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Journal of Natural Medicines

Ausgabe 1/2018

Including articles on In memoriam to Professor Shoji Shibata: Pioneer in Modern Pharmacognosy

Inhalt (47 Artikel)

Obituary

In Memoriam

Masami Ishibashi

Review

Biological activity of Entada phaseoloides and Entada rheedei

Sachiko Sugimoto, Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Hideaki Otsuka

Open Access Review

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative/qualitative analysis of plant secondary metabolites

Seiichi Sakamoto, Waraporn Putalun, Sornkanok Vimolmangkang, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Yukihiro Shoyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Morimoto

Correction

Correction to: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative/qualitative analysis of plant secondary metabolites

Seiichi Sakamoto, Waraporn Putalun, Sornkanok Vimolmangkang, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Yukihiro Shoyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Morimoto

Original Paper

The anti-tumor effect of pachymic acid on osteosarcoma cells by inducing PTEN and Caspase 3/7-dependent apoptosis

Huilong Wen, Zhong Wu, Huidong Hu, Yixiong Wu, Gang Yang, Jiajun Lu, Guang Yang, Gang Guo, Qirong Dong

Original Paper

Ceramicines M–P from Chisocheton ceramicus: isolation and structure–activity relationship study

Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Akiyo Hashimoto, Chin-Piow Wong, Hiromasa Yokoe, Masayoshi Tsubuki, Toshio Kaneda, A. Hamid A. Hadi, Hiroshi Morita

Original Paper

Two flavone C-glycosides as quality control markers for the manufacturing process of ephedrine alkaloids-free Ephedra Herb extract (EFE) as a crude drug preparation

Naohiro Oshima, Takuro Maruyama, Tadatoshi Yamashita, Nahoko Uchiyama, Yoshiaki Amakura, Sumiko Hyuga, Masashi Hyuga, Shunsuke Nakamori, Hiroaki Takemoto, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Hiroshi Odaguchi, Toshihiko Hanawa, Yukihiro Goda

Original Paper

Comparison of chemical constituents among licorice, roasted licorice, and roasted licorice with honey

Misato Ota, Feng Xu, Yao-Li Li, Ming-Ying Shang, Toshiaki Makino, Shao-Qing Cai

Original Paper

Hepatoprotective and cytotoxic activities of Anvillea garcinii and isolation of four new secondary metabolites

Shagufta Perveen, Areej Mohammad Al-Taweel, Hasan Soliman Yusufoglu, Ghada Ahmed Fawzy, Ahmed Foudah, Maged Saad Abdel-Kader

Original Paper

Sansoninto as evidence-based remedial medicine for depression-like behavior

Atsushi Sawamoto, Satoshi Okuyama, Yoshiaki Amakura, Rie Yamada, Morio Yoshimura, Mitsunari Nakajima, Yoshiko Furukawa

Original Paper

Whitening and anti-wrinkle activities of ferulic acid isolated from Tetragonia tetragonioides in B16F10 melanoma and CCD-986sk fibroblast cells

Hye-Jin Park, Jun-Hyo Cho, Shin-Hyub Hong, Dong-Hee Kim, Hee-Young Jung, In-Kyu Kang, Young-Je Cho

Original Paper

Effect of Kaempferia parviflora extract on knee osteoarthritis

Hiroko Kobayashi, Ryo Suzuki, Kei Sato, Takatoshi Ogami, Hiroshi Tomozawa, Masahito Tsubata, Koji Ichinose, Masaki Aburada, Wataru Ochiai, Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Tsutomu Shimada

Original Paper

Evodiamine ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats via TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway

Dongmei Yang, Li Li, Shanjun Qian, Lixin Liu

Original Paper

Sesquiterpenes from fruits of Torilis japonica with inhibitory activity on melanin synthesis in B16 cells

