Antioxidant effects of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer in healthy subjects: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2229-2235

  Kim, Hyeong Geug ^a   Yoo, Sa Ra ^a   Park, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Nam Hun ^a   Shin, Jang Woo ^a   Sathyanath, Rekha ^a   Cho, Jung Hyo ^a   Son, Chang Gue ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Oxidative stress; Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT ROOT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; PANAX; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 79960848384     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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