The pharmacological effect of the methanol extracts from Acanthopanax senticosus after immobilized and chronic swimming stresses in rats

  • Park, Hee-Dong (College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Yu-Ji (College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Yang, You-Jong (College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Joon (College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Joon (Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Koo (College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Acanthopanax senticosus has been used clinically as tonic. anti-rheumatic and prophylactic purpose for chronic bronchitis. hypertension. ischemic heart disease. and gastric ulcer. We investigated the effects of methanol extracts from Acanthopanax senticosus (KS. KR. MS, MR, HS. HR, SS and SR) on catecholamine and cortisol content of serum after immobilization and on the exercise time to exhaustion in chronic swimming stressed rats. (omitted)

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