1. Message from the Chief Editor

   • Tadahiro Takeda

   Editorial 27 October 2005 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Studies in microbial and insect natural products chemistry

   • Koji Nakanishi

   Review 12 November 2005 Pages: 2 - 20

   

3. New staining methodology: Eastern blotting for glycosides in the field of Kampo medicines

   • Noriko Fukuda
   • Shaojie Shan
   • Yukihiro Shoyama

   Mini-review 18 October 2005 Pages: 21 - 27

   

4. A new indole alkaloid, 7-hydroxyspeciociliatine, from the fruits of Malaysian Mitragyna speciosa and its opioid agonistic activity

   • Mariko Kitajima
   • Kaori Misawa
   • Hiromitsu Takayama

   Original Paper 13 October 2005 Pages: 28 - 35

   

5. Hepatoprotective constituents in plants 15: protective effects of natural-occurring flavonoids and miscellaneous phenolic compounds as determined in an HepG2 cell cytotoxicity assay

   • Junei Kinjo
   • Masahiro Hitoshi
   • Hikaru Okabe

   Original Paper 23 September 2005 Pages: 36 - 41

   

6. In vivo antitumor effects of bitter principles from the antlered form of fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum

   • Jiang Jing Gao
   • Akiko Hirakawa
   • Masao Hattori

   Original Paper 23 September 2005 Pages: 42 - 48

   

7. Triterpenoid saponins from cultural plants of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae)

   • Takeo Imai
   • Sachie Okazaki
   • Hiroshi Yuasa

   Original Paper 13 October 2005 Pages: 49 - 53

   

8. Sesquiterpenoids from Ferula fukanensis and their inhibitory effects on nitric oxide production

   • Tsunetake Motai
   • Susumu Kitanaka

   Original Paper 18 October 2005 Pages: 54 - 57

   

9. Four new diterpenoids from Salvia fulgens Cav.

   • Yuji Narukawa
   • Mari Fukui
   • Tadahiro Takeda

   Original Paper 23 September 2005 Pages: 58 - 63

   

10. Memory and learning-enhancing effect of Daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, in mice

    • Tomonori Nakamura
    • Nobuko Komai
    • Shingo Yano

    Original Paper 12 October 2005 Pages: 64 - 67

    

11. Studies on the chemical constituents from the roots of Platycodon grandiflorum

    • Wen-Wei Fu
    • De-Qiang Dou
    • Ying-Jie Chen

    Original Paper 29 September 2005 Pages: 68 - 72

    

12. Inhibitory activity of Chinese herbal medicines toward histamine release from mast cells and nitric oxide production by macrophage-like cell line, RAW 264.7

    • Jue Wang
    • Naili Wang
    • Susumu Kitanaka

    Original Paper 12 October 2005 Pages: 73 - 77

13. Constituents of Laurus nobilis L. inhibit recombinant human lanosterol synthase

    • Rie Tanaka
    • Yuichi Sakano
    • Yukihiro Goda

    Original Paper 12 October 2005 Pages: 78 - 81

    

14. Gastroprotective effects of bitter principles isolated from Gentian root and Swertia herb on experimentally-induced gastric lesions in rats

    • Yujiro Niiho
    • Takashi Yamazaki
    • Yoshiteru Ida

    Original Paper 11 October 2005 Pages: 82 - 88

    

15. Identification of the main aroma compounds in dried seeds of Brassica hirta

    • Mitsuo Miyazawa
    • Jyunichi Kawata

    Note 12 October 2005 Pages: 89 - 92

    

16. Anti-staphylococcal activity of ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids from Croton tonkinensis

    • Phan Minh Giang
    • Phan Tong Son
    • Hideaki Otsuka

    Note 11 October 2005 Pages: 93 - 95