Panax ginseng blocks morphine-induced thymic apoptosis by lowering plasma corticosterone level

General Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-652

  Kim, Young Ran ^a   Lee, Shee Yong ^a   Shin, Boo Ahn ^b   Kim, Kyeong Man ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Morphine; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GINSENG SAPONIN; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MORPHINE; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SAPONINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033061113     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(98)00240-7     Document Type: Article

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