Experiment 943207

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIP
OrganismPanax ginseng (ARALIACEAE)
CitationKIM,YS: KANG,KS: KIM,S II:. (1990). STUDY ON ANTITUMOR AND IMMUNOMODULATING ACTIVITIES OF POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTIONS FROM PANAX GINSENG: COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF NEUTRAL AND ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION.. 13(4)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE IMMUNE-RELATED ORGANS IN ICR MICE, LIVER, SPLEEN AND THYMUS WERE WEIGHED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF EACH POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION. ALL OF THE POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTIONS HAD NO EFFECT ON BODY WEIGHT. BUT, THE RATIO OF LIVER TO BODY WEIGHT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BY 1.19 AND 1.18 FOLD BY FN AND FA, RESPECTIVELY, AND THAT OF THYMUS TO BODY WEIGHT SHOWED THE TENDENCY TO INCREASE BUT IT WAS NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. ALSO, THE SPLEES WERE MARKEDLY ENLARGED BY IP INJECTIONS OF EACH POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION AS COMPARED WITH THE CONTROL EVEN THOUGH THE INCREASE OF ORGAN WEIGHTS MIGHT BE IN PART DUE TO IMMUNIZATIONS. AT A DOSE OF 100 MG/KG, THE INCREASE IN THE SPLEEN WEIGHT BY FA WAS GREATER THAN THAT BY FN.
Dose amount100.0 MG
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMOUSE
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHOT H2O EXT