CONTENTS

In Japanese


—Symposium Reviews—

Quantum Beam Facilities Aiming at Drug Discovery -Effective Use of Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron-
……… K. Nishijima and T. Kiyotani 629
Advancement of Synchrotron Radiation Protein Crystallography Aimed by the Targeted Protein Research Program: Beamline Developments at the Photon Factory
……… S. Wakatsuki, Y. Yamada, L. M. G. Chavas, N. Igarashi, M. Kawasaki, R. Kato, M. Hiraki, and N. Matsugaki 631
Protein Micro-Crystallography with a New Micro-Beam Beamline
……… M. Yamamoto, K. Hirata, T. Hikima, Y. Kawano, and G. Ueno 641
SPring-8 Structural Biology Beamline
……… T. Kumasaka, N. Shimizu, S. Baba, K. Hasegawa, G. Ueno, and M. Yamamoto 649
Collaborative Use of Neutron and X-ray for Determination of Drug Target Proteins
……… R. Kuroki, T. Tamada, K. Kurihara, T. Ohhara, and M. Adachi 657
Beginning of Open Use of a New Biological Neutron Diffractometer (iBIX) in J-PARC
……… I. Tanaka, K. Kusaka, T. Hosoya, T. Ohhara, K. Kurihara, and N. Niimura 665
A Heritage of Pharmacognosy and Its Innovation-What Is the Expected Frame for the Future?-
……… M. Ito 671
Pharmaceutical Food Science: Search for Anti-obese Constituents from Medicinal Foods-Anti-hyperlipidemic Saponin Constituents from the Flowers of Bellis perennis-
……… T. Morikawa, O. Muraoka, and M. Yoshikawa 673
Fascination with Natural Glycosides
……… T. Ikeda, H. Miyashita, D. Nakano, and T. Nohara 679
Research and Educational Activities through Perspective of Pharmacognosy
……… M. Ito 687
Going toward a New Generation of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Bridging Research between Basic and Clinical Pharmaceutics
……… S. Harada, and K. Hara 697
A Novel Antidepressant-like Action of Drugs Possessing GIRK Channel Blocking Action in Rats
……… K. Kawaura, S. Honda, F. Soeda, T. Shirasaki, and K. Takahama 699
Involvement of Glycemic Control in the Inhibiting Effect of Morinda citrifolia on Cerebral Ischemia-induced Neuronal Damage
……… S. Harada, W. Fujita-Hamabe, K. Kamiya, T. Satake, and S. Tokuyama 707
Clinical Research on Improvement of Glucose Metabolic Marker Level by Coffee Drinking-Validity of Saliva Caffeine Concentration Measurement-
……… T. Okada, D. Kobayashi, S. Kono, and T. Shimazoe 713
Donepezil-induced Neuroprotection of Acetylcholinergic Neurons in Olfactory Bulbectomized Mice
……… Y. Yamamoto, N. Shioda, F. Han, S. Moriguchi, and K. Fukunaga 717
Endothelial Modulation of Agonist-induced Vasoconstriction in Mesenteric Microcirculation
……… X. Jin, Y. Otonashi-Satoh, Y. Zamami, T. Koyama, P. Sun, Y. Kitamura, and H. Kawasaki 723

—Regular Articles—

Formulation Development of Stronger and Quick Disintegrating Tablets: A Crucial Effect of Chitin
……… H. Goel, G. Kaur, A. K. Tiwary, and V. Rana 729
Beta-Asarone Attenuates Neuronal Apoptosis Induced by Beta Amyloid in Rat Hippocampus
……… J. Liu, C. Li, G. Xing, L. Zhou, M. Dong, Y. Geng, X. Li, J. Li, G. Wang, D. Zou, and Y. Niu 737
Investigation of in Vitro and in Vivo Efficacy of a Novel Alcohol Based Hand Rub, MR06B7
……… J. Okunishi, K. Okamoto, Y. Nishihara, K. Tsujitani, T. Miura, H. Matsuse, T. Yagi, Y. Wada, J. Goto, M. Seto, and M. Ikeda 747

—Note—

Measurement of the Transport Activities of Bile Salt Export Pump Using Chemiluminescence Detection Method
……… K. Yamaguchi, T. Murai, H. Yabuuchi, S.-P. Hui, and T. Kurosawa 755

—Article—

Comparative Study of Acid Extraction Tests of Metal Products Containing Lead
……… K. Isama, T. Kawakami, T. Tsuchiya, and A. Matsuoka 763