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Volume 55, Number 2, April 2009

REVIEW

Disruption of Thyroid Hormone Function by Environmental Pollutants
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (1.34 MB)]
Keiko Kashiwagi, Nobuaki Furuno, Shigeyuki Kitamura, Shigeru Ohta, Kazumi Sugihara, Kozo Utsumi, Hideki Hanada, Kikuyo Taniguchi, Ken-ichi Suzuki, and Akihiko Kashiwagi.....147

MINIREVIEW

Speciation of Aluminium in Human Serum Investigated by HPLC/High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS): Effects of Sialic Acid Residues of the Carbohydrate Chain on the Binding Affinity of Aluminium for Transferrin
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (272 kB)]
Megumi Hamano Nagaoka and Tamio Maitani.....161

REGULAR ARTICLES

The Effect of Generation 2 and 3 Poly (amidoamine) Dendrimers on Viability of Human Breast Cancer Cells
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (424 kB)]
Katarzyna Winnicka, Krzysztof Bielawski, Magorzata Rusak, and Anna Bielawska.....169

Effects of Benzylglucosinolate on Endurance Capacity in Mice
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (276 kB)]
Mayumi Ikeuchi, Tomoyuki Koyama, Shin Takei, Takao Kino, and Kazunaga Yazawa.....178

Simultaneous Determination of Medicinal Ingredients in So-called Health-promoting Food Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry with a Pentafluorophenyl Stationary Phase
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (404 kB)]
Satoshi Inoue, Shiori Miyamoto, Mitsunori Ogasawara, Osamu Endo, and Gen Suzuki.....183

Evaluation of Cesium-137 (137Cs) and Elements Intake from Daily Diets in Residents of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (304 kB)]
Ikuyo Iijima, Hiroyuki Takagi, Kenji Tomura, Tomohiko Watanuki, and Hideo Sugiyama.....192

Antihyperglycemic Effect of Mangiferin in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (216 kB)]
Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu, Balu Periamallipatti Muniappan, Sathiya Moorthi Perumal, and Murugesan Kandasamy.....206

Beneficial Effects of Donepezil on Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction-Associated Dementia Induced by L-Methionine in Rats
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (460 kB)]
Rajeshkumar Ukabhi Koladiya, Amteshwar Singh Jaggi, Nirmal Singh, and Bhupesh Kumar Sharma.....215

Prostaglandin E2 Enhances B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Receptor Expression in Calvarial Osteoblasts through EP1 Subtype of Prostaglandin E2 Receptor
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (332 kB)]
Hiroyuki Kaneki, Maki Kurokawa-Nagai, Yuri Sugano, Gaku Ishi-i, Minoru Kurokawa, and Hayao Ide.....226

Meta-analysis Study for One Year Effects of a Nicotine Patch
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (236 kB)]
Kazumoto Kimura, Toshimi Sairenchi, and Takashi Muto.....233

Fluorometric Determination of Quinolinic Acid Using the Catalytic Activity of Horseradish Peroxidase
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (236 kB)]
Junichi Odo, Masahiko Inoguchi, and Akihito Hirai.....242

Occurrence of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Surface Water from Mankyung River, South Korea
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (296 kB)]
Joon-Woo Kim, Hyo-Sang Jang, Jong-Gu Kim, Hiroshi Ishibashi, Masashi Hirano, Kazuaki Nasu, Nobuhiro Ichikawa, Yuji Takao, Ryota Shinohara, and Koji Arizono.....249

Dose-dependent Effects of Cigarette Smoke on Blood Biomarkers in Healthy Japanese Volunteers: Observations from Smoking and Non-smoking
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (148 kB)]
Akiko Kume, Toshifumi Kume, Kazuo Masuda, Fuminori Shibuya, and Hiroshi Yamazaki.....259

Influence of Chronic Cigarette Smoking on Serum Biochemical Profile in Male Human Volunteers
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (112 kB)]
Pannuru Padmavathi, Vaddi Damodara Reddy, and Nallanchakravarthula Varadacharyulu.....265

Effect of Sodium Selenite Supplementation on Glucose Intolerance and Pancreatic Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetic Mice under Different Selenium Status
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (668 kB)]
Ryo Shimizu, Hitoshi Ueno, Tomofumi Okuno, Fumitoshi Sakazaki, and Katsuhiko Nakamuro.....271

RESEARCH LETTERS

Leaching of the Plasticizer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate: (ATBC) from Plastic Kitchen Wrap
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (80.4 kB)]
Kenichi Nara, Kazusa Nishiyama, Hideaki Natsugari, Akira Takeshita, and Hideyo Takahashi.....281

Immunopotentiating Effect of an Ayurvedic Preparation from Medicinal Plants
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (288 kB)]
Dnyaneshwar Umrao Bawankule, Dayanandan Mani, Anirban Pal, Karuna Shanker, Narayan Prasad Yadav, Sachidanand Yadav, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Jyoti Agarwal, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Mahendra Pandurang Darokar, Madan Mohan Gupta, and Suman Preet Singh Khanuja.....285

Dioxin Concentrations in Commercial Health Tea Materials in Japan
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (276 kB)]
Yoshiaki Amakura, Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Kenji Tanno, Koichi Nomura, Toshihiko Yanagi, Yoichi Kono, Morio Yoshimura, Tamio Maitani, Rieko Matsuda, and Takashi Yoshida.....290

Cigarette Smoking and Blood Insulin, Glucose, and Lipids in Young Japanese Women
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (100 kB)]
Yu Kang, Hiroyuki Imamura, Reika Masuda, and Yuka Noda.....294

The Minerals and Heavy Metals in Cow's Milk from China and Japan
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (100 kB)]
Li-Qiang Qin, Xiao-Ping Wang, Wei Li, Xing Tong, and Wei-Jun Tong.....300

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) in Runoff from a Potato Field Irrigated with Treated Wastewater in Southern California
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (92.0 kB)]
Jian Xu, Laosheng Wu, Weiping Chen, Pingping Jiang, and Andrew Chia-Shing Chang.....306

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Nuclear Factor κB Inhibition by Dibenzoylmethane Derivatives
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (92.0 kB)]
Nobuyasu Matsuura, Rika Murakami, Tomoyuki Katayama, Satoshi Hibino, Tominari Choshi, and Masashi Yamada.....311

Delta-Tocotrienol Causes Decrease of Melanin Content in Mouse Melanoma Cells
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (300 kB)]
Akihiro Michihara, Sachiyo Morita, Yae Hirokawa, Saya Ago, Kenji Akasaki, and Hiroshi Tsuji.....314

Involvement of DNA Conformational Change Induced by Rearrangement of Copper-coordination Geometry in Oxidative DNA Damages Caused by Copper and Dopamine
[Abstract], [Full-Text PDF (312 kB)]
Motozumi Ando, Koji Ueda, Rena Makino, Yoshihiko Nishino, Hiroyuki Nishida, Chitose Toda, Yoshinori Okamoto, and Nakao Kojima.....319