Effects of ginsenosides from Panax ginseng on cell-to-cell communication function mediated by gap junctions

Planta Medica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 417-422

  Zhang, Y W ^a,b   Dou, D Q ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Chen, Y J ^a   Yao, X S ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Araliaceae; Gap junction; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Ginsenosides; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

CHIKUSETSU SAPONIN; GENISTEIN; GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE F1; GINSENOSIDE F3; GINSENOSIDE LA; GINSENOSIDE RA 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RB 3; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RD 2; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 2; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE RH 1; NOTOGINSENOSIDE FE; NOTOGINSENOSIDE R4; OLEANOLIC ACID; PANAXADIOL; PANAXATRIOL; PROTOPANAXADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; GINSENG; GINSENOSIDE RF; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PREVENTION; PROTECTION;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GINSENOSIDES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SAPONINS;

EID: 0034934410     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-15816     Document Type: Article

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