Antifatigue Effects of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Hyeong Geug ^a   Cho, Jung Hyo ^a   Yoo, Sa Ra ^a   Lee, Jin Seok ^a   Han, Jong Min ^a   Lee, Nam Hun ^a   Ahn, Yo Chan ^a   Son, Chang Gue ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFATIGUE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 84876205839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061271     Document Type: Article

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