Table 3.

The effect of ginseng root and ginseng leaf to mitochondrial protein concentration (Mito. Prot. Conc.) and mitochondrial respiration (resp.) in liver and BAT of mice (mean ± SE, n = 10).

	Control	Ginseng root	Ginseng leaf	P value
BAT
wet mass (g)	0.16 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.378
mito.prot.conc. (mg/g)	53.33 ± 3.27a	79.12 ± 2.08b	53.42 ± 3.48a	<0.001
total mito.prot. (mg)	8.24 ± 0.17a	10.74 ± 0.31b	7.58 ± 0.34a	<0.001
State 4 Respiration
nmol O2/min/mg Mt prot	7.91 ± 0.57a	12.23 ± 0.92b	7.29 ± 0.34a	<0.001
nmol O2/min/g tissue	187.90 ± 7.67a	239.89 ± 10.24b	153.49 ± 5.58c	<0.001
nmol O2/min in whole tissue	30.32 ± 2.64a	33.37 ± 2.30a	21.98 ± 1.56b	0.003
Liver
mito.prot.conc. (mg/g)	168.28 ± 6.47a	201.02 ± 10.89b	138.69 ± 5.69c	<0.001
State 3 Respiration
nmol O2/min/mg Mt prot	11.32 ± 0.33a	12.34 ± 0.44a	7.06 ± 0.46b	<0.001
nmol O2/min/g tissue	141.37 ± 5.64a	202.44 ± 3.24b	104.50 ± 6.25c	<0.001
State 4 Respiration
nmol O2/min/mg Mt prot	6.98 ± 0.34a	5.28 ± 0.46b	4.71 ± 0.35b	<0.001
nmol O2/min/g tissue	87.15 ± 3.01a	86.47 ± 1.89a	71.70 ± 2.76b	<0.001
RCR	1.65 ± 0.09a	2.44 ± 0.22b	1.56 ± 0.14a	0.001

The different superscripts at the same row means that there are significantly different with each other (One-way ANOVA, p < 0.05).