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KMID : 0370220060500060381
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Yakhak Hoeji
2006 Volume.50 No. 6 p.381 ~ p.385
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Effect of Black Ginseng on Body Weight and Lipid Profiles in Male Rats Fed Normal Diets
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Song Gyu-Yong
Oh Han-Jin
Myung Chang-Seon
Roh Seong-Soo
Seo Young-Bae
Park Yong-Jin
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Abstract
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Previously, we have reported that black ginseng was produced by nine-time repeated steaming 5-year fresh ginsengs at 95℃ for 3 hr in pottery apparatus and drying at 60℃ for 12~36 hr and had an outstanding anticancer activity. This study was designed to examine the ability of black ginseng to suppress body weight gain and appetite, and to investigate the effect of black ginseng on lipid profile in male rats fed normal diets. The extract of black ginseng was administered daily for 3 weeks, and the changes of body weight and food intake were measured. After administering the extracts for 3 weeks, the fat weight and serum lipid levels were also measured. Black ginseng persistently suppressed weigh gain and food intake was also reduced, but not significantly. The weight of both epididymal and abdominal fats was decreased in black ginseng-treated rats. Serum triglyceride level in rats administered with black ginseng was also significantly lowered. Therefore, these results reveal that the repeated administration of black ginseng causes a suppression body weigh gain by decreasing triglyceride level in blood and body fat deposit.
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KEYWORD
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black ginseng, rat, body weight, triglyceride, abdominal fat, epididymal fat
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