Protective effects of total saponins from stem and leaf of Panax ginseng against cyclophosphamide-induced genotoxicity and apoptosis in mouse bone marrow cells and peripheral lymphocyte cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Zhang, Qiu Hua ^a   Wu, Chun Fu ^a   Duan, Lian ^a   Yang, Jing Yu ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant enzyme; Comet assay; Cyclophosphamide; GSH; Total saponins of Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; GINSENG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CATALASE; COMET ASSAY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SAPONINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 36849093425     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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