Skip to main content
Top

Journal of Natural Medicines

Issue 3-4/2011

Content (38 Articles)

Original Paper

Honokiol enhances adipocyte differentiation by potentiating insulin signaling in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes

Sun-Sil Choi, Byung-Yoon Cha, Kagami Iida, Masako Sato, Young-Sil Lee, Toshiaki Teruya, Takayuki Yonezawa, Kazuo Nagai, Je-Tae Woo

Original Paper

Ferrearin C induces apoptosis via heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) induction in neuroblastoma

Tatsuya Hayama, Keiichi Tabata, Taketo Uchiyama, Yasuo Fujimoto, Takashi Suzuki

Original Paper

In vitro determination of the effect of Andrographis paniculata extracts and andrographolide on human hepatic cytochrome P450 activities

Yan Pan, Badrul Amini Abd-Rashid, Zakiah Ismail, Rusli Ismail, Joon Wah Mak, Peter C. K. Pook, Hui Meng Er, Chin Eng Ong

Original Paper

Antinociceptive effect of Lafoensia pacari A. St.-Hil. independent of anti-inflammatory activity of ellagic acid

Marcus Vinícius Mariano Nascimento, Pablinny Moreira Galdino, Iziara Ferreira Florentino, Bruno Leite Sampaio, Frederico Argollo Vanderlinde, José Realino de Paula, Elson Alves Costa

Original Paper

Antioxidant and antiglycating activities of Salvia sahendica and its protective effect against oxidative stress in neuron-like PC12 cells

Fatemeh Shaerzadeh, Abolhassan Ahmadiani, Mohammad Ali Esmaeili, Niloufar Ansari, Sareh Asadi, Solaleh Khoramian Tusi, Ali Sonboli, Mina Ghahremanzamaneh, Fariba Khodagholi

Original Paper

Antinociceptive effects of methyl jasmonate in experimental animals

Solomon Umukoro, Abimbola S. Olugbemide

Original Paper

Protective effect of Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. on carrageenan-induced inflammation

S. K. Kavitha, V. Viji, K. Kripa, A. Helen

Original Paper

Camalexin induces apoptosis in T-leukemia Jurkat cells by increased concentration of reactive oxygen species and activation of caspase-8 and caspase-9

Roman Mezencev, Taylor Updegrove, Peter Kutschy, Mária Repovská, John F. McDonald

Original Paper

Increased galectin-1 expression in muscle of Astragalus polysaccharide-treated Type 1 diabetic mice

Xingjian Zhou, Yancheng Xu, Guoming Yang, Fang Li

Original Paper

Evaluation of systemic administration of Boswellia papyrifera extracts on spatial memory retention in male rats

Ali Mahmoudi, Ali Hosseini-Sharifabad, Hamid R. Monsef-Esfahani, Ali R. Yazdinejad, Mahnaz Khanavi, Ali Roghani, Cordian Beyer, Mohammad Sharifzadeh

Original Paper

Methanol extract from mycelium of endophytic fungus Rhizoctonia sp. induces antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities in mice

Betijane Soares de Barros, Juliane Pereira da Silva, Jamylle Nunes de Souza Ferro, Isabela Karine Rodrigues Agra, Fabíola de Almeida Brito, Érica Dutra Albuquerque, Luiz Carlos Caetano, Emiliano Barreto

Original Paper

Tinospora cordifolia attenuates oxidative stress and distorted carbohydrate metabolism in experimentally induced type 2 diabetes in rats

Marimuthu Kannan Sangeetha, Hanumantha Rao Balaji Raghavendran, Veeraraghavan Gayathri, Hannah R. Vasanthi

Original Paper

Hypotensive effect of the water extract of the leaves of Pseuderanthemum palatiferum

Parirat Khonsung, A. Panthong, N. Chiranthanut, S. Intahphuak

Original Paper

Screening of promising chemotherapeutic candidates against human adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma from plants: active principles from Physalis pruinosa and structure–activity relationships with withanolides

