Biotransformation of ginsenosides Rb1, Rg3 and Rh2 in rat gastrointestinal tracts

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Qian, Tianxiu ^a,b   Cai, Zongwei ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; MONOOXYGENATED PROTOPANAXADIOL; PROTOPANAXADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 77952624932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-5-19     Document Type: Article

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