Panax ginseng extract rich in ginsenoside protopanaxatriol offers combinatorial effects in nitric oxide production via multiple signaling pathways

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

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

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AMP activated protein kinase; Nitric oxide and human umbilical vein endothelial cells; PI3K Akt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876566583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-96     Document Type: Article

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