• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 1989

To investigate the effect of ginseng supplementation on normal rats, one hundred and four Sprague-Dawley rats, 7 weeks old, were divided into three groups; control group, 5% ginseng paste supplemented group (5% group), and 20% ginseng paste supplemented group (20% group). From each group, 8 rats were sacrificed after 1 week, 2 weeks, 4weeks and 8 weeks of diet feeding. Body weights increased in the ginseng supplemented groups after 4 weeks of feeding. Swimming time was significantly increased in the ginseng supplemented groups. Increase of hemoglobin and serum triglyceride, and decrease of serum cholesterol, phospholipid, total lipid and LDL-cholesterol were observed for the ginseng supplemented groups, compared with the control group.