1984•Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and NutritionRequires access
Effect of Korean Ginseng on Glucose and Protein Metabolism in Rats
Jung‐Sook Seo, Kwang‐Soo Kim, Sangjik Lee
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Abstract
The effect of Korean ginseng(Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) on glucose and protein metabolism was studied. In this experiment, powdered Panax ginseng was administered to rats for 6 weeks. The rats were divided into three groups, namely, I, II, and IIII, each group consisting of 15 rats. The amounts of powdered Panax ginseng which were added to the basal diet for the diets of group II and group III were 2.5 g/kg and 12.5g/kg, respectively. The group I was used as the control group fed the basal diet. The weight gains of the rats fed the ginseng containing diets were higher than those of the control rats, tut not significant. The serum glucose levels of all ginseng-treated rats were decreased with significance (P, , and A/G ratio compared with those of the control rats, however, the levels of total protein and were increased significantly (p obtained from the rats fed the ginseng containing diet(12.5 g/kg of diet) revealed higher than those of the control rats (p, and were also increased significantly (p