Journal of Traditional Medicines Vol,25,No.2,2008

CONTENTS

Regular Article

Determination of novel nitrogen-containing metabolites after oral administration of swertiamarin to rats

Zhigang WANG, Shuhan TANG, Chaomei MA, Naoki TOYOOKA,
Hiroaki KIDA, Masashi KAWASAKI and Masao HATTORI………………………………29

Comparison of the relaxant activities of the roots of three Glycyrrhiza species and location of the active ingredients within the roots

Hidemasa NAGAI, Yutaka YAMAMOTO, Florian RAUCHENSTEINER,
Tadato TANI and Teruaki AKAO…………………………………………………………35

Pharmacological study on Panax ginseng C. A. MEYER. XVI. Improving effects of Red Ginseng on peripheral circulation disorder

Yasuyuki TSUKIOKA, Kikuyo NAKAO, Kenzo MORIYAMA,
Takahiro SHINTANI, Keiichi SAMUKAWA, Kimihisa ITOH,
Fumiaki TAKESHITA and Hideaki MATSUDA……………………………………………43

Prospective clinical study of keishibukuryogan on pain caused by varicocele

Fumiyasu ENDO, Tomohiko OGUCHI, Masaomi IKEDA,
Tohru SUGIMURA, Yoshiyuki SHIGA, Masahiro YASHI,
Kazunori HATTORI and Osamu MURAISHI………………………………………………52

Short Communication

Scutellariae Radix augments ulceration but attenuates proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine gene induction in the small intestine during indomethacin-induced enteropathy in mice

Shiro WATANABE, Yasuhiro YAMADA, Kazuki DOBASHI and
Masataka SAITO…………………………………………………………………………55