Protective effect of ginsenosides, active ingredients of Panax ginseng, on kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-133

  Lee, Jong Hwan ^a   Kim, Se Ra ^a   Bae, Chun Sik ^a   Kim, Donghou ^b   Hong, Hea Nam ^b   Nah, Seung Yeol ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Ginsenosides; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Neuroprotection; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; CELL DEATH; COLORING AGENTS; GINSENOSIDES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0037036187     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00256-2     Document Type: Article

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