title: Safety of red ginseng oil for single oral administration in Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: The single oral administration of red ginseng oil (5000 mg/kg) to Sprague-Dawley rats induced no changes in behavioral patterns, clinical signs, and body weight, and hepatotoxicity parameters such as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase for 14 d. Therefore, these results suggest that the red ginseng oil is safe and nontoxic acutely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Ji
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheon-An, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Bong
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo-Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Jeong
keywords: Panax ginseng; red ginseng oil; safety; single oral dose