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Journal of Natural Medicines

Issue 1/2020

Content (37 Articles)

Open Access Review

Carotenoids as natural functional pigments

Takashi Maoka

Original Paper

Sweroside ameliorated carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis through FXR-miR-29a signaling pathway

Junting Gong, Fan Yang, Qiaoling Yang, Xiaowen Tang, Fangfang Shu, Lieming Xu, Zhengtao Wang, Li Yang

Original Paper

Chemical components from the twigs of Caesalpinia latisiliqua and their antiviral activity

Mira Oh, SeonJu Park, Jae-Hyoung Song, Hyun-Jeong Ko, Seung Hyun Kim

Open Access Original Paper

Antiinflammatory constituents of Atractylodes chinensis rhizome improve glomerular lesions in immunoglobulin A nephropathy model mice

Toshinari Ishii, Tetsuya Okuyama, Nao Noguchi, Yuto Nishidono, Tadayoshi Okumura, Masaki Kaibori, Ken Tanaka, Susumu Terabayashi, Yukinobu Ikeya, Mikio Nishizawa

Original Paper

1H NMR-based metabolomic analysis coupled with reversed-phase solid-phase extraction for sample preparation of Saposhnikovia roots and related crude drugs

Taichi Yoshitomi, Daigo Wakana, Nahoko Uchiyama, Takashi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Kawano, Tsuguo Yokokura, Yutaka Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Katsuko Komatsu, Nobuo Kawahara, Takuro Maruyama

Original Paper

Mycobacterium smegmatis alters the production of secondary metabolites by marine-derived Aspergillus niger

Takahiro Jomori, Yasumasa Hara, Miho Sasaoka, Kazuo Harada, Andi Setiawan, Kazumasa Hirata, Atsushi Kimishima, Masayoshi Arai

Alkaloids Original Paper

Cytotoxic diterpenoid alkaloid from Aconitum japonicum subsp. subcuneatum

Hiroshi Yamashita, Mai Miyao, Kazuki Hiramori, Daisuke Kobayashi, Yuji Suzuki, Megumi Mizukami, Masuo Goto, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Koji Wada

Original Paper

Agarotetrol in agarwood: its use in evaluation of agarwood quality

Sakura Takamatsu, Michiho Ito

Original Paper

Evaluation of white Kwao Krua (Pueraria candollei Grah. ex Benth.) products sold in Thailand by molecular, chemical, and microscopic analyses

Aekkhaluck Intharuksa, Masashi Kitamura, Nichakan Peerakam, Wannaree Charoensup, Hirokazu Ando, Yohei Sasaki, Panee Sirisa-ard

Original Paper

Eudesmane-type sesquiterpene glycosides: sonneratiosides A–E and eudesmol β-d-glucopyranoside from the leaves of Sonneratia alba

Kazuma Katsutani, Sachiko Sugimoto, Yoshi Yamano, Hideaki Otsuka, Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Tsutomu Mizuta

Original Paper

LC–MS analysis of saponins of Achyranthes root in the Japanese market

Kohei Kuwada, Satoshi Kawase, Karin Nakata, Nodoka Shinya, Yuji Narukawa, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Nobuo Kawahara, Fumiyuki Kiuchi

Fatty Liver Original Paper

Cynandione A from Cynanchum wilfordii inhibits hepatic de novo lipogenesis by activating the LKB1/AMPK pathway in HepG2 cells

Sunggun Kim, Yeo Yeong Yoon, Ye Won Park, Wan-Kyunn Whang, So-Young Park, Kwang Woo Hwang

Open Access Original Paper

Selective cytotoxicity of epidithiodiketopiperazine DC1149B, produced by marine-derived Trichoderma lixii on the cancer cells adapted to glucose starvation

Rui Tang, Atsushi Kimishima, Ryosuke Ishida, Andi Setiawan, Masayoshi Arai

Coumarin Original Paper

Metabolomic profiling of Saposhnikoviae Radix from Mongolia by LC–IT–TOF–MS/MS and multivariate statistical analysis

Zolboo Batsukh, Kazufumi Toume, Batkhuu Javzan, Kohei Kazuma, Shao-Qing Cai, Shigeki Hayashi, Nobuo Kawahara, Takuro Maruyama, Katsuko Komatsu

Original Paper

Identification and characterization of organic and glycosidic acids in crude resin glycoside fraction from Calystegia hederacea

Masateru Ono, Yoshino Ichihara, Nao Saito, Minami Yamada, Kana Yuuki, Masami Nawata, Shuhei Tsutsumi, Shin Yasuda, Ryota Tsuchihashi, Masafumi Okawa, Junei Kinjo, Hiroyuki Miyashita, Hitoshi Yoshimitsu, Toshihiro Nohara

Alkaloids Original Paper

BBB-permeable aporphine-type alkaloids in Nelumbo nucifera flowers with accelerative effects on neurite outgrowth in PC-12 cells

Mamiko Yano, Souichi Nakashima, Yoshimi Oda, Seikou Nakamura, Hisashi Matsuda

Original Paper

Effect of heat processing on the chemical constituents and NO-suppressing activity of Bletilla Tuber

Yuto Nishidono, Toshinari Ishii, Ryo Okada, Hisayoshi Norimoto, Chiaki Murayama, Dingxiang He, Tetsuya Okuyama, Mikio Nishizawa, Ken Tanaka

Note

Serine protease inhibitors and activators from Dalbergia tonkinensis species

Ninh The Son, Midori Suenaga, Yoiichi Matsunaga, Luu Van Chinh, Miwa Kubo, Kenichi Harada, Nguyen Manh Cuong, Yoshiyasu Fukuyama

Prenylated benzophenone derivatives from Hypericum patulum

Naonobu Tanaka, Kanji Niwa, Yuki Yano, Yoshiki Kashiwada

Note

Chemical constituents from Ginkgo biloba leaves and their cytotoxicity activity

Penghua Shu, Mengyuan Sun, Junping Li, Lingxiang Zhang, Haichang Xu, Yueyue Lou, Zhiyu Ju, Xialan Wei, Wenming Wu, Na Sun

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The combination of ITS2 and psbA-trnH region is powerful DNA barcode markers for authentication of medicinal Terminalia plants from Thailand

Aekkhaluck Intharuksa, Yohei Sasaki, Hirokazu Ando, Wannaree Charoensup, Ratchuporn Suksathan, Kittipong Kertsawang, Panee Sirisa-ard, Masayuki Mikage

Hypericum erectum alcoholic extract inhibits Toxoplasma growth and Entamoeba encystation: an exploratory study on the anti-protozoan potential

Noriko Shinjyo, Hideyuki Nakayama, Kanji Ishimaru, Kenji Hikosaka, Fumika Mi-ichi, Kazumi Norose, Hiroki Yoshida

Natural Resource Letter

Species identification of Indonesian agarwood using a DNA-barcoding method

Seiji Tanaka, Michiho Ito