Effects of ginseng saponin administered intraperitoneally on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-66

  Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Moon, Yoo Sun ^a   Jung, Jun Sub ^a   Min, Sung Kil ^b   Son, Bong Ki ^a   Suh, Hong Won ^a   Song, Dong Keun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosterone; Ginseng saponin; Ginsenoside Rc; Immobilization stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GINSENG SAPONIN; GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; GINSENOSIDE RF; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038393172     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00300-8     Document Type: Article

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