Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1997; 63(1): 80-81DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957610 Letters © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkGinseng Total Saponin Inhibits the Dopaminergic Depletions Induced by MethamphetamineKi-Wan Oh1 , Hack-Seang Kim1 , George C. Wagner2 1Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea 2Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, U.S.A. Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Pretreatment with ginseng total saponin (GTS) reduced the magnitude of the methamphetamine-induced dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), and homovanillinic acid (HVA) depletions. It is suggested that GTS can, in part, prevent the methamphetamine-induced striatal dopaminergic depletions. PDF (174 kb)
