Ginseng leaf-stem: Bioactive constituents and pharmacological functions

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 20-

  Wang, Hongwei ^a   Peng, Dacheng ^b   Xie, Jingtian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRITERPENOID;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIAGING ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFATIGUE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70450278777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-20     Document Type: Article

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