Anxiolytic-like effects of ginsenosides Rg3 and Rh2 from red ginseng in the elevated plus-maze model

Planta Medica

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 836-839

  Tae, Woo Kim ^a   Choi, Hyuck Jai ^b   Kim, Nam Jae ^b   Kim, Dong Hyun ^c  

^a Gu Jeong High School   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Araliaceae; Ginsenoside Rg3; Ginsenoside Rh2; Panax ginseng; Red ginseng

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; GINSENG; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUSPIRONE; FLUMAZENIL; GINSENOSIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PYRIDINES; SAPONINS;

ARALIACEAE; MUS; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 69049099988     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185402     Document Type: Article

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