Effect of fermented Panax ginseng extract (GINST) on oxidative stress and antioxidant activities in major organs of aged rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-84

  Ramesh, Thiyagarajan ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a   Sung, Jong Hwan ^b   Hwang, Seock Yeon ^c   Sohn, Sang Hyon ^a   Yoo, Sung Kwang ^a   Kim, Si Kwan ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b IL HWA Co Ltd Ginseng Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Fermented Panax ginseng; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CREATININE; FREE RADICAL; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

AGED; AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYMES; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

PANAX GINSENG; RATTUS;

EID: 84155165337     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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