1. Message from the chief editor

   • Hiromitsu Takayama

   Editorial 04 March 2008 Pages: 131 - 131

   

2. Pharmacologically active compounds in the Anoectochilus and Goodyera species

   • Xiao-Ming Du
   • Nobuto Irino
   • Yukihiro Shoyama

   Review 18 January 2008 Pages: 132 - 148

   

3. Phyllanthus maderaspatensis, a dietary supplement for the amelioration of adriamycin-induced toxicity and oxidative stress in mice

   • Praveen Bommu
   • Chandrasekar Moola Joghee Nanjan
   • Suresh Bhojraj

   Original Paper 24 October 2007 Pages: 149 - 154

   

4. Potential anthelmintics: polyphenols from the tea plant Camellia sinensis L. are lethally toxic to Caenorhabditis elegans

   • Daisuke Mukai
   • Noriko Matsuda
   • Toru Yamasaki

   Original Paper 18 January 2008 Pages: 155 - 159

   

5. Constituents from leaves of Apocynum venetum L.

   • Kazuaki Kamata
   • Shujiro Seo
   • Jun-ichiro Nakajima

   Original Paper 17 October 2007 Pages: 160 - 163

   

6. 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural, a clinical trials agent for sickle cell anemia, and its mono/di-glucosides from classically processed steamed Rehmanniae Radix

   • An-Shen Lin
   • Keduo Qian
   • Kuo-Hsiung Lee

   Original Paper 01 November 2007 Pages: 164 - 167

   

7. Cesdiurins I–III, steroidal saponins from Cestrum diurnum L.

   • Mostafa A. Fouad
   • Khaled M. Mohamed
   • Hideaki Otsuka

   Original Paper 01 December 2007 Pages: 168 - 173

   

8. Anticarcinogenic compounds in the Uzbek medicinal plant, Helichrysum maracandicum

   • Toru Yagura
   • Tomoko Motomiya
   • Hoyoku Nishino

   Original Paper 16 January 2008 Pages: 174 - 178

   

9. Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties of an aqueous extract of Dicranopteris linearis leaves in experimental animal models

   • Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria
   • Zuleen Delina Fasya Abdul Ghani
   • Johari Ripin

   Original Paper 12 January 2008 Pages: 179 - 187

   

10. Efficacy of extracting solvents to chemical components of kava (Piper methysticum) roots

    • Tran Dang Xuan
    • Masakazu Fukuta
    • Shinkichi Tawata

    Note 28 November 2007 Pages: 188 - 194

    

11. Oligostilbenoids from Shorea gibbosa and their cytotoxic properties against P-388 cells

    • Haryoto Saroyobudiono
    • Lia D. Juliawaty
    • Ikram M. Said

    Note 22 November 2007 Pages: 195 - 198

    

12. A new acylphloroglucinol glycoside from Solidago altissima L.

    • Haili Jin
    • Keiko Ogino
    • Kanji Ishimaru

    Note 17 November 2007 Pages: 199 - 201

    

13. Anti-allergic effect of a combination of Citrus unshiu unripe fruits extract and prednisolone on picryl chloride-induced contact dermatitis in mice

    • Tadashi Fujita
    • Takehumi Shiura
    • Hideaki Matsuda

    Note 08 November 2007 Pages: 202 - 206

14. Studies on the constituents from the fruits of Phaleria macrocarpa

    • Shiori Oshimi
    • Kazumasa Zaima
    • Hiroshi Morita

    Note 03 November 2007 Pages: 207 - 210

    

15. An efficient method of propagation of Podophyllum hexandrum: an endangered medicinal plant of the Western Himalayas under ex situ conditions

    • Amit C. Kharkwal
    • Rekha Kushwaha
    • Paramvir Singh Ahuja

    Note 09 January 2008 Pages: 211 - 216

    

16. In vitro antimalarial activity of prenylated flavonoids from Erythrina fusca

    • Pranorm Khaomek
    • Chikara Ichino
    • Haruki Yamada

    Note 30 January 2008 Pages: 217 - 220

17. Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous extract of Kaempferia galanga leaves in animal models

    • M. R. Sulaiman
    • Z. A. Zakaria
    • M. T. Hidayat

    Note 29 November 2007 Pages: 221 - 227

18. A new Erythrina alkaloid from Erythrina herbacea

    • Hitoshi Tanaka
    • Hisanori Hattori
    • Hideo Etoh

    Note 29 January 2008 Pages: 228 - 231

    

19. Antitubercular triterpenes and phytosterols from Pandanus tectorius Soland. var. laevis

    • Mario A. Tan
    • Hiromitsu Takayama
    • Maribel G. Nonato

    Note 14 December 2007 Pages: 232 - 235

    

20. New alkaloid from the aerial parts of Codonopsis clematidea

    • Shunsuke Ishida
    • Mamoru Okasaka
    • Ozodbek Ashurmetov

    Note 11 January 2008 Pages: 236 - 238

    

21. Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory effects and composition of the volatile oil from the dried roots of Lithospermum erythrorhizon

    • Jyunichi Kawata
    • Munekazu Kameda
    • Mitsuo Miyazawa

    Note 11 January 2008 Pages: 239 - 243

    

22. Potential anthelmintic: d-psicose inhibits motility, growth and reproductive maturity of L1 larvae of Caenorhabditis elegans

    • Masashi Sato
    • Hiroyuki Kurose
    • Ken Izumori

    Note 18 January 2008 Pages: 244 - 246

23. Antioxidative activity of the flower of Torenia fournieri

    • Kazutoshi Shindo
    • Etsuko Saito
    • Yukiko Koike

    Natural Medicine Note 26 October 2007 Pages: 247 - 248

    

24. Chemical constituents from Oldenlandia corymbosa L. of Thai origin

    • Pawadee Noiarsa
    • Somsak Ruchirawat
    • Tripetch Kanchanapoom

    Natural Medicine Note 05 December 2007 Pages: 249 - 250

    

25. Perilla frutescens var. frutescens in northern Laos

    • Michiho Ito
    • Gisho Honda
    • Kongmany Sydara

    Natural Resource Letter 01 December 2007 Pages: 251 - 258

    

26. Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plant extracts

    • Anupam Ghosh
    • Bidus Kanti Das
    • Goutam Chandra

    Natural Resource Letter 05 December 2007 Pages: 259 - 262