The Korean Journal of Physiology
- Volume 4 Issue 2
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- Pages.1-4
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- 1970
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- 0300-4015(pISSN)
Influence of Panax Ginseng on the Body Weight of Rats
고려인삼이 흰쥐의 몸 무게에 미치는 영향
- Kim, Joo-Yung (Department of Physiology, Catholic Medical College)
- 김주영 (가톨릭대학 의학부 생리학교실)
- Published : 1970.06.01
Abstract
A study was planned to see if the Panax Ginseng has any influence upon the body weight of young rats. Thirty-two male an4 an equal number of female rats were used, whose body weight at the experiment ranged from 35 to 40 gm. The male as well as the female rats were divided into the ginseng and the saline groups of 16 rats each. For 54 consecutive days animals belonging to ginseng and the saline groups received every day 0.5 ml Per 100gm body weight of ginseng extract and an equal amount of saline, respectively, and had eir body weight measured every 3rd day. The ginseng extract was prepared by seething 300 gm of Korean Panax Ginseng with 95% ethyl alcohol on a boiling water bath for about 300 hr and dissolving 4 mg of the yield (52.2gm of dark brown substance) in 1 ml of saline. Results obtained were as follows: 1. For about 30 days from the beginning of drug administration, the body weight of both the male and female rats belonging to the ginseng groups did not differ significantly from that of the saline groups. 2. From around the 30th experimental day (body weight: about 130 gm) on, however, both the male and female rats receiving ginseng gained in body weight significantly more than the saline-group animals of both sexes did. 3. In the latter period, male rats of the ginseng as well as the saline groups, but especially the ginseng male animals, picked up significantly more weight compared with the female rats. It is concluded from the above results that in rats the ginseng helps gain in body weight regardless of sex.
인삼주정추출물이 흰쥐의 몸 무게 증가에 어떤 영향을 미치는 지를 알기 위하여 각각 32마리의 흰쥐
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