CONTENTS

In Japanese


—Symposium Reviews—

Cutting-edge Research on Hepatitis C Treatment and the Clinical Perspectives
……… K. Yagi and T. Hayashi 141
Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Status and Perspectives
……… T. Takehara 143
Suppression of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Replication with Serine Palmitoyltransferase Inhibitor
……… Y. Hirata, M. Sudoh, and M. Kohara 157
Viral Safety of Biologicals: Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAT) Assay and Development of Concentration Method of HCV for Sensitive Detection by NAT
……… E. Uchida and T. Yamaguchi 163
Evaluation and Application of Natural Products for Viral Infections
……… K. Hayashi, T. Hayashi, and J.-B. Lee 171
Frontier of Ion Pump Research
……… M. Morii and H. Sakai 177
Mechanism of Ca2+ Pump as Revealed by Mutations, Development of Stable Analogs of Phosphorylated Intermediates, and Their Structural Analyses
……… H. Suzuki, K. Yamasaki, T. Daiho, and S. Danko 179
H+-transporting ATP Synthases: Insights into How Their Electrochemically Driven Motor Might Serve as a Drug Target
……… M. Maeda 191
Structural and Functional Properties of the C-terminal Region of Mitochondrial ADP/ATP Carrier
……… Y. Shinohara, M. Hashimoto, Y. Kihira, K. Ohkura, E. Majima, and H. Terada 199
A Novel Ratchet Mechanism of Gastric H+,K+-ATPase Revealed by Electron Crystallography of Two-dimensional Crystals
……… K. Abe, K. Tani, T. Nishizawa, and Y. Fujiyoshi 205

—Reviews—

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying PGF2α-induced Hypertrophy of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
……… C. Fan, M. Katsuyama, H. Wei, Q. Xia, W. Liu, and C. Yabe-Nishimura 211

—Regular Articles—

Studies on Effect of Stress Preconditioning in Restrain Stress-induced Behavioral Alterations
……… R. Kaur, A. S. Jaggi, and N. Singh 215
Determination of Organotin Compounds in Water Soluble Paints and Adhesives by GC-MS
……… T. Kawakami, K. Isama, H. Nakashima, T. Ooshima, T. Tsuchiya, and A. Matsuoka 223
Characteristics of Cannabis sativa L.: Seed Morphology, Germination and Growth Characteristics, and Distinction from Hibiscus cannabinus L.
……… K. Yoshimatsu, T. Kitazawa, N. Kawano, O. Iida, and N. Kawahara 237

—Notes—

Effects of Combined Addition of Atovaquone and Lithium on the in Vitro Cell Growth of Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans
……… N. Minagawa, M. Uehara, S. Seki, A. Nitta, and K. Kogawara 247

—Articles—

Search for the Subconsciousness of Hospital Pharmacists on Their Practices of Blood Drawing or Injection, and etc.
……… M. Koinuma, Y. Miyazaki, T. Yumoto, T. Sato, S. Suzuki, H. Nakajima, M. Arakawa, K. Koike, H. Sato, and H. Nakamura 253
Analysis of Newly Distributed Designer Drugs Detected in the Products Purchased in Fiscal Year 2008
……… N. Uchiyama, N. Miyazawa, M. Kawamura, R. Kikura-Hanajiri, and Y. Goda 263
Safety Assessment regarding Use of Glucosamine Sulfate by Patients Whose Dietary Potassium Intake is Restricted
……… Y. Asahina, S. Hori, and Y. Sawada 271
Errata
  277