Neuroactive and other free amino acids in seed and young plants of Panax ginseng

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1087-1091

  Kuo, Yu Haey ^a   Ikegami, Fumio ^b   Lambein, Fernand ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ODAP; Araliaceae; Asian ginseng; GABA; Neuroactive; Neurotoxin; Non protein amino acids; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BETA (ISOXAZOLIN 5 ON 2 YL)ALANINE; BETA ALANINE; CITRULLINE; ETHANOLAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AGE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG QUALITY; GERMINATION; GINSENG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATHYRISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GERMINATION; NEUROTOXINS; PANAX; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS;

ARALIACEAE; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0345700734     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00658-1     Document Type: Article

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