Induction of chemoprotective phase 2 enzymes by ginseng and its components

Planta Medica

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1129-1133

  Lee, Lawrence S ^a,e   Stephenson, Katherine K ^b   Fahey, Jed W ^b,c   Parsons, Teresa L ^a   Lietman, Paul S ^a,b   Andrade, Adriana S ^a   Lei, Xiaoguang ^d   Yun, Heedong ^d   Soon, Gaik H ^e   Shen, Ping ^e   Danishefsky, Samuel ^d   Flexner, Charles ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogenic agents; Antioxidants; Araliaceae family; NQO1; Panax spp; Panaxytriol

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; PANAXYTRIOL; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; PROTOPANAXADIOL; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NQO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GINSENG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

ARALIACEAE; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMANS; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 70350567469     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185508     Document Type: Article

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