| inhibitory effects of ficus erecta leaves on osteoporotic factors in vitro. | osteoporosis is recognized as a major concern among menopausal women and the elderly. when estrogen is reduced in the body, local factors such as il-1beta, il-6 and pge2, which are known to be related to bone resorption, are increased and promote osteoclastogenesis, which is responsible for bone resorption and results in the clinical disorder osteoporosis. in this study, we investigated the anti-osteoporotic activity of ficus erecta. mg-63 cells were stimulated with il-1beta (10 ng/ml) to induce ... | 2007 | 17328241 |
| phylogenetic analyses suggest a hybrid origin of the figs (moraceae: ficus) that are endemic to the ogasawara (bonin) islands, japan. | the ogasawara islands are oceanic islands and harbor a unique endemic flora. there are three fig species (ficus boninsimae, f. nishimurae and f. iidaiana) endemic to the ogasawara islands, and these species have been considered to be closely related to ficus erecta, and to have diverged within the islands. however, this hypothesis remains uncertain. to investigate this issue, we assessed the phylogenetic relationships of the ogasawara figs and their close relatives occurring in japan, taiwan and ... | 2012 | 22281208 |
| constituents with tyrosinase inhibitory activities from branches of ficus erecta var. sieboldii king. | phytochemical investigation of the branches of ficus erecta var. sieboldii king resulted in the isolation of eight constituents: p-hydroxybenzoic acid (1), methyl p-hydroxybenzoate (2), vanillic acid (3), methyl vanillate (4), syringic acid (5), β-sitosterol (6), α-amyrin acetate (7), and ethyl linoleate (8). their chemical structures were identified via spectroscopic means as well as by comparing their data with literature values. studies on tyrosinase inhibition activities were conducted for t ... | 2012 | 21732721 |
| melon fly, bactrocera cucurbitae (diptera: tephritidae), infestation in host fruits in the southwestern islands of japan before the initiation of island-wide population suppression, as recorded in publications of japanese public institutions. | bactrocera cucurbitae (coquillett) is a tephritid fruit fly native to the indo-malayan region. its distribution, though, has extended to include africa, temperate asia, and a number of pacific islands. it became established in japan in 1919 in the yaeyama islands and spread north in the southwestern islands of japan. it was subsequently eradicated from these islands by an eradication program that extended from 1972 to 1993. as part of an effort to develop a worldwide database on the status of fr ... | 2015 | 26816487 |