Publications by authors named "Honoka Ito"
Ginseng, the dried root of Panax ginseng, contains ginsenosides and has long been used in Korea, China, and Japan to treat various symptoms. Many studies on the utility of ginseng have been conducted and in this paper we investigate recent trends in ginseng research. P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn East Asia, Panax ginseng is one of the most important medicinal plants and has been used in traditional medicines from ancient times. Today, P. ginseng is cultivated in Korea, China, and Japan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe differences in rooting characteristics of cuttings prepared from E. sinica strains were investigated and found that cuttings prepared from strains with high rooting characteristics showed approximately 90% of the cuttings were rooted, whereas cuttings prepared from low rooting characteristics did not root. To understand the reason for this substantial difference, the anatomy of nodes was examined and found that adventitious roots were generated from the cortex and parenchyma in pith.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the contribution of a preextubation chest X-ray (CXR) to identify the risk of extubation failure in mechanically ventilated patients.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Settings: ICUs in a tertiary center (the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database).
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- Aquilaria plants' leaves contain various phenolic compounds, including iriflophenone glycosides, mangiferin, and genkwanin that have shown pharmacological benefits like antidiabetic properties and laxative effects.
- Three Aquilaria species were identified using genetic sequencing and analyzed for chemical content through HPLC and LC/MS techniques.
- While A. rugosa had a higher concentration of iriflophenone glycosides compared to A. sinensis and A. crassna, all three species displayed similar α-glucosidase inhibition activity, which may be influenced by the total active compounds present in their leaf extracts.
Objective: Studies have suggested that qSOFA can be used for early detection of sepsis immediately upon arrival at the emergency department (ED). Despite this, little is known about the risk factors associated with the subsequent diagnosis of sepsis among patients with qSOFA<2 in the ED.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study using ED data from a large tertiary medical center in Japan, 2018-2020.
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- The POP score is a predictive tool designed to screen for obstetrics and gynecological diseases in young adult women with abdominal pain in emergency departments.
- A multi-center study in Japan validated the POP score using data from three hospitals, focusing on women aged 16-49 from 2017 to 2020.
- The findings indicated that the POP score has good calibration for predicting OBGYN diseases, with significant positive and negative likelihood ratios, suggesting its clinical usefulness in emergency settings.