Korean red ginseng saponins with low ratios of protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol saponin improve scopolamine-induced learning disability and spatial working memory in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Jin, Sung Ha ^a   Park, Jin Kyu ^a   Nam, Ki Yeul ^a   Park, Sue Nie ^b   Jung, Noh Pal ^c  

^a Korea Ginseng Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean red ginseng saponin; Memory; PD PT ratio; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 2; PROTOPANAXADIOL; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; SAPONIN; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GINSENG; GINSENOSIDE RF; HERB; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SAPOGENINS; SAPONINS; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRITERPENES;

EID: 0032985664     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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