Botanical characteristics, pharmacological effects and medicinal components of Korean Panax ginseng C A Meyer

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1109-1118

  Choi, Kwang Tae ^a,b  

^a Korean Society of Ginseng   (South Korea)

^b Techno Doctor   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ginsenoside; Korean ginseng; Non saponin; Pharmacological efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHIKUSETSU SAPONIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE RA 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RF; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 2; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; GINSENOSIDE RP 1; MITOMYCIN C; PANAXYDOL; PANAXYNOL; PANAXYTRIOL; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FATIGUE; GINSENG; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; KOREA; LIVER FUNCTION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; GINSENOSIDES; HUMANS; KOREA; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; SAPONINS;

EID: 51349106992     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2008.00869.x     Document Type: Review

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