Journal of Ginseng Research

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Safety of red ginseng oil for single oral administration in Sprague-Dawley rats

  • Bak, Min-Ji (Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University) ;
  • Kim, Kyu-Bong (Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Dankook University) ;
  • Jun, Mira (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Dong-A University) ;
  • Jeong, Woo-Sik (Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University)
  • Received : 2013.07.30
  • Accepted : 2013.10.18
  • Published : 2014.01.15
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Abstract

The single oral administration of red ginseng oil (5000 mg/kg) to Sprague-Dawley rats induced no changes in behavioral patterns, clinical signs, and body weight, and hepatotoxicity parameters such as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase for 14 d. Therefore, these results suggest that the red ginseng oil is safe and nontoxic acutely.

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