Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and Wisconsin Ginseng delay sarcopenia in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1337-1345

  Cao, Zhiming ^a   Wu, YanJue ^a   Curry, Kenneth ^c   Wu, Zhixin ^c   Christen, Yves ^d   Luo, Yuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^d IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GINKGO BILOBA; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 38549107067     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.12.1337     Document Type: Article

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