Chuanbo Li , Kouichi Usami, Gento Yamahata, Yoshishige Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Mizuta, and Shunri Oda Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, U.K. Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Jap...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate bone response to anodized titanium implants coated with the extract of black cohosh, Asarum Sieboldii, and pharbitis semen. MATERIALS AND METHODS FORTY ANODIZED TITANIUM IMPLANTS WERE PREPARED AS FOLLOWS: group 1 was for control; group 2 were implants soaked in a solution containing triterpenoids extracted from black cohosh for 24 hours; group...

BACKGROUND The androgen comprises a group of hormones that play roles in male reproductive activity as well as personal characteristics. OBJECTIVE We investigated the androgenic activity of various herbal medicines in human prostate cancer 22Rv1 cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Herbal extracts of Trichosanthes kirilowii (TK), Asarum sieboldii (AS), Sanguisorba officinalis (SO), and Xanthium str...

helitropium europaeum l. population garmsar was shown to contain three major alkaloids: heliotrine n-oxide (2), lasiocarpine (4) and lasiocarpine n-oxide (5); and four minor alkaloids: heliotrine (i), europine (3), acetyllasiocarpine (6) and a novel alkaloid acetyllasiocarpine n-oxide (7).

Helitropium europaeum L. population Garmsar was shown to contain three major alkaloids: heliotrine N-oxide (2), lasiocarpine (4) and lasiocarpine N-oxide (5); and four minor alkaloids: heliotrine (I), europine (3), acetyllasiocarpine (6) and a novel alkaloid acetyllasiocarpine N-oxide (7).