• 약학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.161-166
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• 1989

Effects of dammarane glycosides of Panax ginseng on primary cultured chicken embryonic skeletal muscle cells were studied by microscopic observation and determination of the activity of acetylcholinesterase. Muscle cells were prepared from the breast of 12-day-old chicken embryo and cultured with either a medium consisted of 87.5% Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), 10% horse serum and 2.5% chicken embryonic extract or a medium consisted of 90% DMEM and 10% horse serum. It was observed that dammarane glycosides of Panax ginseng seemed to show the tendency to stimulate the growth and the differentiation of the muscle cells cultured with a medium consisted of 90% DMEM and 10% horse serum under microscopic observation. The activity of acetylcholinesterase in the muscle cells cultured with a medium consisted of 90% DMEM and 10% horse serum was increased by dammarane glycosides of Panax ginseng.