1. Phenolic compounds from the leaves of Breynia officinalis and their tyrosinase and melanogenesis inhibitory activities

   • Ayano Sasaki
   • Yoshi Yamano
   • Takakazu Shinzato

   Original Paper 20 December 2017 Pages: 381 - 389

   

2. Berberine protects HK-2 cells from hypoxia/reoxygenation induced apoptosis via inhibiting SPHK1 expression

   • Jianrao Lu
   • Yang Yi
   • Wenrui Liu

   Original Paper 19 December 2017 Pages: 390 - 398

   

3. Discrimination of Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus and Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus based on fingerprint profiles of hydrophilic components by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection

   • Ryusei Oshima
   • Akira Kotani
   • Hideki Hakamata

   Original Paper 07 December 2017 Pages: 399 - 408

   

4. Inner morphological and chemical differentiation of Boehmeria species

   • Kazi-Marjahan Akter
   • Hye-Jin Kim
   • Mi-Jeong Ahn

   Original Paper 19 December 2017 Pages: 409 - 423

   

5. Enhanced ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis extraction of quinolizidine alkaloids from Sophora alopecuroides L. seeds

   • Hanqing Wang
   • Yue Tong
   • Kazuo Koike

   Original Paper 13 December 2017 Pages: 424 - 432

   

6. Anti-oral common pathogenic bacterial active acetylenic acids from Thesium chinense Turcz

   • Chang Liu
   • Xiao-Tian Li
   • Zheng-Tao Wang

   Original Paper 12 February 2018 Pages: 433 - 438

   

7. New diterpenes from Nigella damascena seeds and their antiviral activities against herpes simplex virus type-1

   • Keiko Ogawa
   • Seikou Nakamura
   • Hisashi Matsuda

   Original Paper 29 December 2017 Pages: 439 - 447

   

8. Lignosulfonic acid attenuates NF-κB activation and intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by TNF-α/IFN-γ in Caco-2 cells

   • Koji Matsuhisa
   • Akihiro Watari
   • Kiyohito Yagi

   Original Paper 23 December 2017 Pages: 448 - 455

   

9. Characterization of ent-kaurene synthase and kaurene oxidase involved in gibberellin biosynthesis from Scoparia dulcis

   • Yoshimi Yamamura
   • Yukari Taguchi
   • Jung-Bum Lee

   Original Paper 16 January 2018 Pages: 456 - 463

   

10. Degranulation inhibitors from the arils of Myristica fragrans in antigen-stimulated rat basophilic leukemia cells

    • Toshio Morikawa
    • Ikuko Hachiman
    • Hisashi Matsuda

    Original Paper 15 January 2018 Pages: 464 - 473

    

11. Melanogenesis inhibitory activity of components from Salam leaf (Syzygium polyanthum) extract

    • Andriyana Setyawati
    • Kae Hirabayashi
    • Mitsuyuki Hotta

    Original Paper 13 January 2018 Pages: 474 - 480

    

12. Oxyresveratrol prevents murine H22 hepatocellular carcinoma growth and lymph node metastasis via inhibiting tumor angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

    • Yuanqi Liu
    • Wei Ren
    • Liming Zhou

    Original Paper 19 January 2018 Pages: 481 - 492

    

13. Laxative effect of repeated Daiokanzoto is attributable to decrease in aquaporin-3 expression in the colon

    • Risako Kon
    • Miho Yamamura
    • Kiyoshi Sugiyama

    Original Paper Open access 27 January 2018 Pages: 493 - 502

    

14. Cypripedin, a phenanthrenequinone from Dendrobium densiflorum, sensitizes non-small cell lung cancer H460 cells to cisplatin-mediated apoptosis

    • Onsurang Wattanathamsan
    • Surassawadee Treesuwan
    • Varisa Pongrakhananon

    Original Paper 09 February 2018 Pages: 503 - 513

    

15. Morphological and genetic differences between Coptis japonica var. anemonifolia H. Ohba and Coptis japonica var. major Satake in Hokuriku area

    • Masashi Kitamura
    • Hirokazu Ando
    • Yohei Sasaki

    Original Paper 12 February 2018 Pages: 514 - 522

    

16. Lanostane triterpenoids from Fomitopsis officinalis and their trypanocidal activity

    • Shinen Naranmandakh
    • Toshihiro Murata
    • Kenroh Sasaki

    Original Paper 07 February 2018 Pages: 523 - 529

    

17. Inhibitory effect of bofutsushosan (fang feng tong sheng san) on glucose transporter 5 function in vitro

    • Shengli Gao
    • Hideo Satsu
    • Toshiaki Makino

    Original Paper 08 February 2018 Pages: 530 - 536

    

18. Agarotetrol: a source compound for low molecular weight aromatic compounds from agarwood heating

    • Sakura Takamatsu
    • Michiho Ito

    Original Paper 20 February 2018 Pages: 537 - 541

    

19. Two new aromatic glycosides, elengiosides A and B, from the flowers of Mimusops elengi

    • Toshio Morikawa
    • Yoshiaki Manse
    • Kiyofumi Ninomiya

    Note 13 December 2017 Pages: 542 - 550

    

20. Structure–activity relationships of flavanones, flavanone glycosides, and flavones in anti-degranulation activity in rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells

    • Toshiro Noshita
    • Kaori Miura
    • Akihiro Tai

    Note 18 January 2018 Pages: 551 - 556

    

21. The active glycosides from Urtica fissa rhizome decoction

    • Mengyue Wang
    • Ying Zhang
    • Xiaobo Li

    Note 13 January 2018 Pages: 557 - 562

    

22. Methylquercetins stimulate melanin biosynthesis in a three-dimensional skin model

    • Kosei Yamauchi
    • Tohru Mitsunaga

    Note 13 February 2018 Pages: 563 - 569

    

23. Terpenoids from Vitex trifolia and their anti-inflammatory activities

    • Fengyan Bao
    • Ruotian Tang
    • Lixia Chen

    Note 10 February 2018 Pages: 570 - 575

    

24. Rigenolides D–H, norsecoiridoid and secoiridoids from Gentiana rigescens Franch

    • Yoshihiro Suyama
    • Naonobu Tanaka
    • Yoshiki Kashiwada

    Note 08 February 2018 Pages: 576 - 581

    

25. Allergy-preventive effects of linarinic acid and its tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazoline derivatives isolated from Linaria vulgaris

    • Chao Ma
    • Naoko Higashi
    • Hisae Oku

    Note 21 February 2018 Pages: 582 - 587

    

26. Reinereins A and B, new onocerane triterpenoids from Reinwardtiodendron cinereum

    • Alfarius Eko Nugroho
    • Daisuke Inoue
    • Hiroshi Morita

    Note 16 February 2018 Pages: 588 - 592

    

27. Correction to: Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan

    • Mitsuhiko Nose
    • Momoka Tada
    • Takashi Hakamatsuka

    Correction Open access 01 March 2018 Pages: 593 - 593

28. Correction to: Ephedra Herb extract activates/desensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and reduces capsaicin-induced pain

    • Shunsuke Nakamori
    • Jun Takahashi
    • Yoshinori Kobayashi

    Correction Open access 01 March 2018 Pages: 594 - 594