Issue 4/2021
Content (35 Articles)
Thiolane-type sulfides from garlic, onion, and Welsh onion
Toshihiro Nohara, Yukio Fujiwara, Mona El-Aasr, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Masateru Ono, Daisuke Nakano, Junei Kinjo
Design and synthesis of analogues of RA-VII—an antitumor bicyclic hexapeptide from Rubiae radix
Yukio Hitotsuyanagi
Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines based on the ethnopharmacological information obtained by field studies
Naonobu Tanaka, Yoshiki Kashiwada
The hepatoprotective efficacy and biological mechanisms of three phenylethanoid glycosides from cistanches herba and their metabolites based on intestinal bacteria and network pharmacology
Yongli Guo, Qingling Cui, Shumeng Ren, Deguo Hao, Toshio Morikawa, Dongmei Wang, Xiaoqiu Liu, Yingni Pan
Genetic diversity of Amomum xanthioides and its related species from Southeast Asia and China
Mikako Sone, Shu Zhu, Xiao Cheng, Sounthone Ketphanh, Swe Swe, Than Lwin Tun, Noriaki Kawano, Nobuo Kawahara, Katsuko Komatsu
Prenylflavonoids from fruit of Macaranga tanarius promote glucose uptake via AMPK activation in L6 myotubes
Noriyuki Natsume, Takayuki Yonezawa, Yukiko Saito, Je-Tae Woo, Toshiaki Teruya
Anti-metastatic effects of ergosterol peroxide from the entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps gracilioides on 4T1 breast cancer cells
Min-Kyoung Shin, Fumito Sasaki, Dae-Won Ki, Nwet Nwet Win, Hiroyuki Morita, Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Indigo enhances wound healing activity of Caco-2 cells via activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Takaaki Shimizu, Chisa Takagi, Toshinori Sawano, Yuto Eijima, Jin Nakatani, Takuya Fujita, Hidekazu Tanaka
Inhibition of cell-intrinsic NF-κB activity and metastatic abilities of breast cancer by aloe-emodin and emodic-acid isolated from Asphodelus microcarpus
Amira A. Abdellatef, Moustafa Fathy, Abd El-Salam I. Mohammed, Marwa S. Abu Bakr, Amal H. Ahmed, Hatem S. Abbass, Ahmed H. El-Desoky, Hiroyuki Morita, Toshio Nikaido, Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Cytotoxicity and growth-inhibiting activity of Astragalus polysaccharides against breast cancer via the regulation of EGFR and ANXA1
Wenfang Li, Xueyan Hu, Yanjie Li, Kedong Song
Four new xanthones and their cytotoxicity from the stems of Garcinia schomburgkiana
Sutin Kaennakam, Edwin Risky Sukandar, Thanawan Juntagoot, Pongpun Siripong, Santi Tip-pyang
Podogigants A and B, two new potentiators of amphotericin B activity, from Sordariomycete Podostroma giganteum
Mikiko Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Keisuke Kobayashi, Hiroshi Tomoda, Hideyuki Shigemori
Rubus chingii var. suavissimus alleviates high-fat diet-induced lipid metabolism disorder via modulation of the PPARs/SREBP pathway in Syrian golden hamsters
Man-Jing Jiang, Li Li, Wan-Fang Huang, Jian Su, Yao-Hua Li, Xiao-Sheng Qu, Lan-Lan Fan
Analysis of anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of acacia bark-derived proanthocyanidins in type 2 diabetes model KKAy mice
Mayumi Kashiwada, Saho Nakaishi, Ayumi Usuda, Yumi Miyahara, Kenta Katsumoto, Kyoko Katsura, Izumi Terakado, Makiko Jindo, Shihori Nakajima, Sosuke Ogawa, Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Wataru Ochiai
Hyperdioxanes, dibenzo-1,4-dioxane derivatives from the roots of Hypericum ascyron
Kanji Niwa, Naonobu Tanaka, Yusei Shimomoto, Daisuke Tsuji, Sang-Yong Kim, Mareshige Kojoma, Kohji Itoh, Chin-Ho Chen, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Yoshiki Kashiwada
Phenylpropanoid conjugated iridoids with anti-malarial activity from the leaves of Morinda morindoides
Yasinjan Hashim, Kazufumi Toume, Shusaku Mizukami, Yue-Wei Ge, Mayumi Taniguchi, Awet Alem Teklemichael, Nguyen Tien Huy, Joseph M. Bodi, Kenji Hirayama, Katsuko Komatsu
Effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-activating alkaloids on anxiety-like behavior in zebrafish
Ainhoa Alzualde, Oihane Jaka, Diogo A. R. S. Latino, Omar Alijevic, Iñaki Iturria, Jorge Hurtado de Mendoza, Pavel Pospisil, Stefan Frentzel, Manuel C. Peitsch, Julia Hoeng, Kyoko Koshibu
