Journal of Natural Medicines - The Journal of Natural Medicines Award
JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES AWARD 2023 (VOL. 77)
The Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2023 has been conferred on the following papers. These award-winning papers were selected from all the original papers and notes published in the Journal of Natural Medicines, Vol. 77 (2023), by the JONM Award Selection Committee of the Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy.
- Takashi Ogihara, Masato Kagawa, Rintarou Yamanaka, Satoshi Imai, Kotaro Itohara, Daiki Hira, Shunsaku Nakagawa, Atsushi Yonezawa, Michiho Ito, Takayuki Nakagawa, Tomohiro Terada, Kazuo Matsubara
Preparation and pharmaceutical properties of Hangeshashinto oral ointment and its safety and efficacy in Syrian hamsters with 5‐fluorouracil‐induced oral mucositis
Journal of Natural Medicines (2023) 77: 53-63
--- - Yoshitomi Kudo, Hirokazu Ando, Ai Kaneda, Honoka Ito, Kazuki Umemoto, Si-ran Ni, Masayuki Mikage, Yohei Sasaki
Evaluation of rooting characteristics of Ephedra cuttings by anatomy and promising strain selection based on rooting characteristics and alkaloid content
Journal of Natural Medicines (2023) 77: 327-342
--- - Yan Liu, Itsuki Nose, Kazuyoshi Terasaka, Tsukasa Fueki, Toshiaki Makino
Heating or ginger extract reduces the content of Pinellia ternata lectin in the raphides of Pinellia tuber
Journal of Natural Medicines (2023) 77: 761-773
Previous Award Winners
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2022 (VOL. 76)
- Qundong Liu, Shu Zhu, Shigeki Hayashi, Osamu Iida, Akihito Takano, Katsunori Miyake, Suchada Sukrong, Mangestuti Agil, Indira Balachandran, Norio Nakamura, Nobuo Kawahara, Katsuko Komatsu: Discrimination of Curcuma species from Asia using intron length polymorphism markers in genes encoding diketide-CoA synthase and curcumin synthase
Journal of Natural Medicines (2022) 76: 69–86 (Open access)
--- - Taishi Kondo, Tomoaki Ishida, Ke Ye, Marin Muraguchi, Yohei Tanimura, Masato Yoshida, Kan’ichiro Ishiuchi, Tomoki Abe, Takeshi Nikawa, Keisuke Hagihara, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Toshiaki Makino: Suppressive effects of processed aconite root on dexamethasone-induced muscle ring fingerprotein-1 expression and its active ingredients
Journal of Natural Medicines (2022) 76: 594–604 (Open access)
--- - Naoko Yoshimoto, Takashi Asano, Ayuna Kisanuki, Chihiro Kanno, Machiko Asanuma, Mami Yamazaki, Isao Fujii, Kazuki Saito: The ability of callus tissues induced from three Allium plants to accumulate health-beneficial natural products, S-alk(en)ylcysteine sulfoxides
Journal of Natural Medicines (2022) 76: 803–810 (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2021 (VOL. 75)
- Yoshitomi Kudo, Hirokazu Ando, Yohei Sasaki: Quality evaluation of Angelicae acutilobae radix: individual differences and localization of (Z)-ligustilide in Angelica acutiloba root
Journal of Natural Medicines 75: 1–10 (2021) (Open access)
--- - Kazuki Okoshi, Yoshinori Uekusa, Yuji Narukawa, Fumiyuki Kiuchi: Solubility enhancement of berberine–baicalin complex by the constituents of Gardenia Fruit
Journal of Natural Medicines 75: 76–83 (2021) (Open access)
--- - Tatsuya Shirahata, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Teruhisa Kudo, Yumiko Takada, Azusa Hoshino, Yui Taga, Yusaku Minakuchi, Tomoko Hasegawa, Rina Horiguchi, Takehiro Hirayama, Takahiro Konishi, Hiroaki Takemoto, Noriko Sato, Masako Aragane, Tetsuro Oikawa, Hiroshi Odaguchi, Toshihiko Hanawa, Eiichi Kodaira, Tatsuo Fukuda, Yoshinori Kobayashi: Metabolic fingerprinting for discrimination of DNA-authenticated Atractylodes plants using 1H NMR spectroscopy
Journal of Natural Medicines 75: 475–488 (2021) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2020 (VOL. 74)
- Rui Tang, Atsushi Kimishima, Ryosuke Ishida, Andi Setiawan, Masayoshi Arai: Selective cytotoxicity of epidithiodiketopiperazine DC1149B, produced by marine-derived Trichoderma lixii on the cancer cells adapted to glucose starvation
Journal of Natural Medicines 74: 153–158 (2020) (Open access)
