Vascular effects of Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus): endothelium-dependent NO- and EDHF-mediated relaxation depending on vessel size

• Main Authors: Kwan, C.Y., Zhang, W.B., Sim, S.M., Deyama, T., Nishibe, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7690/1/Kwan-2004-Vascular_effects_of.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/7690/; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00210-004-0927-4.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Siberian ginseng (SG) has been widely and historically consumed as a health food product for the improvement of self well-being, but whether vascular relaxation may contribute to such a therapeutic health effect has not been studied. We therefore investigated the vasorelaxant effect of the aqueous e...