1. In Memoriam

   • Masami Ishibashi

   Obituary 11 December 2017 Pages: 1 - 1

2. A supplement to Prof. Shoji Shibata’s achievements: the history of “Shōsō-in Medicines” and the reason why Magnolia obovata (old name: Hoogashiwa) was not given a Chinese herbal name in Japan’s oldest anthology “Man’yōshū”

   • Takeshi Kinoshita

   Review 26 July 2017 Pages: 2 - 11

   

3. Biological activity of Entada phaseoloides and Entada rheedei

   • Sachiko Sugimoto
   • Katsuyoshi Matsunami
   • Hideaki Otsuka

   Review 09 November 2017 Pages: 12 - 19

   

4. Immunomodulatory constituents from Ascomycetous fungi

   • Haruhiro Fujimoto

   Review 21 December 2017 Pages: 20 - 31

   

5. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative/qualitative analysis of plant secondary metabolites

   • Seiichi Sakamoto
   • Waraporn Putalun
   • Satoshi Morimoto

   Review Open access 21 November 2017 Pages: 32 - 42

   

6. Correction to: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative/qualitative analysis of plant secondary metabolites

   • Seiichi Sakamoto
   • Waraporn Putalun
   • Satoshi Morimoto

   Correction Open access 05 January 2018 Pages: 43 - 43

7. Effect of oleuropein on cognitive deficits and changes in hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cytokine expression in a rat model of post-traumatic stress disorder

   • Bombi Lee
   • Insop Shim
   • Dae-Hyun Hahm

   Original Paper 07 September 2017 Pages: 44 - 56

   

8. The anti-tumor effect of pachymic acid on osteosarcoma cells by inducing PTEN and Caspase 3/7-dependent apoptosis

   • Huilong Wen
   • Zhong Wu
   • Qirong Dong

   Original Paper 30 August 2017 Pages: 57 - 63

   

9. Ceramicines M–P from Chisocheton ceramicus: isolation and structure–activity relationship study

   • Alfarius Eko Nugroho
   • Akiyo Hashimoto
   • Hiroshi Morita

   Original Paper Open access 18 August 2017 Pages: 64 - 72

   

10. Two flavone C-glycosides as quality control markers for the manufacturing process of ephedrine alkaloids-free Ephedra Herb extract (EFE) as a crude drug preparation

    • Naohiro Oshima
    • Takuro Maruyama
    • Yukihiro Goda

    Original Paper 03 August 2017 Pages: 73 - 79

    

11. Comparison of chemical constituents among licorice, roasted licorice, and roasted licorice with honey

    • Misato Ota
    • Feng Xu
    • Shao-Qing Cai

    Original Paper 04 August 2017 Pages: 80 - 95

    

12. The promotion of hair regrowth by topical application of a Perilla frutescens extract through increased cell viability and antagonism of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone

    • Jing-Jie Li
    • Zheng Li
    • Chang-Keun Sung

    Original Paper 13 September 2017 Pages: 96 - 105

    

13. Hepatoprotective and cytotoxic activities of Anvillea garcinii and isolation of four new secondary metabolites

    • Shagufta Perveen
    • Areej Mohammad Al-Taweel
    • Maged Saad Abdel-Kader

    Original Paper 09 August 2017 Pages: 106 - 117

    

14. Sansoninto as evidence-based remedial medicine for depression-like behavior

    • Atsushi Sawamoto
    • Satoshi Okuyama
    • Yoshiko Furukawa

    Original Paper 19 August 2017 Pages: 118 - 126

    

15. Whitening and anti-wrinkle activities of ferulic acid isolated from Tetragonia tetragonioides in B16F10 melanoma and CCD-986sk fibroblast cells

    • Hye-Jin Park
    • Jun-Hyo Cho
    • Young-Je Cho

    Original Paper 07 September 2017 Pages: 127 - 135

    

16. Effect of Kaempferia parviflora extract on knee osteoarthritis

    • Hiroko Kobayashi
    • Ryo Suzuki
    • Tsutomu Shimada

    Original Paper 19 August 2017 Pages: 136 - 144

    

