著者

Parth LODHIA Ken YAEGAKI Ali KHAKBAZNEJAD Toshio IMAI Tsutomu SATO Tomoko TANAKA Takatoshi MURATA Takeshi KAMODA

出版者

Center for Academic Publications Japan

雑誌

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology (ISSN:03014800)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.54, no.1, pp.89-94, 2008 (Released:2008-04-04)

参考文献数

33

被引用文献数

38 56

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Many food products are claimed to be effective in controlling halitosis. Halitosis is caused mainly by volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) such as H2S and CH3SH produced in the oral cavity. Oral microorganisms degrade proteinaceous substrates to cysteine and methionine, which are then converted to VSCs. Most treatments for halitosis focus on controlling the number of microorganisms in the oral cavity. Since tea polyphenols have been shown to have antimicrobial and deodorant effects, we have investigated whether green tea powder reduces VSCs in mouth air, and compared its effectiveness with that of other foods which are claimed to control halitosis. Immediately after administrating the products, green tea showed the largest reduction in concentration of both H2S and CH3SH gases, especially CH3SH which also demonstrated a better correlation with odor strength than H2S; however, no reduction was observed at 1, 2 and 3 h after administration. Chewing gum, mints and parsley-seed oil product did not reduce the concentration of VSCs in mouth air at any time. Toothpaste, mints and green tea strongly inhibited VSCs production in a saliva-putrefaction system, but chewing gum and parsley-seed oil product could not inhibit saliva putrefaction. Toothpaste and green tea also demonstrated strong deodorant activities in vitro, but no significant deodorant activity of mints, chewing gum or parsley-seed oil product were observed. We concluded that green tea was very effective in reducing oral malodor temporarily because of its disinfectant and deodorant activities, whereas other foods were not effective.

著者

Nobue Takaiso Haruki Nishizawa Sachie Nishiyama Tomio Sawada Eriko Hosoba Tamae Ohye Tsutomu Sato Hidehito Inagaki Hiroki Kurahashi

出版者

Fujita Medical Society

雑誌

Fujita Medical Journal (ISSN:21897247)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, no.3, pp.59-61, 2016 (Released:2016-08-31)

参考文献数

13

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The genetic etiology of female infertility is almost completely unknown. Recently, the egg membrane protein JUNO was identified as a receptor of the sperm-specific protein IZUMO1 and their interaction functions in sperm-egg fusion in fertilization. In the present study, we examined 103 women with infertility of unknown etiology. We analyzed the JUNO gene in these cases by PCR and Sanger sequencing. We identified seven variants in total: four common, two synonymous, and a previously unidentified intronic mutation. However, it is not clear from these variants that JUNO has a major role, if any, in infertility. Many factors affect sterility and a larger cohort of patients will need to be screened in the future because the cause of female infertility is highly heterogeneous.

著者

佐藤 勉 Tsutomu Sato

出版者

淑徳大学社会学部

雑誌

淑徳大学社会学部研究紀要 (ISSN:13427792)

巻号頁・発行日

no.38, pp.63-78, 2004

著者

Tsutomu SATO

出版者

(社)日本農芸化学会

雑誌

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ISSN:09168451)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.77, no.6, pp.1155-1159, 2013-06-23 (Released:2013-06-23)

参考文献数

38

被引用文献数

25

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To the best of my knowledge, only 19 cyclic and 8 linear C35 terpenes have been identified to date, and no family name was assigned to this terpene class until recently. In 2011, it was proposed that these C35 terpenes should be called sesquarterpenes. This review highlights the biosynthesis of two kinds of sesquarterpenes (C35 terpenes) that are produced via cyclization of a linear C35 isoprenoid in Bacillus and Mycobacterium species. In Bacillus species, a new type of terpene cyclase that has no sequence homology with any known terpene synthases, as well as a bifunctional terpene cyclase that biosynthesizes two classes of cyclic terpenes with different numbers of carbons as natural products, have been identified. On the other hand, in Mycobacterium species, the first bifunctional Z-prenyltransferase has been found, but a novel terpene cyclase and a unique polyprenyl reductase remain unidentified. The identification of novel enzyme types should lead to the discovery of many homologous enzymes and their products including novel natural compounds. On the other hand, many enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of natural products have low substrate specificities in vitro. Therefore, to find novel natural products present in organisms, the multifunctionality of enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway of natural products should be analyzed.