Effects of Panax Ginseng Extract on the Benzo(a)Pyrene Metabolizing Enzyime System
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Drug and Chemical Toxicology
- Vol. 10 (3-4) , 227-236
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01480548709042984
Abstract
Ethanol extract of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, which has been used for centuries as a tonic in Asian countries, exhibited a selective induction of epoxide hydratase and cytosolic glutathione transferase activity without the concurrent induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity. Thus, Panax ginseng appears to have the potential to alter the metabolic patterns of benzo(a)pyrene and its reactive metabolites.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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