang M,Liu XQ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1 was first identified as a novel candidate of an oncogene product in cooperation with an activated ras, and DJ-1 was later found to be a positive regulator of the androgen receptor (AR) transcription activity that was repressed by PIASxalpha. DJ-1 was also found to be an infertility-related protein that was reduce...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Taira T,Iguchi-Ariga SM,Ariga H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of the urine protein : creatine ratio (UPCR) in management of molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy has not been studied, although urine protein dipstick testing (uPr) is widely used in the clinical setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of UPCR as compared to uPr in pat...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamura K,Tanaka T,Masumori N,Miyamoto A,Hirano T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer with high mortality worldwide. Traditional chemotherapy for HCC is not widely accepted by clinical practitioners because of its toxic side effects. Thus, there is a need to identify chemotherapeutic drugs against HCC. AMP-activated protein kinase (...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sul YH,Lee MS,Cha EY,Thuong PT,Khoi NM,Song IS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate insecticidal activity of spider toxins, metal ions in venoms and in the bodies were determined by thin layer chromatography, spark source mass spectrometry, ion chromatography, inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry and atomic absorption spectrometry. Two kinds of spiders were used, Nephila clav...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshioka M,Narai N,Shinkai A,Tokuda T,Saito K,Shioya M,Tokoro N,Kono Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00