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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Ginseng Metabolites on Cancer Chemoprevention: An Angiogenesis Link?

Chong-Zhi Wang, Yi Cai, Samantha Anderson, Chun-Su Yuan

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chong-Zhi WangTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Yi CaiTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Samantha AndersonTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Chun-Su YuanTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Center for Herbal Research on Colorectal CancerP01AT004418 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI YUAN, CHUN-SU · 2008 to 2012
$5.9M
Chemoprevention of Active Scutellaria baicalensis Fraction on Colon CancerK01AT005362 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI WANG, CHONG-ZHI · 2010 to 2014
$486k
NCCIH NIH HHS K01 AT005362NCCIH NIH HHS P01 AT004418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Angiogenesis inhibitors have been introduced for the treatment of cancer. Based on the fact that many anticancer agents have been developed from botanical sources, there is a significant untapped resource to be found in natural products. American ginseng is a commonly used herbal medicine in the U.S., which possess antioxidant properties. After oral ingestion, natural ginseng saponins are biotransformed to their metabolites by the enteric microbiome before being absorbed. The major metabolites, ginsenoside Rg3 and compound K, showed significant potent anticancer activity compared to that of their parent ginsenosides Rb1, Rc and Rd. In this review, the molecular mechanisms of ginseng metabolites on cancer chemoprevention, especially apoptosis and angiogenic inhibition, are discussed. Ginseng gut microbiome metabolites showed significant anti-angiogenic effects on pulmonary, gastric and ovarian cancers. This review suggests that in addition to the chemopreventive effects of ginseng compounds, as angiogenic inhibitors, ginsenoside metabolites could be used in combination with other cancer chemotherapeutic agents in cancer management.

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American ginsengangiogenesiscancer managementcompound Kginsenoside Rg3intestinal microbiomemetabolitesPanax quinquefolius

Identifiers

PMID26941993
PMCPMC4773028
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