Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, established in 1880, is one of Japan’s oldest and most distinguished academic societies. The Society currently has around 15,000 members. It publishes three monthly scientific journals. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Chem. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1953 as Pharmaceutical Bulletin. It covers chemistry fields in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Biol. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. It covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. A fourth Society journal, the Journal of Health Science, was merged with Biol. Pharm. Bull. in 2012. Yakugaku Zasshi (Japanese for “Pharmaceutical Science Journal”) has the longest history, with publication beginning in 1881. Yakugaku Zasshi is published mostly in Japanese, except for some articles related to clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical education, which are published in English.
The main aim of the Society’s journals is to advance the pharmaceutical sciences with research reports, information exchange, and high-quality discussion. The average review time for articles submitted to the journals is around one month for first decision. The complete texts of all of the Society’s journals can be freely accessed through J-STAGE. The Society’s editorial committee hopes that the content of its journals will be useful to your research, and also invites you to submit your own work to the journals.

Chairman of Committee
Sumio Ohtsuki
Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, established in 1880, is one of Japan’s oldest and most distinguished academic societies. The Society currently has around 15,000 members. It publishes three monthly scientific journals. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Chem. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1953 as Pharmaceutical Bulletin. It covers chemistry fields in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Biol. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. It covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. A fourth Society journal, the Journal of Health Science, was merged with Biol. Pharm. Bull. in 2012. Yakugaku Zasshi (Japanese for “Pharmaceutical Science Journal”) has the longest history, with publication beginning in 1881. Yakugaku Zasshi is published mostly in Japanese, except for some articles related to clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical education, which are published in English.
The main aim of the Society’s journals is to advance the pharmaceutical sciences with research reports, information exchange, and high-quality discussion. The average review time for articles submitted to the journals is around one month for first decision. The complete texts of all of the Society’s journals can be freely accessed through J-STAGE. The Society’s editorial committee hopes that the content of its journals will be useful to your research, and also invites you to submit your own work to the journals.

Chairman of Committee
Sumio Ohtsuki
Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University

Published by The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan   

Editorial Board
Hidehiko Nakagawa

Editor-in-Chief
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

The Chemical and Pharmaceutical
Bulletin(Chem. Pharm. Bull.) publishes Reviews, Current Topics, Communications, Regular Articles, and Notes monthly in print and online. Chem. Pharm. Bull. is devoted to the publication of original reports on cutting-edge research including creative approaches and novel ideas for sharing the urgent and valuable results with all readers of this journal. Chem. Pharm. Bull. covers various topics of current interest in all of chemistry and interfacing areas of pharmaceutical sciences. The main targeted subjects of Chem. Pharm. Bull. are as follows: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, In Silico Science, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmacognosy, and Natural Product Chemistry.
  • Atsushi Matsuzawa

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

  • Yoshihisa Tomioka 

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

  • Keiichi Motoyama

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University

  • Hiroyuki Morita

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama 

  • Mitsuharu Hattori

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceurtical Sciences, Nagoya City University

  • Motohiro Nishida

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University

  • Masatoshi Tomi

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University

  • Megumi Funakoshi-Tago

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University

  • Takumi Furuta

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Kazunori Kadota

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • David A. Feldheim

    Editor
    University of California, U. S. A.

  • Mitsuhiro Arisawa

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

  • Laurie M. H. Chan

    Editor
    University of Ottawa, Canada

  • Xavier Decl?ves

    Editor
    H?pital Cochin, France

  • Yosuke Demizu

    Editor
    Division of Organic Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Ken-ichi Fujita

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Showa University

  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

    Editor
    University of Bonn, Germany

  • Tomohiro Asai

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

  • Yumi Abiko

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University

  • Eiichi Hinoi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University

  • Toru Hosoi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sanyo-Onoda City University

  • Azusa Hara

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University

  • Ryuji Ikeda

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital

  • Fuyuhiko Inagaki

    Editor
    The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University

  • Yuri Ikeda-Matsuo

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University

  • Keiko Ishino

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Showa University

  • Katsuhisa Inoue

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

  • Koichi Inoue

    Editor
    College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

  • Saotomo Itoh

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

  • Keiji Izushi

    Editor
    Izushi Pharmacy Co., Ltd.

