Archives of Pharmacal Research
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.45-48
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- 1985
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- 0253-6269(pISSN)
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- 1976-3786(eISSN)
Effect of the Saponin Fraction of Panax ginseng on Catecholamines in Mouse Brain
- Kim, Young-Choong (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Lee, Jae-Hyun (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Mi-Sook (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Lee, Na-Gyong (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)
- Published : 1985.03.01
Abstract
The amount of norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain of the mouse fed with normal diet or protein deficient diet with supplement of the saponin fraction of ginseng were determined by the sluorometric method. THe amount of norepinephrine in mouse brain was vivider in the case of protein deficiency. The increase amount of dopamine was observed only in the case of mouse fed with normal diet with supplement of the saponin fraction normal diet with supplement of the saponin fraction of ginseng for 8 weeks.
Keywords
- Saponin fraction of ginseng;
- Catechol amines;
- Norepinephrine;
- Dopamine Normal diet;
- Protein deficient diet