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Volume 49, Number 1, February 2003

REGULAR ARTICLES

A Problem in the Determination of Trihalomethane by Headspace-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (184 kB)]
Yasuo Takahashi, Sukeo Onodera, Masatoshi Morita, and Yoshiyasu Terao.....1

Biological Evaluation of the Pollution of the Tsurumi River with 7-Ethoxycoumarin O-Deethylase Activity Induced by River Sediment Extracts in HepG2 Cells
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (450 kB)]
Shin'ichi Nito, Yuichiro Kanno, Akiko Muto, Akinori Uesugi, Takayuki Nakahama, and Yoshio Inouye.....8

Regulation of Activities of Cytidine 5'-Diphospho-Choline: 1-O-Alkyl-2-Acetyl-sn-Glycerol Cholinephosphotransferase, an Enzyme Responsible for de novo Synthesis of Platelet-Activating Factor, by Membrane Phospholipids
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (163 kB)]
Noriko Satoh, Ayako Harada, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Ken Karasawa, Keizo Inoue, and Morio Setaka.....13

Mutagenicity of Size-Fractioned Airborne Particles Collected with Andersen Low Pressure Impactor
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (204 kB)]
Osamu Endo, Kazutoshi Sugita, Sumio Goto, Takashi Amagai, and Hidetsuru Matsushita.....22

Caenorhabditis elegans Responses to Specific Steroid Hormones
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (151 kB)]
Nobuaki Tominaga, Kazuhiro Ura, Masato Kawakami, Tomoaki Kawaguchi, Shinya Kohra, Yoshinori Mitsui, Taisen Iguchi, and Koji Arizono.....28

Photooxidation Mechanism of Fenthion by Singlet Oxygen: Evidence by ESR Analysis with a Selective Spin Trapping Agent
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (221 kB)]
Yoshichika Hirahara, Tomofumi Okuno, Hitoshi Ueno, and Katsuhiko Nakamuro.....34

Protective Effect of Zinc against Lipopolysaccharide/D-Galactosamine-Induced Lethality
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (165 kB)]
Tomoki Kimura, Norio Itoh, Miyako Takehara, Ikuyo Oguro, Jun-ichi Ishizaki, Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, Masakazu Isobe, and Keiichi Tanaka.....40

RESEARCH LETTERS

Analysis of Proanthocyanidins in Grape Seed Extracts, Health Foods and Grape Seed Oils
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (178 kB)]
Yumiko Nakamura, Sumiko Tsuji, and Yasuhide Tonogai.....45

Simultaneous Determination of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde in Liquor Using a Flow System Composed of Two Enzyme Reactors and an Octadecylsilica Column
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (134 kB)]
Hisakazu Mori, Yumiko Sekine, and Yoshiko Takahashi.....55

Novel Quantitative Assessment for the Toxic Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Like Compounds in a Water Environment Using the Ethoxyresorufin O-Deethylase Microbioassay
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (221 kB)]
Seung Min Oh, Byung Woo Ham, Jeoung Han Kim, and Kyu Hyuck Chung.....59

Antiestrogenic Action of Atrazine and its Major Metabolites in Vitro
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (334 kB)]
Seung Min Oh, Sang Hee Shim, and Kyu Hyuck Chung.....65

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Determination of Endocrine Disruptors in Automobile Exhaust Particulate Matter
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (122 kB)]
Tsuyoshi Murahashi, Sousuke Sasaki, and Tohru Nakajima.....72

Characterization of Human Salivary Esterase in Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Phthalate Esters
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (164 kB)]
Tatsuhiro Niino, Tohru Ishibashi, Hajimu Ishiwata, Ken Takeda, and Sukeo Onodera.....76

Tumor-Promoting Activity of Phthalate Esters Estimated by in Vitro Transformation Using Bhas Cells
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (246 kB)]
Yuichi Fushiwaki, Tatsuhiro Niino, Tohru Ishibashi, Ken Takeda, and Sukeo Onodera.....82

High Sensitivity Analysis of Indirubin by Silylation Using GC/MS
[Abstract] , [Full-Text PDF (126 kB)]
Yuji Takao, Kohei Yamashita, Shinya Kohra, Makiko Inudo, Masaki Nagae, Nobuaki Tominaga, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Jun Sekizawa, Shinichi Miyairi, and Koji Arizono.....88