17. Evodiamine ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats via TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway

    • Dongmei Yang
    • Li Li
    • Lixin Liu

    Original Paper 21 September 2017 Pages: 145 - 154

    

18. Sesquiterpenes from fruits of Torilis japonica with inhibitory activity on melanin synthesis in B16 cells

    • Da Hye Song
    • Yang Hee Jo
    • Mi Kyeong Lee

    Original Paper 19 August 2017 Pages: 155 - 160

    

19. Oviposition inhibitor in umbelliferous medicinal plants for the common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

    • Chisato Morino
    • Yusuke Morita
    • Ken Tanaka

    Original Paper 07 September 2017 Pages: 161 - 165

    

20. C₂₁ steroid derivatives from the Dai herbal medicine Dai-Bai-Jie, the dried roots of Marsdenia tenacissima, and their screening for anti-HIV activity

    • Xu Pang
    • Li-Ping Kang
    • Bai-Ping Ma

    Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 166 - 180

    

21. Synergistic effect of baicalein, wogonin and oroxylin A mixture: multistep inhibition of the NF-κB signalling pathway contributes to an anti-inflammatory effect of Scutellaria root flavonoids

    • Tomofumi Shimizu
    • Nobuhiko Shibuya
    • Fumiyuki Kiuchi

    Original Paper 18 September 2017 Pages: 181 - 191

    

22. Comparison of byakujutsu (Atractylodes rhizome) and sojutsu (Atractylodes lancea rhizome) on anti-inflammatory and immunostimulative effects in vitro

    • Yohta Shimato
    • Misato Ota
    • Toshiaki Makino

    Original Paper 05 October 2017 Pages: 192 - 201

    

23. Bioactive constituents from the whole plants of Leontopodium leontopodioides (Wild.) Beauv.

    • Qiu Chen
    • Jian Li
    • Tao Wang

    Original Paper 21 September 2017 Pages: 202 - 210

    

24. A novel mode of stimulating platelet formation activity in megakaryocytes with peanut skin extract

    • Takahiro Sato
    • Masako Akiyama
    • Ikuo Morita

    Original Paper 10 October 2017 Pages: 211 - 219

    

25. Naphthalene glycosides in the Thai medicinal plant Diospyros mollis

    • Takaharu Suwama
    • Keisuke Watanabe
    • Kaoru Umehara

    Original Paper 10 October 2017 Pages: 220 - 229

    

26. Four new diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum japonicum subsp. subcuneatum

    • Hiroshi Yamashita
    • Keiko Takeda
    • Koji Wada

    Original Paper 19 October 2017 Pages: 230 - 237

    

27. Piperine-like alkamides from Piper nigrum induce BDNF promoter and promote neurite outgrowth in Neuro-2a cells

    • Young Sook Yun
    • Sachie Noda
    • Hideshi Inoue

    Original Paper 23 October 2017 Pages: 238 - 245

    

28. New phenanthrene and 9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives from the stems of Dendrobium officinale with their cytotoxic activities

    • Gui-Yun Zhao
    • Bo-Wen Deng
    • Guo-Gang Zhang

    Original Paper 23 October 2017 Pages: 246 - 251

    

29. 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid inhibits migration and invasion of human gastric cancer cells via the ROS/PKC-α/ERK pathway

    • Hongke Cai
    • Xi Chen
    • Jijian Wang

    Original Paper 02 November 2017 Pages: 252 - 259

    

30. Potent apoptosis-inducing activity of erypoegin K, an isoflavone isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana, against human leukemia HL-60 cells

    • Kiyomi Hikita
    • Natsuki Hattori
    • Norio Kaneda

    Original Paper 18 November 2017 Pages: 260 - 266

    

31. Botanical origin and chemical constituents of commercial Saposhnikoviae radix and its related crude drugs available in Shaanxi and the surrounding regions

    • Takuro Maruyama
    • Masami Ezaki
    • Nobuo Kawahara

    Original Paper 17 November 2017 Pages: 267 - 273

    

