Comparisons between white ginseng radix and rootlet for antidiabetic activity and mechanism in KKAy mice
Comparisons between white ginseng radix and rootlet for antidiabetic activity and mechanism in KKAy mice
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02978260
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发表时间:
2001-06-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Park, SH
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作者:
Chung, SH;Choi, CG;Park, SH
The mechanisms responsible for the antidiabetic activity of both the white ginseng radix (Ginseng Radix Alba, GRA) and the rootlet (Ginseng Radix Palva, GRP) were investigated. After a four week oral administration, the fasting blood glucose levels in the GRA- and GRP-treated groups were lower when compared to the control group. To elucidate the hypoglycemic mechanism(s) of the ginseng radices, glucose absorption from the small intestine, hepatic hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphatase activities, in addition to PPAR-gamma expression in adipose tissue were Examined. The results strongly suggest that GRA can improve hyperglycemia in KKAy mice, possibly by blocking intestinal glucose absorption and inhibiting hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase, and GRP through the upregulation of adipocytic PPAR-gamma protein expression as well as inhibiting intestinal glucose absorption.