A quantified ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) extract influences lipid acquisition and increases adiponectin expression in 3T3-L1 cells

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 477-492

  Yeo, Chia Rou ^a   Yang, Chen ^a   Wong, Ting Yan ^a   Popovich, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3T3 L1; Adipocytes; Adipogenesis; Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GINSENOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GINSENG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPONECTIN; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GINSENOSIDES; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 79251485326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16010477     Document Type: Article

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