Da Hye Song, Yang Hee Jo, Jong Hoon Ahn, Seon Beom Kim, Cheong-Yong Yun, Youngsoo Kim, Bang Yeon Hwang, Mi Kyeong Lee

Original Paper

Oviposition inhibitor in umbelliferous medicinal plants for the common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Chisato Morino, Yusuke Morita, Kazuki Minami, Yuto Nishidono, Yoshitaka Nakashima, Rika Ozawa, Junji Takabayashi, Naoaki Ono, Shigehiko Kanaya, Takayuki Tamura, Yasuhiro Tezuka, Ken Tanaka

Original Paper

C21 steroid derivatives from the Dai herbal medicine Dai-Bai-Jie, the dried roots of Marsdenia tenacissima, and their screening for anti-HIV activity

Xu Pang, Li-Ping Kang, Xiao-Mei Fang, He-Shui Yu, Li-Feng Han, Yang Zhao, Li-Xia Zhang, Li-Yan Yu, Bai-Ping Ma

Original Paper

Comparison of byakujutsu (Atractylodes rhizome) and sojutsu (Atractylodes lancea rhizome) on anti-inflammatory and immunostimulative effects in vitro

Yohta Shimato, Misato Ota, Kohshi Asai, Toshiyuki Atsumi, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Toshiaki Makino

Original Paper

Bioactive constituents from the whole plants of Leontopodium leontopodioides (Wild.) Beauv.

Qiu Chen, Jian Li, Jingya Ruan, Lu Qu, Hongyan Wei, Xiaoling Ma, Yi Zhang, Tao Wang

Original Paper

A novel mode of stimulating platelet formation activity in megakaryocytes with peanut skin extract

Takahiro Sato, Masako Akiyama, Ken-ichi Nakahama, Shujiro Seo, Masamichi Watanabe, Jin Tatsuzaki, Ikuo Morita

Original Paper

Naphthalene glycosides in the Thai medicinal plant Diospyros mollis

Takaharu Suwama, Keisuke Watanabe, Orawan Monthakantirat, Prathan Luecha, Hiroshi Noguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Kaoru Umehara

Original Paper

Four new diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum japonicum subsp. subcuneatum

Hiroshi Yamashita, Keiko Takeda, Machiko Haraguchi, Yuki Abe, Natsumi Kuwahara, Shota Suzuki, Ayaka Terui, Takumi Masaka, Naoko Munakata, Mariko Uchida, Masashi Nunokawa, Kyousuke Kaneda, Masuo Goto, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Koji Wada

Original Paper

Piperine-like alkamides from Piper nigrum induce BDNF promoter and promote neurite outgrowth in Neuro-2a cells

Young Sook Yun, Sachie Noda, Shigeru Takahashi, Yuji Takahashi, Hideshi Inoue

Original Paper

New phenanthrene and 9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives from the stems of Dendrobium officinale with their cytotoxic activities

Gui-Yun Zhao, Bo-Wen Deng, Chong-Yu Zhang, Yi-Da Cui, Jia-Yi Bi, Guo-Gang Zhang

Original Paper

Potent apoptosis-inducing activity of erypoegin K, an isoflavone isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana, against human leukemia HL-60 cells

Kiyomi Hikita, Natsuki Hattori, Aya Takeda, Yuko Yamakage, Rina Shibata, Saori Yamada, Kuniki Kato, Tomiyasu Murata, Hitoshi Tanaka, Norio Kaneda

Original Paper

Botanical origin and chemical constituents of commercial Saposhnikoviae radix and its related crude drugs available in Shaanxi and the surrounding regions

Takuro Maruyama, Masami Ezaki, Mao Shiba, Hiroki Yamaji, Taichi Yoshitomi, Noriaki Kawano, Shu Zhu, Xiao Cheng, Tsuguo Yokokura, Yutaka Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Hang Sun, Katsuko Komatsu, Nobuo Kawahara

Original Paper

Effects of saffron and its constituents, crocin-1, crocin-2, and crocetin on α-synuclein fibrils

