Treatment with Panax Ginseng antagonizes the estrogen decline in ovariectomized mice

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 7827-7840

  Xu, Ying ^a   Ding, Jie ^a   Ma, Xiao Ping ^a   Ma, Ying Hui ^b   Liu, Zhi Qiang ^b   Lin, Na ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

ER ; ER ; Estrogenic activity; Ginseng; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GINSENG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; UPREGULATION; VAGINA SMEAR; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PANAX; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SURGERY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84899934711     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15057827     Document Type: Article

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