Panax ginseng pharmacology: A nitric oxide link?

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Gillis, C Norman ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Endothelium; Food additive; Ginsenosides; Herbal medicine; Nitric oxide; Panax ginseng; Phytomedicinals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; GINSENOSIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTHELIUM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GINSENG; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030757369     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00193-7     Document Type: Note

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