Journal of Traditional Medicines Vol,25,No.5/6,2008

CONTENTS

Regular Article

Effects of traditional Japanese (Kampo) medicines (orengedokuto, goreisan and shichimotsukokato) on the onset of stroke and expression patterns of plasma proteins in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats

Chizuru KIGA, Hirozo GOTO, Hiroaki SAKURAI, Kazuko HAYASHI,
Hiroaki HIKIAMI, Yutaka SHIMADA, Ikuo SAIKI………………………………………125

Identification of epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate as an active constituent in tea extract that suppresses transcriptional up-regulations of the histamine H₁ receptor and interleukin-4 genes

Chiyo MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MIZUGUCHI, Hitoshi NIINO,
Yuko SAGESAKA, Keisuke MASUYAMA, Hiroyuki FUKUI……………………………133

Anti-hypertensive and anti-stroke effects of Chrysanthemum extracts in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

Qi ZHAO, Kinzo MATSUMOTO, Hideko OKADA, Hiroyuki ICHIKI,
Iwao SAKAKIBARA……………………………………………………………………143

Effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Tylophora indica leaves in ischemia-reperfusion induced myocardial damage using isolated rat heart

Sowmya K S, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq………………………………152

Anti-proliferative effects and induction of apoptosis by liquiritigenin in human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells

Haruo HIGO, Shi-Ping ZHANG, Ling HE, Fu LI, Yan LIU, Yun-Qing CAI……………160

Short Communication

Cistanche salsa extract acts similarly to protein-bound polysaccharide-K (PSK) on various types of cell lines

Shinjiro MARUYAMA, Taiki AKASAKA, Koji YAMADA, Hirofumi TACHIBANA………166