Effects of Korean ginseng berry extract (GB0710) on penile erection: Evidence from in vitro and in vivo studies

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-507

  Cho, Ks ^a   Park, Cw ^b   Kim, Ck ^c   Jeon, Hy ^b   Kim, Wg ^b   Lee, Sj ^b   Kim, Ym ^c   Lee, Jy ^a   Choi, Yd ^a,d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

corpus cavernosum; erectile dysfunction (ED); ginseng berry; nitric oxide (NO); smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

GB 0710; GINSENG EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FRUIT; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PANAX; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84880119006     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.49     Document Type: Article

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