Systemic administration of [6]-gingerol, a pungent constituent of ginger, induces hypothermia in rats via an inhibitory effect on metabolic rate

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-92

  Ueki, Shiori ^a   Miyoshi, Michio ^a   Shido, Osamu ^b   Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Watanabe, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Ginger; Gingerol; Heat loss; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

(6) GINGEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HEAT LOSS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GINGER; HYPOTHERMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 41149093339     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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