PSJ Web Site
J-STAGE
  Software Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher and Netscape Navigator 4.75 or higher are recommended.


Volume 49, Number 6, December 2003

MINIREVIEWS

Radon Exposure and its Health Effects
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (640 kB)]
Yuji Yamada .....417

Brain Disrupting Actions of Prenatal Diethylstilbestrol Exposure in Mice - Behavioral, Neurochemical and Electrophysiological Studies
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (186 kB)]
Kazuo Takahama, Taku Kaitsuka, Tetsuya Shirasaki, and Fumio Soeda .....423

REGULAR ARTICLES

Use of Paramecium Species in Bioassays for Environmental Risk Management: Determination of IC50 Values for Water Pollutants
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (146 kB)]
Norikazu Miyoshi, Tomonori Kawano, Miho Tanaka, Takashi Kadono, Toshikazu Kosaka, Manabu Kunimoto, Tadao Takahashi, and Hiroshi Hosoya .....429

Anti-Stress Effect of Oolong Tea in Women Loaded with Vigil
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (203 kB)]
Hiroshi Kurihara, Ling Chen, Bi-feng Zhu, Zhao-dong He, Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshinobu Kiso, Takaharu Tanaka, and Xin-Sheng Yao .....436

Sub-chronic Toxicity Studies of the Aqueous Extract of Boerhavia diffusa Leaves
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (111 kB)]
Orish Ebere Orisakwe, Onyenmechi Johnson Afonne, Mary Adaora Chude, Ejeatuluchukwu Obi, and Chudi Emma Dioka .....444

Three-Way Effect of Cyanine Dye on the Structure and Function of Mitochondria
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (220 kB)]
Kikuji Yamashita, Tomokazu Ichikawa, Takenori Yamamoto, Masatoshi Kataoka, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Hiroshi Terada, and Yasuo Shinohara .....448

Low Level Carbon Monoxide and Mortality of Persons Aged 65 or Older in Tokyo, Japan, 1976-1990
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (140 kB)]
Yasushi Honda, Hiroshi Nitta, and Masaji Ono .....454

A Multi-Generation Sublethal Assay of Phenols Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (247 kB)]
Nobuaki Tominaga, Shinya Kohra, Taisen Iguchi, and Koji Arizono .....459

Urinary Arsenic Species in Arsenic-Affected Area of West Bengal, India (Part II)
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (142 kB)]
Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tarit Roychowdhury, Tadashi Uchino, and Masanori Ando .....464

Anti-Platelet and Membrane-Rigidifying Flavonoids in Brownish Scale of Onion
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (146 kB)]
Miyuki Furusawa, Hironori Tsuchiya, Motohiko Nagayama, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Ken-ichi Nakaya, and Munekazu Iinuma .....475

Estrogenic Activity of a Diet to Estrogen Receptors -alpha and -beta in an Experimental Animal
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (216 kB)]
Maki Miyahara, Hiroshi Ishibashi, Makiko Inudo, Haruka Nishijima, Taisen Iguchi, Louis Joseph Guillette Jr., and Koji Arizono .....481

RESEARCH LETTERS

Determination of Fenoxaprop-Ethyl in Agricultural Products by HPLC with Photometric Detection and Mass Spectrometry
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (125 kB)]
Susumu Ishimitsu, Kimihiko Yoshii, Yukari Tsumura, and Yasuhide Tonogai .....492

Biological Evaluation of Pollution in the Sagami River Using the 7-Ethoxycoumarin O-Deethylase Activity Induced by River Sediment Extracts in HepG2 Cells
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (360 kB)]
Shin'ichi Nito, Aki Murase, and Yoshio Inouye .....497

Deacylation of N-Formylanilines and N-Acetylanilines by Rat Liver Formamidase
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (294 kB)]
Shigeyuki Kitamura, Osamu Ueda, Kazumi Sugihara, and Shigeru Ohta .....501

Correlation between Organochlorine Compounds or Benzene Adsorption Efficiency and Number of Spherosomes from Different Plant Sources
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (225 kB)]
Atsuko Adachi, Hiroko Hamamoto, and Toshio Okano .....509

Organotin Compounds Suppress Testosterone Production in Leydig Cells from Neonatal Pig Testes
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (346 kB)]
Yonako Nakajima, Go Sato, Shuji Ohno, and Shizuo Nakajin .....514

Decolorization of Acidic Dye by Charcoal from Coffee Grounds
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (196 kB)]
Takeo Nakamura, Toshimitsu Tokimoto, Takamichi Tamura, Naohito Kawasaki, and Seiki Tanada .....520

MRP5b/SMRP mRNA is Highly Expressed in Metallothionein- Deficient Mouse Liver
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (302 kB)]
Toshihiro Suzuki, Mika Agui, Tadayasu Togawa, Akira Naganuma, Kazuto Nishio, and Shinzo Tanabe .....524

Optimum Conditions for Derivatization of Glutathione, Cysteine and Cysteinylglycine in Human Plasma with Ammonium 7-Fluorobenzo-2-Oxa-1,3-Diazole-4-Sulfonate for Accurate Quantitation by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (246 kB)]
Yoshikazu Yoshida, Yasuharu Ohiwa, Masao Shimamura, Toru Izumi, Shozo Yoshida, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Shinichi Miyairi, Mizue Makimura, and Akira Naganuma .....527

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fungal Identification Method Based on DNA Sequence Analysis: Reassessment of the Methods of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (198 kB)]
Takashi Sugita and Akemi Nishikawa .....531

Analysis of Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate Microstructure in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells after Exposure to Lead and Cadmium
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (737 kB)]
Yasuyuki Fujiwara, Chika Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Kaji, and Anna H. Plaas .....534

Role of the Defective Splicing of mRNA in the Lack of Pulmonary Expression of Constitutively Active Receptor in Rat
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (243 kB)]
Yuichiro Kanno, Sho Aoki, Takayuki Nakahama, and Yoshio Inouye .....541

Detection of Thyroxine in Dietary Supplements Using an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (205 kB)]
Eiichi Mikami, Tsutomu Ohno, Hiroshi Matsumoto, and Setsuko Sekita .....547