Redsenol Ginseng and ginsenosides
Ginsenosides are natural compounds extracted from Araliaceae plants like Panax ginseng. As the metabolite of prototype ginsenosides, rare ginsenosides exhibit pharmacological activities in many aspects, such as anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-fatigue and analgesic effects. Scientists have identified at least 30...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world. The high occurrence and death rate of this disease kills about 1.6 million people each year. It is therefore known as the...
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women and it is reported that 1 in 38 patients dies from this threatening cancer killer and only America is seeing the increasing...
Ginsenosides and gintonin, the main bioactive constituents of Panax ginseng, can help alleviate Alzheimer’s disease by diverse mechanisms of action including decreasing amyloid plaque deposit, according to a study review published in the Journal...
Ginsenoside Rg5 prevents apoptosis by modulating nuclear factor and alters the expression of cognitive impairment-associated genes in the thermal stress-exposed HT22 cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Ginseng Research. This study...
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women and it is reported that 1 in 38 patients dies from this threatening cancer killer. America is seeing the increasing incidence of...
The number of skin cancer patients is increasing over the past decades. According to the report released by World Health Organization (WHO), there are 2 million to 3 million people suffering from skin cancer...
Rare ginsenosides, the metabolite of prototype ginsenosides, are active components in the ginseng which exhibit powerful anticancer activities, including inducing apoptosis of cancerous cells, inhibiting angiogenesis in malignant lesions, alleviating toxicity induced by chemotherapy...
Scientists from Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada have discovered that 20S-Protopanaxadiol(aPPD) inhibits P-glycoprotein in multidrug-resistant cancer cells. The growing resistance to anticancer drugs has become a global concern, threatening...
Chemotherapy is currently the main method of treating cancer used in clinical practices. Despite the brilliant performance in combating cancer cells, the treatment still accompanies side effects. Combination therapy, a new treatment that administrates a conventional...
