Stereospecificity of ginsenoside Rg3 action on ion channels

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-389

  Jeong, Sang Min ^c   Lee, Jun Ho ^c   Kim, Jong Hoon ^c   Lee, Byung Hwan ^c   Yoon, In Soo ^c   Lee, Joon Hee ^c   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a   Rhim, Hyewhon ^b   Kim, Yangmee ^c   Nah, Seung Yeol ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

(R) or (S) stereoisomers; Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Ion channels; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; HYDROXYL GROUP; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ION; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EPIMER; GINSENG; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEREOISOMERISM; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GINSENOSIDES; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OOCYTES; OXYGEN; PANAX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 20044390190     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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