Growth sensitivity in the epiphyseal growth plate, liver and muscle of SD rats is significantly enhanced by treatment with a fermented soybean product (cheonggukjang) through stimulation of growth hormone secretion

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 166-172

  Hwang, In Sik ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Young Ju ^a   Kwak, Mun Hwa ^a   Lee, Hong Gu ^b   Kim, Hye Sung ^a   Lee, Hee Seob ^a   Hwang, Dae Youn ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Cheonggukjang; Growth hormone; Growth hormone receptor; Growth plate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH PLATE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84893823266     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1757     Document Type: Article

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