CONTENTS

In Japanese


—Symposium Reviews—

Development of JSPS International Scientific Platform Program in Asia Region
………N. Saito and A. Maesawa 385
JSPS-NRCT Core University Program on Natural Medicine in Pharmaceutical Sciences
………I. Saiki, M. Yamazaki, and K. Matsumoto 387
Cooperative Research and Educational Center for Breeding and Standardization of Medicinal Plants and Drug Development between Japan and China
………H. Tanaka 393
JSPS Asian Core Program on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia
………M. Isobe and T. Nishikawa 401
JSPS Asia and Africa Scientific Platform Program Development for the Medicinal Chemistry Based on Biologically Active Natural Products in the Subtropical Zone
………N. Saito and T. Morita 407

—Reviews—

Study on Binding of Drug to Serum Protein
………M. Otagiri 413

—Regular Articles—

Effects of Patient-Pharmacist Communication on the Treatment of Asthma
………M. Onda, H. Sakurai, Y. Hayase, H. Sakamaki, Y. Arakawa, and F. Yasukawa 427
Studies on Cerebral Protection of Digoxin against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice
………S. Kaur, A. K. Rehni, N. Singh, and A. S. Jaggi 435
Investigation of Glucocorticoid-induced Side Effects in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
………A. Nakajima, K. Doki, M. Homma, T. Sagae, R. Saito, S. Ito, T. Sumida, and Y. Kohda 445
Immunization of Pharmacy Students in Japan
………T. Tomita, Y. Saeki, E. Shigita, A. Kawata, Y. Kimura, and K. Kihira 451
Fluorophothometric Determination of Aldehyde by Utilizing Condensation Reaction with Resorcinol
………R. Nakahara, S. Hara, S. Murakami, M. Oki, Y. Matsumura, T. Fujimoto, T. Yamaguchi, and Y. Fujita 459
Marked Therapeutic Effects of Hybrid Liposomes on the Hepatic Metastasis of Colon Carcinoma
………K. Funamoto, H. Ichihara, T. Matsushita, Y. Matsumoto, and R. Ueoka 465
Evaluation of the Binding Affinity and RNA Interference of Low-molecular-weight Chitosan/siRNA Complexes Using an Imaging System
………Y. Kawaguchi, T. Okuda, T. Ban, K. Danjo, and H. Okamoto 475
The Effect of Tramadol on the Rat Sciatic Nerve Conduction: A Numerical Analysis and Conduction Velocity Distribution Study
………N. Dalkilic, S. Tuncer, H. Bariskaner, and E. Kiziltan 485

—Notes—

Stability Studies on Aqueous and Oily Ophthalmic Solutions of Diclofenac
………M. Ahuja, A. S. Dhake, S. K. Sharma, and D. K. Majumdar 495

—Articles—

NMR Analyses of Oligosaccharides from a New Water-absorbing Polysaccharide Produced by the Family Oxalobacteraceae
………K. Ogawa, Y. Ikeda, and K. Umemura 503