Journal of Traditional Medicines Vol,25,No.4,2008

CONTENTS

Regular Article

Shigyakusan extract attenuates enhanced hepatic neutrophil infiltration and oxidative stress with progression of -naphthylisothiocyanate-induced liver injury in rats

Yoshiji OHTA, Mutsumi KONGO-NISHIMURA, Takahiro HAYASHI,
Akira KITAGAWA, Tatsuya MATSURA, Takashi HASHIMOTO, and
Kazuo YAMADA…………………………………………………………………………95

Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction are elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with oketsu (blood stasis)

Hiroaki HIKIAMI, Kazuya NOZAKI, Yutaka NAGATA, Shinji NAKATA,
Tatsuya NOGAMI, Ryosuke OBI, Hirozo GOTO, Naotoshi SHIBAHARA,
Yutaka SHIMADA………………………………………………………………………103

Studies of Ephedra plants in Asia. Part 5.
The herbivory damage to Ephedra plants by livestock

Masayuki MIKAGE, Hao HONG and Xiaoqing CAI……………………………………108

Short Communication

Simultaneous determination of ten bioactive constituents in Eucommia ulmoides leaves and Tochu tea products by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector-mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-MS)

Shuhan TANG, Zhigang WANG, Chaomei MA, and Masao HATTORI………………112

Case Report

The possibility of serial determination of PAC/PRA for a useful maker of pseudoaldosteronism

Takeshi TATSUMI, Toshiaki KOGURE………………………………………………119

A case in which Kampo medicine affected warfarin control

Mari ENDO, Tomoyuki HAYASAKI, Tetsuro OIKAWA, Toru AKAHOSHI,
Toshihiko HANAWA……………………………………………………………………122