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Antihepatotoxic Activity of Cassia tora Leaf Extract

  • Maity, Tapan K.;Mandal, Subhash C.;Pal, M.;Saha, B.P.
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.226-229
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    • 1998
  • Methanolic extract of Cassia tora leaves was evaluated for its hepatoprotective activity in rats by inducing hepatotoxicity with paracetamol (acute model). The extract at a dose of 400 mg/kg orally exhibited significant protective effect by lowering the serum levels of transaminase (SGOT and SGPT), bilirubin, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The effects produced were comparable to that of a standard hepatoprotective agent.

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Pharmaceutical and clinical effects of Holyessing and its research strategy (목초액(木酢液)의 약리(藥理) 및 임상(臨床) 효능(效能)과 연구방향(硏究方向))

  • Kim, Han-Sung;Kim, Sung-Hoon
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.831-835
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    • 1998
  • The concept of traditional oriental medicine and pharmaceutical and clinical effects were studied on holyessing obtained through carbonization of wood, before practical application. The results were obtained as follows: 1. Holyessing can be thought to be effective fluid to promote physiological metabolism as heat of water(水中之火) in the respest of oriental medicine. 2. Pharmaceutical effects of holyessing were reported to be antidiabetic effect, protective effect on liver, anticancer activity, protective effect against electronic damage, thermic effect, deodouring effect and proetcive action on atrophy dermatitis. 3. Several kinds of holyessing derived from other trees except of oak chiefly used so far had better be studied such as Morus bombycis. 4. Acute and chronic toxicity, combination of holyessing with other food, artifical correction of its taste and concentration should be absolutely studied.

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Effects of Pharmaceutical Salesperson's Perception on Core Capabilities -Focusing on the Company Culture and Reputation of Pharmaceutical Companies-

  • Byun, Kwangmin;Ryu, Ki-hwan
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.160-166
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    • 2021
  • Due to rapid environmental-change pharmaceutical industry, sales strategy for sales survival of pharmaceutical company is necessary. In accordance with the rapid development of medicine and advancement of efforts to secure the market, competition among pharmaceutical companies make an effort to achieve their goals. However, due to various negative influence of inside and outside, this field is getting a difficult occupation. Even when securing and training new employees with quite a bit of expense and time, the rate of surviving employees over 1 year is decreasing. For this, the researcher suggested major research result through actual investigation by utilizing survey technique, and a plan to enhance pharmaceutical company salespersons' core competence and raise sales achievement. As the research result, company culture strongly influences salespersons' sales ability. We defined the formation of organizational culture, which influences communication culture where smooth communication is made in the company, also, definite and exact evaluation in promoting work, and trust formation between upper and lower organization, is important, which should be reflected in the company field.

Anxiolytic effect of Albizzia julibrissin using elevated plus-maze in rats

  • Oh, Jin-Kyung;Ahn, Nam-Yoon;Oh, Hye-Rim;Oh, Hee-Kyung;Jung, Ji-Wook;Ryu, Jong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.393.2-393.2
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    • 2002
  • Benzodiazepine is a widely used anxiolytic agent. However it has been reported that most anxiolytics have side effects such as hypotension, depression of respiration. dizziness. headaches. chronic sleep disorders. drug poisonings. and withdrawal symptoms. In this report. we want to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of Albizia julibrissin (AJ), There are various reports that AJ has several biological activities such as sedative action. insomnia. irritability, anorexia and diuretic action. (omitted)

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Effects of Panax Ginseng on the Development of Morphine Tolerance and Dependence

  • Kim, Hack-Seang;Oh, Ki-Wan;Park, Woo-Kyu;Shigeru Yamano;Satoshi Toki
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 1987.06a
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    • pp.38-46
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    • 1987
  • The present study was undertaken to determine the inhibitory effects of orally administered ginseng saponins (GS), protopanaxadiol saponins(PD) and protopanaxatriol saponins(PT) on the development of morphine induced tolerance and physical dependence in mice, and to determine the increases in the loss of morphine tolerance and dependence. The study also sought to determine the hepatic glutathione contents, which are closely related to the degree of detoxication of morphinone, a novel metabolite of morphine, and the effects of ginseng saponins on morphine 6-dehydrogenase. The results of the present study showed that GS, PD and PT administered orally inhibited the development of morphine-induced tolerance and dependence. GS, PD and PT, however, increased the loss of morphine tolerance and dependence. GS, PD and PT inhibited the reduction of hepatic glutathione concentration in mice treated chronically with morphine, and the activity of morphine 6-dehydrogenase. So we hypothesized that these results were partially due to the dual action of the test drugs, the inhibition of morphine production and the activation in morphine-glutathione conjugation due to the increased glutathione level for detoxication.

