The Korean Journal of Physiology
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.9-18
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- 1981
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- 0300-4015(pISSN)
Effects of Ginseng Feeding on the Recovery of Posthemorrhagic Anemia and Erythrokinetics in Rabbits
인삼이 사혈성빈혈 회복 및 Erythrokinetics에 미치는 영향
- Park, Yong-Duck (Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, In-Sook (Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Myung-Sun (Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1981.06.30
Abstract
For centuries, ginseng has been used for the therapeutic purpose in oriental herb medicine. Several studies have been conducted in the past to evaluate the effect of ginseng on erythropoiesis. However the results were controversial. We therefore attempted in the present studies to evaluate the effect of ginseng on the erythropoietic activity. In one series of experiments, the recovery pattern of peripheral blood(red cell count, hemoglobin content, hematocrit and reticulocyte count) was studied in posthemorrhagic anemic rabbits. After animals were maintained with normal(control group) or 1 gm% ginseng (experimental group) diet for 2 weeks, hemorrhagic anemia was induced by withdrawing blood equivalent to 25% of the total blood volume and then changes in peripheral blood were followed for following 30 days. In other series of experiments, we studied effect of ginseng on erythrokinetics using
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