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http://dx.doi.org/10.5142/JGR.2003.27.3.103

Effect of Red Ginseng Total Saponin on Sciatic Nerve Regeneration  

Han, Hye-Jeong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Hae-June (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Kang, Seong-Soo (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Soo-Han (College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Cho, Ick-Hyun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Lee, Jong-Hwan (College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Nah, Seung-Yeol (College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Chang-Hyun (Korea University College of Medicine)
Uhm, Chang-Sub (Korea University College of Medicine)
Bae, Chun-Sik (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of Ginseng Research / v.27, no.3, 2003 , pp. 103-109 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the effect of ginseng total saponin (GTS) on the regeneration process of experimentally crush injured rat sciatic nerves. The bilateral sciatic nerves of fifty adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were compressed surgically with a straight hemostat for 30 seconds with 1 mm width. Twenty rats were divided into four groups to test the dose-dependent effect of GTS (0, 50, 100, or 150 mg/kg, i.p.). Saline for vehicle control group or GTS dissolved in saline was administerd for three weeks. After that period of time, the numbers of total myelinated axon and degenerated myelin in the sciatic nerves of bilateral legs were examined and analyzed using image analysis system to confirm a morphological effect of GTS. We found that the most effective concentration of GTS for the regeneration of damaged sciatic nerve was 150 mg/kg. In another set of experiment, thirty rats were divided into two groups as saline-treated vehicle group and GTS-treated group (150 mg/kg, i.p.) for three weeks. Every week we examined the numbers of total myelinated axon and degenerated myelin in the sciatic nerves of bilateral legs using image analysis system to evaluate the effect of GTS on injured nerves. We found that the regeneration of damaged sciatic nerves was facilitated in GTS-treated group compared to saline-treated group until two weeks. However, after that period of time we could not observe the significant difference between saline-treated group and GTS-treated group. These results suggest that GTS is a useful adjuvant therapy for the regeneration of the peripheral nerve injury in short period of treatment.
Keywords
Red ginseng total saponin; nerve regeneration; crush injury;
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