Effect of Korean Ginseng on Glucose and Protein Metabolism in Rats

인삼(人蔘)이 흰쥐의 Glucose 및 Protein 대사(代謝)에 미치는 영향(影響)

The effect of Korean ginseng(Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) on glucose and protein metabolism was studied. In this experiment, powdered Panax ginseng was administered to rats for 6 weeks. The rats were divided into three groups, namely, I, II, and IIII, each group consisting of 15 rats. The amounts of powdered Panax ginseng which were added to the basal diet for the diets of group II and group III were 2.5 g/kg and 12.5g/kg, respectively. The group I was used as the control group fed the basal diet. The weight gains of the rats fed the ginseng containing diets were higher than those of the control rats, tut not significant. The serum glucose levels of all ginseng-treated rats were decreased with significance (P<0.001). In the rats fed the ginseng containing diet (2.5 g/kg of diet), there were no significant differences in contents of albumin, ${\alpha}_1-globulin$, ${\alpha}_2-globulin$, ${\gamma}-globulin$ and A/G ratio compared with those of the control rats, however, the levels of total protein and ${\beta}-globulin$ were increased significantly (p<0.005). The levels of total protein and ${\alpha}_2-globulin$ obtained from the rats fed the ginseng containing diet(12.5 g/kg of diet) revealed higher than those of the control rats (p<0.05), the contents of ${\alpha}_1-globulin$, ${\beta}-globulin$ and ${\gamma}-globulin$ were also increased significantly (p<0.001). Albumin level and A/G ratio obtained from the rats of group III were lower than those of the control group, especially A/G ratio was statistically significant (p<0.001).

Sprague-Dawley계(系) 수컷 흰쥐에게 분말형태로 인삼과량(人蔘適量)(2.5 g/kg)과 과량(過量)(12.5 g/kg)을 사료중(飼料中)에 6주간 투여(投與)하여 이들이 체중증가(體重增加), glucose 및 protein 대사(代謝)에 미치는 영향을 비교검사(比較檢討)한 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 체중증가율(體重增加率)은 인삼과량투여군(入蒙適量投輿群)과 인삼과량투여군(人蔘過量投輿群)이 모두 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 다소 증가(增加)하였으나 유의적(有意的)인 변화(變化)는 아니었다. 2. 혈청중(血淸中)의 glucose 함량(含量)은 인삼과량투여군(入蓼適量投與群)이 대조군(對照群)에 비해 현저하게 낮은 값을 나타내었고 (p<0.001) 인삼과량투여군(入蓼適量投輿群)에서도 유의적(有意的)으로 감소(減少)하였다(p<0.001). 3. 혈청중(血淸中)의 총단백질(總蛋白質) 및 단백질분획(蛋白質分劃)의 함량변화(含量變化)에 있어서 인삼과량투여군(入蔘適量投與群)은 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 albumin, ${\alpha}_1-globulin$, ${\alpha}_2-globulin$, ${\gamma}-globulin$ 및 A/G ratio에 있어서는 유의적(有意的)인 차이가 없었으나 총단백질(總蛋白質)과 ${\beta}-globulin$에 있어서는 유의적(有意的)인 증가(增加)를 나타내었다(p<0.005). 또한 인삼과량투여(入蓼過量投輿)로 총단백질(總蛋白質)과 ${\alpha}_2-globulin$이 증가(增加)된 경향을 보였으며(p<0.05), ${\alpha}_1-globulin$, ${\beta}-globulin$ 및 ${\gamma}-globu1in$에 있어서도 유의적(有意的)인 증가(壇加)를 나타내었다.(p<0.001). Albumin 치(値)는 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 감소(減少)되었고 (p<0.05) A/G ratio역시 현저하게 감소(減少) 되었다(P<0.001).