Eiji Inoue, Yasuharu Shimizu, Ryo Masui, Tomomi Hayakawa, Tomoe Tsubonoya, Satoko Hori, Keiichi Sudoh

Original Paper

Dehydropropylpantothenamide isolated by a co-culture of Nocardia tenerifensis IFM 10554T in the presence of animal cells

Yasumasa Hara, Midori A. Arai, Kanae Sakai, Naoki Ishikawa, Tohru Gonoi, Takashi Yaguchi, Masami Ishibashi

Note

Labdane-type diterpenoids from Vitex limonifolia and their antivirus activities

Ninh Khac Ban, Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa, Tran My Linh, Do Thi Trang, Phan Van Kiem, Nguyen Xuan Nhiem, Bui Huu Tai, Chau Van Minh, Jae-Hyoung Song, Hyun-Jeong Ko, Seung Hyun Kim

Note

Three new sesquiterpene aminoquinones from a Vietnamese Spongia sp. and their biological activities

Takuya Ito, Hien Minh Nguyen, Nwet Nwet Win, Hung Quoc Vo, Hoai Thi Nguyen, Hiroyuki Morita

Note

Two new cytotoxic stilbenoid dimers isolated from Cajanus cajan

Nenling Zhang, Xiangchun Shen, Xiaofei Jiang, Jiazhong Cai, Xiaoling Shen, Yingjie Hu, Samuel X. Qiu

Note

Different expression systems resulted in varied binding properties of anti-paclitaxel single-chain variable fragment antibody clone 1C2

Gorawit Yusakul, Seiichi Sakamoto, Poomraphie Nuntawong, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Morimoto

Note

Ellagic acid glycosides with hepatoprotective activity from traditional Tibetan medicine Potentilla anserina

Toshio Morikawa, Katsuya Imura, Yoshinori Akagi, Osamu Muraoka, Kiyofumi Ninomiya

Note

New cyclic sulfides, garlicnins I2, M, N, and O, from Allium sativum

Toshihiro Nohara, Masateru Ono, Naho Nishioka, Fuka Masuda, Yukio Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Daisuke Nakano, Junei Kinjo

Note

A new cinnamoylphenethylamine derivative from a Mongolian Allium species, Allium carolinianum

Tsutomu Tsuruoka, Kazuki Ishikawa, Tomoo Hosoe, Darikhand Davaajab, Suvd Duvjir, Unursaikhan Surenjav

Note

New cyclic sulfides extracted from Allium sativum: garlicnins P, J2, and Q

Toshihiro Nohara, Masateru Ono, Naho Nishioka, Fuka Masuda, Yukio Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Daisuke Nakano, Junei Kinjo

Note

AU-1 from Agavaceae plants downregulates the expression of glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase

Tomofumi Fujino, Akihito Yokosuka, Harutaka Ichikawa, Toshiyuki Oshima, Yoshihiro Mimaki, Makio Hayakawa

Note

Production of an emericellin and its analogues as fungal biological responses for Shimbu-to extract

Nobuhiro Inoue, Daigo Wakana, Hisashi Takeda, Takashi Yaguchi, Tomoo Hosoe

Note

Agelamasines A and B, diterpene alkaloids from an Okinawan marine sponge Agelas sp.

Sanghoon Lee, Naonobu Tanaka, Jun’ichi Kobayashi, Yoshiki Kashiwada

Natural Resource Letter

Evaluation of raw nepodin extraction from Rumex japonicus and R. obtusifolius and their DNA polymorphisms

Motoyasu Minami, Takako Mori, Takayuki Yonezawa, Yukiko Saito, Toshiaki Teruya, Je-Tae Woo

Natural Resource Letter

Botanical origin of Mei-gui Hua in Chinese markets

Ochir Sarangowa, Makoto Nishizawa, Takao Myoda, Chunjie Ma, Takashi Yamagishi