Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) improves insulin sensitivity and attenuates the development of diabetes in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty rats

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1170-1177

  Lee, Hyun Joo ^a   Lee, Yong ho ^a   Park, Sang Kyu ^a   Kang, Eun Seok ^a   Kim, Hyo Jeong ^b   Lee, Young Chul ^c   Choi, Cheol Soo ^d   Park, Se Eun ^a   Ahn, Chul Woo ^a   Cha, Bong Soo ^a   Lee, Kwan Woo ^e   Kim, Kyung Sup ^a   Lim, Sung Kil ^a   Lee, Hyun Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTOR 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OTSUKA LONG EVANS TOKUSHIMA FATTY RAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; PANAX; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED OLETF;

EID: 67651089992     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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