--- - Jianbo Wu, Souichi Nakashima, Marina Shigyo, Mutsumi Yamasaki, Sumire Ikuno, Aoi Morikawa, Shigehiko Takegami, Seikou Nakamura, Atsuko Konishi, Tatsuya Kitade, Hisashi Matsuda: Antihypertensive constituents in Sanoshashinto
Journal of Natural Medicines 74: 421–433 (2020) (Open access)
--- - Tsukasa Fueki, Koichiro Tanaka, Kunihiko Obara, Ryudo Kawahara, Takao Namiki, Toshiaki Makino: The acrid raphides in tuberous root of Pinellia ternata have lipophilic character and are specifically denatured by ginger extract
Journal of Natural Medicines 74: 722–731 (2020) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2019 (Vol. 73)
- Toshio Kaneda, Misaki Matsumoto, Yayoi Sotozono, Satoshi Fukami, Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Yusuke Hirasawa, Hadi A. Hamid A, Hiroshi Morita: Cycloartane triterpenoid (23R, 24E)-23-acetoxymangiferonic acid inhibited proliferation and migration in B16-F10 melanoma via MITF downregulation caused by inhibition of both β-catenin and c-Raf-MEK1-ERK signaling axis
Journal of Natural Medicines 73: 47-58 (2019) (Open access)
--- - Ken-ichi Nakashima, Junko Tomida, Takao Hirai,Yoshiaki Kawamura, Makoto Inoue: Sesquiterpenes with new carbon skeletons from the basidiomycete Phlebia tremellosa
Journal of Natural Medicines 73: 480-486 (2019) (Open access)
--- - Kazufumi Toume, Zhiyan Hou, Huanhuan Yu, Mitsuru Kato, Miki Maesaka, Yanjing Bai, Shiho Hanazawa, Yuewei Ge, Tsugunobu Andoh, Katsuko Komatsu: Search of anti-allodynic compounds from Plantaginis Semen, a crude drug ingredient of Kampo formula “Goshajinkigan"
Journal of Natural Medicines 73: 761-768 (2019) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2018 (Vol. 72)
- Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Akiyo Hashimoto, Chin-Piow Wong, Hiromasa Yokoe, Masayoshi Tsubuki, Toshio Kaneda, A. Hamid A. Hadi & Hiroshi Morita: Ceramicines M–P from Chisocheton ceramicus: isolation and structure–activity relationship study
Journal of Natural Medicines 72: 64–72 (2018) (Open access)
--- - Risako Kon, Miho Yamamura, Yukari Matsunaga, Hiroshi Kimura, Moe Minami, Saki Kato, Nobutomo Ikarashi & Kiyoshi Sugiyama: Laxative effect of repeated Daiokanzoto is attributable to decrease in aquaporin-3 expression in the colon
Journal of Natural Medicines 72: 493–502 (2018) (Open access)
--- - Shu Zhu, Aimi Shirakawa, Yanhong Shi, Xiaoli Yu, Takayuki Tamura, Naotoshi Shibahara, Kayo Yoshimatsu & Katsuko Komatsu: Impact of different post-harvest processing methods on the chemical compositions of peony root
Journal of Natural Medicines 72: 757–767 (2018) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2017 (Vol. 71)
- Amit Rai, Hidetaka Kamochi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Michimi Nakamura, Hiroki Takahashi, Tomoki Hatada, Kazuki Saito & Mami Yamazaki: De novo transcriptome assembly and characterization of nine tissues of Lonicera japonica to identify potential candidate genes involved in chlorogenic acid, luteolosides, and secoiridoid biosynthesis pathways
Journal of Natural Medicines 71: 1–15 (2017) (Open access)
--- - Shunsuke Nakamori, Jun Takahashi, Sumiko Hyuga, Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa, Hideto Jinno, Masashi Hyuga, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Hiroshi Odaguchi, Yukihiro Goda, Toshihiko Hanawa & Yoshinori Kobayashi: Ephedra Herb extract activates/desensitizes transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and reduces capsaicin-induced pain
Journal of Natural Medicines 71: 105–113 (2017) (Open access)
--- - Mitsuhiko Nose, Momoka Tada, Rika Kojima, Kumiko Nagata, Shinsuke Hisaka, Sayaka Masada, Masato Homma & Takashi Hakamatsuka: Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan
Journal of Natural Medicines 71: 711–722 (2017) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2016 (Vol. 70)
- Emiko Iwaoka, Shenglan Wang, Nobuyuki Matsuyoshi, Yoko Kogure, Shunji Aoki, Satoshi Yamamoto, Koichi Noguchi & Yi Dai: Evodiamine suppresses capsaicin-induced thermal hyperalgesia through activation and subsequent desensitization of the transient receptor potential V1 channels
