Experiment 1040973
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Organism | Panax ginseng (ARALIACEAE) |
| Citation | KIM,DH: SHIN,MH: HONG,SK:. (1983). EFFECTS OF GINSENG SAPONIN ON THE REGULATORY PROPERTIES OF MALATE DEHYDROGENASE FROM PIGEON BREAST MUSCLE.. 7(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ELUCIDATE EFFECTS OF PANAX GINSENG ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF ENZYMES, MALATE DEHYDROGENASE WAS CHOSEN AS A MODEL ENZYME. THE EFFECTS OF THE PLANT EXTRACT ON THE ENZYME,SUCH AS PH, PRODUCT INHIBITION, OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE AND ACTIVITY WERE INVESTIGATED. THE PRODUCT INHIBITION BY NADH(A REACTION PRODUCT OF THE ENZYME) WAS INCREASED 33% BY 0.3% GINSENG SAPONIN. THE OPTIMUM PH OF THE ENZYME WAS 8.3 BUT IN THE PRESENCE OF 0.3% GINSENGSAPONIN, IT DECREASED TO 8.5.THE ENZYME ACTIVITY AND THE OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE WERE NOT AFFECTED AT CONCENTRATIONS OF 1.0 AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY. IN THIS STUDY, THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONTRIBUTION OF GINSENG SAPONIN TO THE ADAPTOGENIC ACTIVITY OF THE PLANT IS SUGGESTED. POTENTIATION OF THE REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF AN ENZYME MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE NORMALIZATION OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE AND CONSEQUENTLY MAY INCREASE THE NONSPECIFIC RESISTANCE OF AN ORGANISM. |
| Dose amount | 0.3% |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | PIGEON |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | SAPONIN FRACTION |