32. Effects of saffron and its constituents, crocin-1, crocin-2, and crocetin on α-synuclein fibrils

    • Eiji Inoue
    • Yasuharu Shimizu
    • Keiichi Sudoh

    Original Paper 17 November 2017 Pages: 274 - 279

    

33. Dehydropropylpantothenamide isolated by a co-culture of Nocardia tenerifensis IFM 10554^T in the presence of animal cells

    • Yasumasa Hara
    • Midori A. Arai
    • Masami Ishibashi

    Original Paper 05 December 2017 Pages: 280 - 289

    

34. Labdane-type diterpenoids from Vitex limonifolia and their antivirus activities

    • Ninh Khac Ban
    • Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa
    • Seung Hyun Kim

    Note 15 September 2017 Pages: 290 - 297

    

35. Three new sesquiterpene aminoquinones from a Vietnamese Spongia sp. and their biological activities

    • Takuya Ito
    • Hien Minh Nguyen
    • Hiroyuki Morita

    Note 22 September 2017 Pages: 298 - 303

    

36. Two new cytotoxic stilbenoid dimers isolated from Cajanus cajan

    • Nenling Zhang
    • Xiangchun Shen
    • Samuel X. Qiu

    Note 12 October 2017 Pages: 304 - 309

    

37. Different expression systems resulted in varied binding properties of anti-paclitaxel single-chain variable fragment antibody clone 1C2

    • Gorawit Yusakul
    • Seiichi Sakamoto
    • Satoshi Morimoto

    Note 12 October 2017 Pages: 310 - 316

    

38. Ellagic acid glycosides with hepatoprotective activity from traditional Tibetan medicine Potentilla anserina

    • Toshio Morikawa
    • Katsuya Imura
    • Kiyofumi Ninomiya

    Note 10 October 2017 Pages: 317 - 325

    

39. New cyclic sulfides, garlicnins I₂, M, N, and O, from Allium sativum

    • Toshihiro Nohara
    • Masateru Ono
    • Junei Kinjo

    Note 30 October 2017 Pages: 326 - 331

    

40. A new cinnamoylphenethylamine derivative from a Mongolian Allium species, Allium carolinianum

    • Tsutomu Tsuruoka
    • Kazuki Ishikawa
    • Unursaikhan Surenjav

    Note 23 October 2017 Pages: 332 - 334

    

41. New cyclic sulfides extracted from Allium sativum: garlicnins P, J₂, and Q

    • Toshihiro Nohara
    • Masateru Ono
    • Junei Kinjo

    Note 20 November 2017 Pages: 335 - 341

    

42. AU-1 from Agavaceae plants downregulates the expression of glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase

    • Tomofumi Fujino
    • Akihito Yokosuka
    • Makio Hayakawa

    Note 20 November 2017 Pages: 342 - 346

    

43. New 8,12;8,20-diepoxy-8,14-secopregnane hexa- and hepta-glycosides from the roots of Asclepias tuberosa

    • Tsutomu Warashina
    • Toshio Miyase

    Note 25 November 2017 Pages: 347 - 356

    

44. Production of an emericellin and its analogues as fungal biological responses for Shimbu-to extract

    • Nobuhiro Inoue
    • Daigo Wakana
    • Tomoo Hosoe

    Note 29 November 2017 Pages: 357 - 363

    

45. Agelamasines A and B, diterpene alkaloids from an Okinawan marine sponge Agelas sp.

    • Sanghoon Lee
    • Naonobu Tanaka
    • Yoshiki Kashiwada

    Note 02 December 2017 Pages: 364 - 368

    

46. Evaluation of raw nepodin extraction from Rumex japonicus and R. obtusifolius and their DNA polymorphisms

    • Motoyasu Minami
    • Takako Mori
    • Je-Tae Woo

    Natural Resource Letter 23 October 2017 Pages: 369 - 374

47. Botanical origin of Mei-gui Hua in Chinese markets

    • Ochir Sarangowa
    • Makoto Nishizawa
    • Takashi Yamagishi

    Natural Resource Letter 29 November 2017 Pages: 375 - 380