Journal of Natural Medicines 70: 1-7 (2016) (Open access)
--- - Yuki Kawahara, Tatsuro Hoshino, Hidetaka Morimoto, Tomofumi Shinizu, Yuji Narukawa, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Nobuo Kawahara & Fumiyuki Kiuchi: LC-MS-based quantification method for Achyranthes root saponins
Journal of Natural Medicines 70: 102-106 (2016)
--- - Taketo Okada, Farit Mochamad Afendi, Mami Yamazaki, Kaori Nakahashi Chida, Makoto Suzuki, Rika Kawai, Miyuki Kim, Takao Namiki, Shigehiko Kanaya & Kazuki Saito: Informatics framework of traditional Sino-Japanese medicine (Kampo) unveiled by factor analysis
Journal of Natural Medicines 70: 107-114 (2016) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2015 (Vol. 69)
- Shu Zhu, Xiaoli Yu, Yuqiu Wu, Fumio Shiraishi, Nobuo Kawahara & Katsuko Komatsu: Genetic and chemical characterization of white and red peony root derived from Paeonia lactiflora
Journal of Natural Medicines 69, 35-45 (2015) (Open access)
--- - Noriko Kaifuchi, Yuji Omiya, Hirotaka Kushida, Miwako Fukutake, Hiroaki Nishimura & Yoshio Kase: Effects of shakuyakukanzoto and its absorbed components on twitch contractions induced by physiological Ca2+ release in rat skeletal muscle
Journal of Natural Medicines 69: 287-295 (2015) (Open access)
--- - Toshio Morikawa, Kiyofumi Ninomiya, Junji Akaki, Namiko Kakihara, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Yurie Matsumoto, Takao Hayakawa, Osamu Muraoka, Li-Bo Wang, Li-Jun Wu, Seikou Nakamura, Masayuki Yoshikawa & Hisashi Matsuda: Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory activity of dimeric dihydrochalcone glycosides from flowers of Helichrysum arenarium
Journal of Natural Medicines 69: 494-506 (2015) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2014 (Vol. 68)
- Yukie Kumeta, Takuro Maruyama, Hiroshi Asama, Yutaka Yamamoto, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Yukihiro Goda: Species identification of Asini Corii Collas (donkey glue) by PCR amplification of cytochrome b gene
Journal of Natural Medicines 68: 181-185 (2014)(Open access)
--- - Yuko Kiren, Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Yusuke Hirasawa, Osamu Shirota, Myrzaim Bekenova, Narbekov Omorbay Narbekovich, Marina Shapilova, Hiromichi Maeno, Hiroshi Morita: Mumic acids A–E: new diterpenoids from mumiyo
Journal of Natural Medicines 68: 199-205 (2014) (Open access)
--- - Toshiaki Makino, Yusaku Shiraki, Hajime Mizukami: Interaction of gypsum and the rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides plays an important role in anti-allergic effects of byakkokakeishito in mice
Journal of Natural Medicines 68: 505-512 (2014) (Open access)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2013 (Vol. 67)
- Xiu-Hong Jia, Chao-Qun Wang, Jin-Huai Liu, Xiao-Wei Li, Xuan Wang, Ming-Ying Shang, Shao-Qing Cai, Shu Zhu & Katsuko Komatsu: Comparative studies of saponins in 1–3-year-old main roots, fibrous roots, and rhizomes of Panax notoginseng, and identification of different parts and growth-year samples
Journal of Natural Medicines 67: 339-349 (2013)
--- - Michiko Sekiya, Hiroaki Kiyohara, Hiroko Maruyama, Takeshi Yabe & Haruki Yamada: Modulation of chemokine expression on intestinal epithelial cells by Kampo (traditional Japanese herbal) medicine, Hochuekkito, and its active ingredients
Journal of Natural Medicines 67: 626-635 (2013)
--- - Kazumasa Zaima, Ikumi Koga, Nobuhide Iwasawa, Takahiro Hosoya, Yusuke Hirasawa, Toshio Kaneda, Intan Safinar Ismail, Nordin Hj Lajis & Hiroshi Morita: Vasorelaxant activity of indole alkaloids from Tabernaemontana dichotoma
Journal of Natural Medicines 67: 9-16 (2013)
Journal of Natural Medicines Award 2012 (Vol. 66)
- Hiroaki Kiyohara, Chikara Ichino, Yuka Kawamura, Takayuki Nagai, Noriko Sato & Haruki Yamada: Patchouli alcohol: in vitro direct anti-influenza virus sesquiterpene in Pogostemon cablin Benth
Journal of Natural Medicines 66: 55-61 (2012)
--- - Fan Bai, Toshiaki Makino, Takahiko Ono & Hajime Mizukami: Anti-hypertensive effects of shichimotsukokato in 5/6 nephrectomized Wistar rats mediated by the DDAH-ADMA-NO pathway
Journal of Natural Medicines 66: 583-590 (2012)