Cell death-inducing activities via Hsp inhibition of the sesquiterpenes isolated from Valeriana fauriei
Takahiro Matsumoto, Takahiro Kitagawa, Daisuke Imahori, Hayato Yoshikawa, Masaya Okayama, Mayuka Kobayashi, Naoto Kojima, Masayuki Yamashita, Tetsushi Watanabe
22-O-(N-Boc-l-glycine) ester of renieramycin M inhibits migratory activity and suppresses epithelial–mesenchymal transition in human lung cancer cells
Yamin Oo, Justin Quiel Lasam Nealiga, Khanit Suwanborirux, Supakarn Chamni, Gea Abigail Uy Ecoy, Varisa Pongrakhananon, Pithi Chanvorachote, Chatchai Chaotham
Picrotoxane sesquiterpene and α-pyrone derivative from Dendrobium signatum and their free radical scavenging potency
Prajak Khumploy, Achara Raksat, Siwattra Choodej, Thammarat Aree, Nattaya Ngamrojanavanich, Khanitha Pudhom
Brazilian propolis (AF-08) inhibits collagen-induced platelet aggregation without affecting blood coagulation
Chihiro Sugita, Atsushi Yamashita, Shigetoshi Tsutsumi, Hisahiro Kai, Tohru Sonoda, Hiroki Yoshida, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Yujiro Asada, Masahiko Kurokawa
Polymorphism analysis of TCP gene region to intraspecific analysis of Paeonia lactiflora, and application for authentication of Paeoniae Radix
Yuina Yoshie, Hirokazu Ando, Takayuki Tamura, Kozo Fukuda, Motoko Igarashi, Atsuyuki Hishida, Nobuo Kawahara, Yohei Sasaki
Effect of glucoglycyrrhizin on IgE-mediated immediate hypersensitivity in mice
Mitsuhiko Nose, Shinsuke Hisaka, Atsushi Tsuge, Hiroaki Hayashi
Limonoids isolated from the Fortunella crassifolia and the Citrus junos with their cell death-inducing activity on Adriamycin-treated cancer cell
Takahiro Kitagawa, Takahiro Matsumoto, Daisuke Imahori, Mayuka Kobayashi, Masaya Okayama, Tomoe Ohta, Tatsusada Yoshida, Tetsushi Watanabe
Saponins are responsible for the anti-obesogenic activity of Acacia concinna
Zhao Zhuoyue, Wijitrapha Ruangaram, Eisuke Kato
Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans from Artemisia sieversiana and their anti-inflammatory activities
Xu-Dong Zhou, Chao-Xi Chen, Xi-Kang Zheng, Li-Min Gong, Ke-Wu Zeng, Wei Wang, Peng-Fei Tu
Phelligridin D from Inonotus obliquus attenuates oxidative stress and accumulation of ECM in mesangial cells under high glucose via activating Nrf2
Yan Li, Yang Zhou, Jing Wu, Jindong Li, Huankai Yao
Promotion effect of the propolis from Jeju Island, Korea, on NGF secretion in human glioblastoma cells
Kohsuke Shimomura, Hironari Kako, Hidehiko Yokogoshi, Mok-Ryeon Ahn, Shigenori Kumazawa
Glucosyl-hesperidin enhances the cyclic guanosine monophosphate-inducing effect of a green tea polyphenol EGCG
Motofumi Kumazoe, Yasutake Tanaka, Ren Yoshitomi, Yuki Marugame, Kwan-Woo Lee, Hiroaki Onda, Yoshinori Fujimura, Madoka Yonekura, Yasuyo Shimamoto, Hirofumi Tachibana
Fragment antigen-binding (Fab) antibody-based lateral flow immunoassay for rapid and sensitive detection of potent phytoestrogen, deoxymiroestrol
Worapol Sae-Foo, Supaluk Krittanai, Wipawee Juengsanguanpornsuk, Gorawit Yusakul, Seiichi Sakamoto, Waraporn Putalun
UHPLC-MS-based metabolomic approach for the quality evaluation of Pinellia ternata tubers grown in shaded environments
Tao Xue, Yujie Xiong, Jiang Shi, Qiujie Chao, Yanfang Zhu, Yongbo Duan, Wei Sheng, Jingtong Teng, Jianping Xue
Identification of anti-HIV macrocyclic daphnane orthoesters from Wikstroemia ligustrina by LC–MS analysis and phytochemical investigation
Kouharu Otsuki, Mi Zhang, Takashi Kikuchi, Minami Tsuji, Miyuko Tejima, Zi-Song Bai, Di Zhou, Li Huang, Chin-Ho Chen, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Ning Li, Kazuo Koike, Wei Li
Characterization of inter-annual changes in soil microbial flora of Panax ginseng cultivation fields in Shimane Prefecture of Western Japan by DNA metabarcoding using next-generation sequencing
Taichi Fujii, Motoyasu Minami, Takuya Watanabe, Takumi Sato, Kie Kumaishi, Yasunori Ichihashi
Screening for inhibitory effects of crude drugs on furin-like enzymatic activities
Yuka Kiba, Rio Oyama, Sae Misawa, Takashi Tanikawa, Masashi Kitamura, Ryuichiro Suzuki