
Korean red ginseng (KRG)’s pharmacological efficacy and popular immunomodulatory effects have already been proven in many studies; however, the component of KRG that is effective in immune activity has not been studied before. Therefore, this study extracted and separated KRG for an immune activity comparison. In the water fraction obtained by extracting KRG powder with water, a red ginseng neutral polysaccharide (RGNP) fraction and a red ginseng acidic polysaccharide (RGAP) fraction were obtained. Each fraction was orally administered for 10 days to mice with reduced immunity, and the number of IgM antibody-forming cells (AFCs) in splenocytes was measured to compare the immune activity of the water fractions. The results showed that the RGAP fraction has the greatest number of AFCs. To set the optimal dose of the RGAP fraction, which had the highest immune activity, the AFCs, macrophage activity, and splenocyte subtype in the mice were analyzed. As a result, the number of AFCs was significantly increased in the RGAP fraction compared to RGNP. The intraperitoneal macrophage phagocytosis activity and the number of T cells, B cells, and macrophages in the spleen increased significantly. It can, therefore, be confirmed that immune activity increases by a fraction containing higher RGAP content, and we hypothesize that RGAP activates immune activity.
Male, Korean red ginseng, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Macrophages, Organic chemistry, Panax, macrophage, Macrophage Activation, Article, Mice, QD241-441, immune activity, Phagocytosis, Polysaccharides, antibody-forming cells (AFCs), Animals, Immunologic Factors, red ginseng acidic polysaccharide (RGAP), Spleen
Male, Korean red ginseng, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Macrophages, Organic chemistry, Panax, macrophage, Macrophage Activation, Article, Mice, QD241-441, immune activity, Phagocytosis, Polysaccharides, antibody-forming cells (AFCs), Animals, Immunologic Factors, red ginseng acidic polysaccharide (RGAP), Spleen
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