Panax ginseng has been used as Korean medicine for various diseases. It has antioxidant, hypotensive, sedative, analgesic, and endocrine activities. Dammarane-type triterpenes from the plant have various beneficial effects.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Non-saponin fractions of Korean Red Ginseng extracts prime activation of NLRP3 inflammasome
Korean Red Ginseng extracts (RGE) have been suggested as effective immune modulators, and we reported that ginsenosides possess anti-inflammasome properties. However, the properties of non-saponin components of RGE have not been well studied.
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Evaluation of ginsenoside bioconversion of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi
Panax ginseng is a physiologically active plant widely used in traditional medicine that is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. Rb1, a major ginsenoside, is used as the starting material for producing ginsenoside derivatives with enhanced pharmaceutical potentials through chemical, enzymatic, or microbial transformation.
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Chronic saponin treatment attenuates damage to the pancreas in chronic alcohol-treated diabetic rats
Chronic heavy alcohol consumption may raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Saponins inhibit apoptosis of pancreatic islet cells and reducing of lipid parameters. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of saponin on chronic ethanol-treated diabetic rats.
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Applications of molecular markers in the discrimination of species and Korean ginseng cultivars ()
The development of molecular markers is one of the most useful methods for molecular breeding and marker-based molecular associated selections. Even though less information of the reference genome, the molecular markers are indispensable tools for determination of genetic variation and identification of species with high levels of accuracy and reproducibility. The demand for molecular approaches for marker-based breeding and genetic discriminations in Panax species has greatly increased in recent times and has been successfully applied for various purposes.
