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Publications 2011

Original papers

1) Zhu S., Bai Y. J., Oya M., Tanaka K., Komatsu K., Maruyama T., Goda Y., Kawasaki T., Fujita M., Shibata T.: Genetic and chemical diversity of Eleutherococcus senticosus and molecular identification of Siberian ginseng by PCR-RFLP analysis based on chloroplast trnK intron sequence. Food Chemistry, 129: 1844-1850, 2011.
2) Kitani Y., Zhu S., Batkhuu J., Sanchir C., Komatsu K.: Genetic diversity of Ephedra plants in Mongolia inferred from internal transcribed spacer sequence of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Biol. Pharm. Bull., 34: 717-726, 2011.
3) Bai Y. J., Tohda C., Zhu S., Hattori M., Komatsu K.: Active components from Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) for protection of amyloid β(25-35)-induced neuritic atrophy in cultured rat cortical neurons. J. Nat. Med., 65: 417-423, 2011.
4) Rinthong P. O., Zhu S., Komatsu K., Chanama S., De-Eknamkul W.: Genetic variation of Croton stellatopilosus Ohba based on non-coding DNA sequences of ITS, trnK and trnL-F regions. J. Nat. Med., 65: 641-645, 2011.
5) Nakamura K., Nishihata T., Jin J. S., Ma C. M., Komatsu K., Iwashima M., Hattori M.: Determination of the sugar moiety after cleavage of a C-glucosyl bond of puerarin by a human intestinal bacterium strain PUE. Chem. Pharm. Bull., 59: 23-27, 2011.
6) Hung T. M., Cuong T. D., Dang N. H., Zhu S., Long P. Q., Komatsu K., Min B. S.: Flavonoid glycosides from Chromolaena odorata leaves and their in vitro cytotoxic activity. Chem. Pharm. Bull., 59: 129-131, 2011.
7) Hou X. L., Hayashi-Nakamura E., Takatani-Nakase T., Tanaka K., Takahashi K., Komatsu K., Takahashi K.: Curdione plays a key role in the inhibitory effect of Curcuma aromatica on CYP3A4 in Caco-2 cells. Evid. Based Compl. Alt. Med., 2011: 913898, 2011. ( doi:10.1093/ecam/nep229)
8) Tanaka K., Hayashi K., Fahad A., Arita M.: Multi-stage mass spectrometric analysis of saponins in Glycyrrhiza radix. Nat. Prod. Comm., 6: 7-10, 2011.
9) Yamada M., Hayashida M., Zhao Q., Shibahara N., Tanaka K., Miyata T., Matsumoto K.: Ameliorative effects of yokukansan on learning and memory deficits in olfactory bulbectomized mice. J. Ethnopharmacol., 135: 737-746, 2011.
10) Tanaka K., Li F., Morikawa K., Nobukawa T., Kadota S.: Analysis of biosynthetic fluctuations of cultured Taxus seedlings using a metabolomic approach. Phytochemistry, 72: 1760-1766, 2011.
11) Zhao Q., Yokozawa T., Tsuneyama K., Tanaka K., Miyata T., Shibahara N., Matsumoto K.: Chotosan (Diaoteng San)-induced improvement of cognitive defivits in senescence-accelerated muse (SAMP8) involves the amelioration of angiogenic/neurotropic factors and neuroplasticity systems in the brain. Chinese Med., 6: 33-51, 2011.
12) Zhao Q., Matsumoto K., Tsuneyama K., Tanaka K., Li F., Shibahara N., Miyata T., Yokozawa T.: Diabetes-induced central cholinergic neuronal loss and cognitive deficit are reversed by tacrine and a Chinese herbal prescription, kangen-karyu: elucidation in type 2 diabetes db/db mice. J. Pharmacol. Sci., 117: 230-242, 2011.
13) Arita M., Yoshimoto M., Suwa K., Hirai A., Kanaya S., Shibahara N., Tanaka K.: Database for crude drugs and kampo medicine. Genome Inform., 25: 1-11, 2011.
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