American ginseng supplementation induces an oxidative stress in postmenopausal women

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Dickman, Jonathan R ^a   Koenig, Ryan T ^a   Ji, Li Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Exercise; Ginseng; Oxidative stress; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; 8-HYDROXY-2'-DEOXYGUANOSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE; WALKING; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG CAPSULE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXYGEN TENSION; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REST; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREADMILL; URINE LEVEL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WALKING;

PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 74049094466     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2009.10719773     Document Type: Article

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