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Effects of age on angiotensin II response and antagonistic activity of losartan in rat aorta and liver

  • Jung, Yi-Sook;Lee, Sung-Hou;Shin, Hwa-Sup
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.462-468
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    • 1996
  • The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of age on angiotensin II (AII) response and antagonistic activity of losartan using aortic rings and liver homogenates from rats ranging in age from 0.7 to 20 months. Whether the endothelium was present or not, the maximum contractile response to AII decreased with age. Removal of the endothelium enhanced AII-induced maximum contraction and these endothelial effects seemed to be due to endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in all ages. Equilibrium binding studies demonstrated an age-related decrease in maximum binding $(B_{max})$ with little change in binding affinity $(K_d)$. In rat aorta, the extent of losartan-induced parallel shifts $(K_B)$ in AII concentration-response curves was not significantly different between ages. In addition, $IC_{50}$ value of losartan in competition binding was not changed with age in rat liver homogenates. These results suggest that the potency of losartan is not altered with age in rat aorta and liver, although AII-induced contractile response and the maximum AII binding decreased significantly with age.

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Inhibition Effects of Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre on Oxidative DNA Damage via ATM/Chk2/p53 pathway

  • So-Yeon Han;Hye-Jeong Park;Jeong-Yong Park;Seo-Hyun Yun;Mi-Ji Noh;Soo-Yeon Kim;Tae-Won Jang;Jae-Ho Park
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2021.04a
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    • pp.52-52
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    • 2021
  • Persicaria amphibia as an England native plant, is a rhizomatous perennial, one of the rather amphibious plants. Its aquatic form contains water-soluble sugars, starch, and protein. P. amphibia have up to 18% tannins in stems and rhizomes. Previous studies have confirmed the anti-inflammatory activity of live bacteria roots, but no studies on bioactivity are known. DNA damage responses (DDRs) pathways are considered a crucial factor affecting the alleviation of cellular damage. The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated and Rad3 related (ATM) and checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) pathways are the main pathways of DNA damage response. Also, p53 is a key integrator of cellular response to oxidative DNA damage, contributing repair, or leading transcription including apoptosis. In the present study, we conducted an investigation into the inhibitory effects of P. amphibia on oxidative DNA damage for confirming potential to complementary medicine and therapies. In conclusion, P. amphibia can provide protective effects against double-stranded DNA break (DSB) caused by oxidative DNA damage.

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DH332, a Synthetic β-Carboline Alkaloid, Inhibits B Cell Lymphoma Growth by Activation of the Caspase Family

  • Gao, Pan;Tao, Ning;Ma, Qin;Fan, Wen-Xi;Ni, Chen;Wang, Hui;Qin, Zhi-Hai
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.3901-3906
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    • 2014
  • Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate anti-tumor effects and safety of DH332, a new ${\beta}$-carboline alkaloids derivatives in vitro and in vivo. Materials and Methods: The effects of DH332 on human (RAMOS RA.1) and mouse (J558) B lymphoma cell lines were detected using a CCK-8 kit (Cell Counting Kit-8), and apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry with PI/annexinV staining. Western blotting was used to detected caspase-3 and caspase-8. Neurotoxic and anti-tumor effects were evaluated in animal experiments. Results: DH332 exerts a lower neurotoxicity compared with harmine. It also possesses strong antitumor effects against two B cell lymphoma cell lines with low $IC_{50s}$. Moreover, DH332 could inhibit the proliferation and induce the apoptosis of RAMOS RA.1 and J558 cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. Our results suggest that DH332 triggers apoptosis by mainly activating the caspase signaling pathway. In vivo studies of tumor-bearing BALB/c mice showed that DH332 significantly inhibited growth of J558 xenograft tumors. Conclusions: DH332 exerts effective antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo, and has the potential to be a promising drug candidate for lymphoma therapy.