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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2015

Protective effects of ginseng on neurological disorders.

Wei-Yi Ong, Tahira Farooqui, Hwee-Ling Koh, Akhlaq A Farooqui, Eng-Ang Ling

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
99citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei-Yi OngDepartment of Anatomy, National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore ; Neurobiology and Ageing Research Programme, National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore.
Tahira FarooquiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA.
Hwee-Ling KohDepartment of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore.
Akhlaq A FarooquiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA.
Eng-Ang LingDepartment of Anatomy, National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ginseng (Order: Apiales, Family: Araliaceae, Genus: Panax) has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for over 2000 years, and is recorded to have antianxiety, antidepressant and cognition enhancing properties. The protective effects of ginseng on neurological disorders are discussed in this review. Ginseng species and ginsenosides, and their intestinal metabolism and bioavailability are briefly introduced. This is followed by molecular mechanisms of effects of ginseng on the brain, including glutamatergic transmission, monoamine transmission, estrogen signaling, nitric oxide (NO) production, the Keap1/Nrf2 adaptive cellular stress pathway, neuronal survival, apoptosis, neural stem cells and neuroregeneration, microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and cerebral microvessels. The molecular mechanisms of the neuroprotective effects of ginseng in Alzheimer's disease (AD) including β-amyloid (Aβ) formation, tau hyperphosphorylation and oxidative stress, major depression, stroke, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis are presented. It is hoped that this discussion will stimulate more studies on the use of ginseng in neurological disorders.

Indexed as

brainginsengginsenosideglial cellsneurodegenerationneuronsneuroprotection

Identifiers

PMID26236231
PMCPMC4503934
OpenAlexW1566088586

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