Daisuke Nakano, Kenji Ishitsuka, Takahiro Hatsuse, Ryota Tsuchihashi, Masafumi Okawa, Hikaru Okabe, Kazuo Tamura, Junei Kinjo

Original Paper

Pharmacological effect of carvacrol on d-galactosamine-induced mitochondrial enzymes and DNA damage by single-cell gel electrophoresis

Balakrishnan Aristatile, Khalid S. Al-Numair, Abdullah H. Al-Assaf, Kodukkur Viswanathan Pugalendi

Note

Compounds isolated from Curcuma aromatica Salisb. inhibit human P450 enzymes

Yoshinori Bamba, Young Sook Yun, Akira Kunugi, Hideshi Inoue

Note

New phenolic compounds from Camellia sinensis L. leaves fermented with Aspergillus sp.

Rani Agustina Wulandari, Masami Amano, Teruyoshi Yanagita, Takashi Tanaka, Isao Kouno, Denbei Kawamura, Kanji Ishimaru

Note

Bioactive metabolites of Diaporthe sp. P133, an endophytic fungus isolated from Pandanus amaryllifolius

Melfei E. Bungihan, Mario A. Tan, Mariko Kitajima, Noriyuki Kogure, Scott G. Franzblau, Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Hiromitsu Takayama, Maribel G. Nonato

Note

Preventive effects of the extract of kinka-cha, a folk tea, on a rat model of metabolic syndrome

Hisae Oku, Yuko Ogawa, Emiko Iwaoka, Yu Yamaguchi, Satomi Kagota, Shinozuka Kazumasa, Masaru Kunitomo, Kyoko Ishiguro

Note

Gallates of isoorientin and (2S)-1,2-propanediol glucoside from the leaves of Schoepfia jasminodora

Yoshiko Tsuboi, Takashi Doi, Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Hideaki Otsuka, Takakazu Shinzato, Yoshio Takeda

Note

Comparison of contents of five ephedrine alkaloids in three official origins of Ephedra Herb in China by high-performance liquid chromatography

Hao Hong, Hu-Biao Chen, Dong-Hui Yang, Ming-Ying Shang, Xuan Wang, Shao-Qing Cai, Masayuki Mikage

Note

Acoschimperoside P, 2′-acetate: a Hedgehog signaling inhibitory constituent from Vallaris glabra

Yusnita Rifai, Midori A. Arai, Takashi Koyano, Thaworn Kowithayakorn, Masami Ishibashi

Note

Genetic variation of Croton stellatopilosus Ohba based on non-coding DNA sequences of ITS, trnK and trnL-F regions

Prasob-orn Rinthong, Shu Zhu, Katsuko Komatsu, Suchart Chanama, Wanchai De-Eknamkul

Note

Glycyrrhiza glabra (Linn.) and Lavandula officinalis (L.) cell suspension cultures-based biotransformation of β-artemether

Suman Patel, Rashmi Gaur, Mohita Upadhyaya, Archana Mathur, Ajay K. Mathur, Rajendra S. Bhakuni

Natural Resource Letter

Inhibition of proliferation by agricultural plant extracts in seven human adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL)-related cell lines

Hisahiro Kai, Ena Akamatsu, Eri Torii, Hiroko Kodama, Chizuko Yukizaki, Yoichi Sakakibara, Masahito Suiko, Kazuhiro Morishita, Hiroaki Kataoka, Koji Matsuno

Natural Resource Letter

Anti-HIV activity of Indian medicinal plants

Sudeep Sabde, Hardik S. Bodiwala, Aniket Karmase, Preeti J. Deshpande, Amandeep Kaur, Nafees Ahmed, Siddheshwar K. Chauthe, Keyur G. Brahmbhatt, Rasika U. Phadke, Debashis Mitra, Kamlesh Kumar Bhutani, Inder Pal Singh

Natural Resource Letter

In vitro screening for antihyperlipidemic activities in foodstuffs by evaluating lipoprotein profiles secreted from human hepatoma cells

Jyunichiro Takahashi, Gen Toshima, Yukie Matsumoto, Fumiko Kimura, Takanobu Kiuchi, Kentaro Hamada, Keishi Hata