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KMID : 1098420060140060329
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Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
2006 Volume.14 No. 6 p.329 ~ p.335
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The Effect of Korean Red Ginseng Water-extract on Aging-related Changes in the Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme System in the Liver of Rats
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Lim Heung-Bin
Lee Dong-Wook
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Abstract
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The present study was designed to investigate aging-related effects on the activities of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes of rat liver by dietary supplementation of Korean red ginseng water-extract. Rat did not show any discernible signs of the rejection symptoms, and blood GOT and GPT levels were not influenced by ginseng water extracts, Cytochrome 450 levels and NADPH cytochrome P45O reductase, p-450 dependent ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase, and benzphetamine N-demethylase activities were decreased with aging, however, these phase I system enzymes activities in the ginseng group of24 months were well maintained compared with normal group. But, Levels of cytochrome bs and NADH-cytochrome b_5 reductase activities were also decreased with aging and were not found a clear difference between two groups. Glutathione-s-transferase activity, phase II enzyme system, in liver cytosols was also decreased in old ages, but the degree of decrease was higher in normal group than in giuseng supplemented group. These results indicate that long-term supplementation of red ginseng water extracts from weaning to 24 months do not show any side effects to rats, and retard age-related deteriorations of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes activities in old ages.
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KEYWORD
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Korean red ginseng, age-related changes, chronic administration, liver, xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes
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