Proof of the Mysterious Efficacy of Ginseng: Basic and Clinical Trials: Metabolic Activation of Ginsenoside: Deglycosylation by Intestinal Bacteria and Esterification With Fatty Acid
Orally ingested ginsenoside passes through the stomach and small intestine without decomposition by either gastric juice or liver enzymes into the large intestine, where ginsenoside is deglycosylated by colonic bacteria followed by transit to the circulation. Colonic bacteria cleave the oligosacchar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319324314 |