title: Effect of ginsenosides Rg1, Rc and Rb2 on hormone-induced lipolysis and lipogenesis in rat epididymal fat cells.
abstract: Ginsenosides Rb2, Rc and Rg1 suppressed corticotropin-induced, dibutyryl cyclic AMP-induced and epinephrine-induced lipolysis with the relative potencies Rb2 greater than Rc greater than Rg1. The inhibition of corticotropin-induced lipolysis by ginsenoside Rg1 could not be overcome by increasing the dose of the lipolytic hormone while that of ginsenosides Rc and Rb2 was nearly abolished by corticotropin at a dose of 40 nM which by itself produced maximal lipolysis. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP-stimulated lipolysis was also inhibited. Only ginsenoside Rb2 suppressed glucagon-induced lipolysis. All three ginsenosides did not inhibit basal lipolysis or basal incorporation of D-[3-3H]glucose into lipids. Insulin-stimulated lipogenesis was diminished by ginsenosides Rg1 and Rc but not by ginsenoside Rb2.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D036145:Ginsenosides; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D036145:Ginsenosides; D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D012503:Saponins; C044462:ginsenoside Rc; C048026:ginsenoside Rb2; D003994:Bucladesine; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D005934:Glucagon; C035054:ginsenoside Rg1