Panax ginseng extract rich in ginsenoside protopanaxatriol attenuates blood pressure elevation in spontaneously hypertensive rats by affecting the Akt-dependent phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3086-3091

  Hong, So Young ^a   Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Ahn, Hee Yoon ^a   Shin, Jae Ho ^b   Kwon, Oran ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

endothelial nitric oxide synthase; ginsenoside; nitric oxide; spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE (ENOS); GINSENG EXTRACTS; GINSENOSIDES; IN-VITRO; NO RELEASE; PANAX GINSENG; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS; SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; VESSEL WALLS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PHARMACODYNAMICS;

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; SAPOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; PANAX; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PANAX; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SAPOGENINS; VASODILATION;

PANAX GINSENG; RATTUS;

EID: 84859129536     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf204447y     Document Type: Article

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