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Cytoprotective effect of Panax ginseng on gallic acid-induced toxicity in TM3 mouse Leydig cells.

Park WH, Chang MS, Yang WM, Bae H, Kim NI, Park SK

College of Oriental Medicine, Kyungwon University, Seongnam 461-701, South Korea.

Our previous study had demonstrated cytotoxicity of gallic acid on testicular cells with increasing the intracellular production of hydrogen peroxide. In the present study, the Panax ginseng root aqueous extract showed the cytoprotective effect on gallic acid-induced toxicity in TM3 mouse Leydig cells with decreasing the intracellular production of hydrogen peroxide.

Published 30 October 2007 in Fitoterapia, 78(7): 577-9.
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