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| | British Journal of Pharmacology - Ginseng saponins induce store-operated calcium entry in Xenopus oocytes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | In this experiment, ginsenoside treatment did not affect the basal intracellular Ca level in hippocampal neurons in normal medium as shown in a previous report by Kim et al. |
 | | Previous reports have shown that ginsenosides inhibit high threshold voltage-dependent Ca channels via pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins in several types of neuronal cells such as chromaffin cells and sensory neurons (Nah and McCleskey, 1994; Nah et al., 1995; Choi et al., 2001a; Rhim et al., 2002). |
 | | Ginsenosides inhibited cation influx by blocking ligand-gated cation channel activity such as glutamate, 5-HT, and muscle and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (Choi et al., 2002; Kim et al., 2002; Sala et al., 2002; Choi et al., 2003b). |
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