Redsenol Ginseng and ginsenosides
Ginseng is a very popular health-enhancing herb in the world. Originally used as a herbal medicine in Asia, ginseng has gained popularity in western cultures and became part of their daily life as a...
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...
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...
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...
Ginsenosides are natural compounds extracted from Araliaceae plants like Panax ginseng. Since ginsenosides were found to exhibit anticancer property in the 1960s, scientists have been working on the study of rare ginsenosides. With in-depth research...
Recently, a research team led by Chinese researchers from State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University published a study in the journal Cell Death & Disease, Nature, revealing that ginsenoside Rg5 increases cardiomyocyte resistance to...
Ginsenoside Rh4 induces apoptosis and autophagic cell death through activation of the ROS/JNK/p53 pathway in colorectal cancer cells, according to the study published in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology. Ginsenosides are natural compounds extracted from Araliaceae...
