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Effects of Ginseng Radix on Sugar Absorption in the Small Intestine

1999; World Scientific; Volume: 27; Issue: 03n04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0192415x99000392

1793-6853

M. Onomura, Hideaki Tsukada, Kazuhito Fukuda, Masaya Hosokawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Masanobu Kodama, Michihiro Ohya, Yutaka Seino,

Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Ginseng radix (GR) is often used in traditional Japanese kampo medicine. We studied the effect of GR on glucose and maltose transport in rat and human duodenal mucosa by Using's method, and on smooth muscle movement in rat duodenal muscle by Magnus' method. GR inhibited absorption of glucose or maltose in rat and human duodenal mucosa, but increased duodenal muscle movement. It suggests that the inhibition of sugar absorption by GR is more dominant than enhancement of duodenal muscle movement by GR.