Laboratory of Community Medicine

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Chigusa Kikuchi, Ph.D.Professor

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Erika Masaki, B.Pharm.Assistant Professor

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Research Objectives

Diabetes and hay fever (allergy)

As a result of conducting diabetic full-scale and nationwide epidemiology investigationfirst, we who showed clearly that the greater part of the patient is not treated got to knowthe importance of development of the Chinese medicine which can contribute toprevention, and health food. Then, if you want to build the food which is useful tooverweight or diabetic prevention from natural product, such as a mulberry and a plant ofFiji, it is doing its best. Moreover, although sugar will arrive at protein and will carry out theobstacle of the function if diabetes gets serious, research which contributes by medicaltreatment is done from diagnosis of diabetes, such as developing the method of dyeing ofthe organization which can investigate the actual condition. Moreover, research of the herbwhich softens hay fever (allergy) is also done, and, as for how many, development is alsocarried out as functional foods.

Pharmacology of Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine has the features completely different from a new medicine -- that aningredient receives change by stomach acid, digestive juices, and Intestinal bacteria, andindividual difference is in the effect of a medicine -- in order to accept it from that manyingredients are included and a mouth. So, it was difficult to investigate the pharmacologicalaction. I hear that we should have a true active ingredient in the blood of the time zone outof which the effect has come clinically, and we devised the method of considering that bloodis medicine and investigating the effect of a medicine. Now, it is the method currentlyglobally used by the name of "serum pharmacology." Taking advantage of this method, it isstudying how Chinese medicine is effective. Moreover, if it gives as a suppository, It isclarified that there is no an individual difference by the medicine and that it quickly works,etc and the new usage is also proposed. Furthermore, the original research is alsoadvanced and is noticed on the false hyperaldosteronism with deleterious effects of thelicorice in addition, it is mainly mixing in Chinese medicine most.

Research of an apoptosis causing material which snipes at a cancer cell

With apotosis, it is also called programmed cell death, and if divided till a certainplace, the cell will be programmed by the gene to break with nature. This is a processimportant in process in which the individual of a life is made. While being born, a cellstops for example, having died, although a thin film is between fingers at the time ofan embryo. Thus, cause of apoptosis is used well and the inductive material whichdefeats only a cancer cell is studied. This research is joint research with theShenyang pharmaceutical university in China, and was able to find some causingmaterials from the natural product.

The role of school pharmacist in community medicine

We participate in the school pharmacist division of Machida City PharmaceuticalAssociation. In the division, we regularly examine the residual chlorine in drinking water andswimming pool and carbon dioxide, temperature and humidity in the classroom incorrespondence for sanitation guidelines. These data help to keep the living environment inthe school comfortable and to keep the health of schoolchildren and students well. Theseminar of the prevention of the drug abuse is also one of our activities.

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