Experiment 1040974
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Organism | Panax ginseng (ARALIACEAE) |
| Citation | KIM,DH: SHIN,MH: HONG,SK:. (1983). STABILIZING EFFECT OF GINSENG SAPONIN AND WATER EXTRACT ON MALATE DEHYDROGENASE FROM PIGEON BREAST MUSCLE.. 7(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT TO ELUCIDATE THE PROTEIN STABILIZING EFFECT OF PANAX GINSENG. MALATE DEHYDROGENASE WAS USED AS A PROTEIN AND THE RATE CONSTANT OF THE ENZYME WAS DETERMINED UNDER THE HEAT DENATURATION CONDITION. THERE WAS AN OPTIMUM PH FOR THE ENZYME STABILITY, THE RATE CONSTANT OF THE ENZYME INACTIVATION WAS MINIMUM AT PH 8.8. THE RATE CONSTANT WAS INCREASED AT LOWER AND HIGHER PH REGIONS THAN THE OPTIMUM PH. THE INACTIVATION REACTION FOLLOWED THE ARREHNIUS LAW AND THE ACTIVATION ENERGY WAS MEASURED AS 36.8 KCAL/MOLE. THE REACTION RATE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE ENZYME CONCENTRATION AND THUS IT WAS ASSUMED TO BE UNIMOLECULAR FIRST ORDER REACTION. THE WATER EXTRACT OF RED PANAX GINSENG DECREASED THE RATE CONSTANT OF MALATE DEHYDROGENASE UNDER HEAT INACTIVATION CONDITIONS TO STABILIZE THE ENZYME ACTIVITY. PURIFIED GINSENG SAPONIN ALSO STABILIZED THE ENZYME AGAINST HEAT INACTIVATION. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | PIGEON |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | SAPONIN FRACTION |