  • Toshimasa Itoh

    Editor
    Showa Pharmaceutical University

  • Masayuki Kaneko

    Editor
    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

  • Katsuyuki Kaneda

    Editor
    Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Kanazawa University

  • Hironori Katoh

    Editor
    Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University

  • Hidemasa Katsumi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Norihito Kawashita

    Editor
    Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University

  • Takashi Kikuchi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University

  • Michael Katz

    Editor
    University of Arizona, U. S. A

  • Sang Geon Kim

    Editor
    Dongguk University- SeouL College of Pharmacy, Korea

  • Takashi Kitahara

    Editor
    Pharmacy Department, Yamaguchi University Hospital

  • Tomonori Kobayashi

    Editor
    Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

  • Kiyoyuki Kitaichi

    Editor
    Gifu Pharmaceutical University

  • Shinji Kosaka

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Kagawa University Hospital

  • Kenji Kontani

    Editor
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University

  • Yutaka Koyama

    Editor
    Kobe Pharmaceutical University

  • Tomoji Maeda

    Editor
    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nihon Pharmaceutical University

  • Mamoru Matsubara

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Gifu University of Medical Science

  • Naoya Kumagai

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University

  • Tetsuo Mashima

    Editor
    Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research

  • Osamu Morinaga

    Editor
    Daiichi University of Pharmacy

  • Takenori Niioka

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Hirosaki University Hospital

  • Ryo Mizoguchi

    Editor
    CMC Research, Technology & Manufacturing, Astellas Pharma Inc.

  • Kohshi Nishiguchi

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Yoshihito Nakatani

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University

  • Kiyofumi Ninomiya

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shujitsu University

  • Kunihiko Nishino

    Editor
    SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University

  • Taku Obara

    Editor
    Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University

  • Shuji Noguchi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University

  • Fumihiko Ogata

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University

  • Akiko Ohno

    Editor
    National institute of health sciences

  • Shinya Oishi

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Keiichiro Okuhira

    Editor
    Department of Environment and Health Science, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Takashi Okura

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharma-Science, Teikyo University

  • Kumiko Sakai-Kato

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University

  • Kenji Sakamoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharma-Sciences, Teikyo University

  • Yasuo Sato

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yokohama University of Pharmacy

  • Kohei Sano

    Editor
    Kobe Pharmaceutical University

  • Fuminori Sakurai

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

  • Seigo Sanoh

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University

  • Eri Segi-Nishida

    Editor
    Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

  • Kenjiro Sato

    Editor
    Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

  • Yoshiyuki Shirasaka

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

  • Norihito Shibata

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Chisato Shimanoe

    Editor
    Faculty of medicine, Saga University

  • Ryo Suzuki

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharma-Science, Teikyo University

  • Hiroyuki Tanaka

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sanyo-Onoda City University

  • Akiko Tabuchi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama

  • Hiroaki Todo

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University

  • Naonobu Tanaka

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University

  • Kazufumi Toume

    Editor
    Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama

  • Kenichiro Todoroki

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

  • Kahon Wada

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doshisha Women’s College

  • Yukari Totsuka

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Nihon University

  • Hideyuki Takeuchi

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

  • Hikaru Tanaka

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University

  • Satoru Tamura

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University

  • Yoh Takekuma

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital

  • Kazuyuki Takata

    Editor
    Joint Research Laboratory, Division of Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Kayoko Takeda-Mamiya

    Editor
    Faulty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokkaido University of Science

  • Kohei Tahara

    Editor
    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University

  • Satoshi Takamatsu

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University

  • Takuhiro Uto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University

  • Ming Xian

    Editor
    Brown University, U.S.A.

  • Ken-ichi Yamada

    Editor
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University

  • Shinji Yamaguchi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University

  • Hiroaki Yamaguchi

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Yamagata University Hospital

  • Eiichi Yamamoto

    Editor
    Division of Medical Devices, National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Yoshihisa Yamamoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University

  • Junpei Yamanaka

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

  • Akihito Yokosuka

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

  • Masahiro Yamasaki

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University

  • Satoshi Yokota

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Mukund P. Sibi

    Advisor
    North Dakota State University, U.S.A.

  • Leslie Z. Benet

    Advisor
    University of California, U.S.A.

  • Henri B. Kagan

    Advisor
    University Paris-Sud, France

  • Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz

    Advisor
    Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany

  • Amos B. Smith, III

    Advisor
    University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Subject areas
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology, Life Sciences and Basic Medicine
  • Agriculture and Food Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Environmental Sciences
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  • TitleChemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • PublisherThe Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  • Address2-12-15, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0002,Japan
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