1. Biological and biomedical functions of Penta-O-galloyl-d-glucose and its derivatives

   • Yanyan Cao
   • Klaus B. Himmeldirk
   • Xiaozhuo Chen

   Mini-Review 15 February 2014 Pages: 465 - 472

   

2. Inhibitory effects of juglanin on cellular senescence in human dermal fibroblasts

   • Hyo Hyun Yang
   • Kyoung Hwangbo
   • Jae-Ryong Kim

   Original Paper 12 February 2014 Pages: 473 - 480

   

3. Structures of acylated sucroses from the flower buds of Prunus mume

   • Katsuyoshi Fujimoto
   • Seikou Nakamura
   • Hisashi Matsuda

   Original Paper 16 February 2014 Pages: 481 - 487

   

4. Pharmacokinetics study of asperosaponin VI and its metabolites cauloside A, HN saponin F and hederagenin

   • Er-Wei Liu
   • Jia-Long Wang
   • Xiu-Mei Gao

   Original Paper 11 March 2014 Pages: 488 - 497

   

5. Effect of Morinda citrifolia fruit extract and its iridoid glycosides on blood fluidity

   • Kazuya Murata
   • Yumi Abe
   • Hideaki Matsuda

   Original Paper 07 March 2014 Pages: 498 - 504

   

6. Interaction of gypsum and the rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides plays an important role in anti-allergic effects of byakkokakeishito in mice

   • Toshiaki Makino
   • Yusaku Shiraki
   • Hajime Mizukami

   Original Paper Open access 20 February 2014 Pages: 505 - 512

   

7. 3,4-seco-24-homo-28-nor-Cycloartane and drimane-type sesquiterpenes and their lactams from the EtOAc-soluble fraction of a leaf extract of Cinnamosma fragrans and their biological activity

   • Yuya Nomoto
   • Liva Harinantenaina
   • Hideaki Otsuka

   Original Paper 16 March 2014 Pages: 513 - 520

   

8. Protective effect of flavonoid extract from Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.) fruit on alcoholic liver oxidative injury in mice

   • Hesheng Liu
   • Xiangyang Qi
   • Peipei Li

   Original Paper 09 April 2014 Pages: 521 - 529

   

9. Effects of ginsenoside Re on rat jejunal contractility

   • Yongjian Xiong
   • Dapeng Chen
   • Yuan Lin

   Original Paper 22 March 2014 Pages: 530 - 538

   

10. Dimeric pyrrolidinoindoline-type alkaloids with melanogenesis inhibitory activity in flower buds of Chimonanthus praecox

    • Toshio Morikawa
    • Yusuke Nakanishi
    • Osamu Muraoka

    Original Paper 26 March 2014 Pages: 539 - 549

    

11. Two-step inhibitory effect of kanzo on oxytocin-induced and prostaglandin F_2α-induced uterine myometrial contractions

    • Genichiro Sumi
    • Katsuhiko Yasuda
    • Hideharu Kanzaki

    Original Paper 17 April 2014 Pages: 550 - 560

    

12. Acylated phenylethanoid glycosides, echinacoside and acteoside from Cistanche tubulosa, improve glucose tolerance in mice

    • Toshio Morikawa
    • Kiyofumi Ninomiya
    • Osamu Muraoka

    Original Paper 19 April 2014 Pages: 561 - 566

    

13. Anethole and eugenol reduce in vitro and in vivo leukocyte migration induced by fMLP, LTB₄, and carrageenan

    • Camila Fernanda Estevão-Silva
    • Raquel Kummer
    • Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-Amado

    Original Paper 01 May 2014 Pages: 567 - 575

    

14. Effect of revulsive cultivation on the yield and quality of newly formed sclerotia in medicinal Wolfiporia cocos

    • Zhangyi Xu
    • Wenrui Tang
    • Yinbing Bian

    Original Paper 06 May 2014 Pages: 576 - 585

    

15. Evaluation of the neuroprotective effect of chrysin via modulation of endogenous biomarkers in a rat model of spinal cord injury

    • Amit D. Kandhare
    • V. Shivakumar
    • Subhash L. Bodhankar

    Original Paper 01 May 2014 Pages: 586 - 603

    

16. Cycloartane-type triterpene glycosides from Beesia calthaefolia and their anticomplement activity

    • Li-Hua Mu
    • Hong-Jie Li
    • Ping Liu

    Note 18 February 2014 Pages: 604 - 609

    

17. Four new Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Zephyranthes candida

    • Nanase Shitara
    • Yusuke Hirasawa
    • Hiroshi Morita

    Note 14 February 2014 Pages: 610 - 614

    

18. Bioactivities of alcohol based extracts of Phyllanthus emblica branches: antioxidation, antimelanogenesis and anti-inflammation

    • Bungorn Sripanidkulchai
    • Jintana Junlatat

    Note 21 February 2014 Pages: 615 - 622

    

19. Cardamonin inhibits angiotensin II-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration by downregulating p38 MAPK, Akt, and ERK phosphorylation

    • Yan-Jing Shen
    • Xue-Xin Zhu
    • Su-Hong Chen

    Note 05 March 2014 Pages: 623 - 629

    

20. Application of quantitative ¹H-NMR method to determination of gentiopicroside in Gentianae radix and Gentianae scabrae radix

    • Rie Tanaka
    • Yuko Hasebe
    • Akito Nagatsu

    Note 01 April 2014 Pages: 630 - 635

    

21. Phenolic constituents from stem bark of Erythrina poeppigiana and their inhibitory activity on human glyoxalase I

    • Kiyomi Hikita
    • Hitoshi Tanaka
    • Norio Kaneda

    Note 23 April 2014 Pages: 636 - 642

    

22. The inhibitory effect of a Platycodon root extract on ultraviolet B-induced pigmentation due to a decrease in Kit expression

    • Shinya Kasamatsu
    • Akira Hachiya
    • Takashi Kitahara

    Note Open access 06 May 2014 Pages: 643 - 646

    

23. Inhibitory effect of selected medicinal plants on the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    • Emil Salim
    • Endang Kumolosasi
    • Ibrahim Jantan

    Natural Resource Letter 06 May 2014 Pages: 647 - 653