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ReviewCurrent medicinal chemistry2025

Ginsenoside Rg3 in Cancer Research: Current Trends and Future Prospects - A Review.

Auwal Ibrahim Tanko, Salman Hosawi, Ehssan Moglad, Muhammad Afzal, Nehmat Ghaboura, Sami I Alzareaa, Ahmed Osman, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Imran Kazmi

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Review in Current medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeting Lysosomes for Enhanced Anti-Cancer Therapeutics and Immune Response.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Auwal Ibrahim TankoDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Salman HosawiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Ehssan MogladDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad AfzalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah, 21442, Saudi Arabia.
Nehmat GhabouraPharmacy Practice Department, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah, 21442, Saudi Arabia.
Sami I AlzareaaDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf, Sakaka, 72341, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed OsmanDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Shahid NadeemDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Imran KazmiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is one of the most devastating illnesses in the world, impacting millions of individuals every year. Despite various therapies, the final effect is unsatisfactory. Chemotherapy currently dominates as the primary option of treatment. However, its severe adverse effects, limited efficacy, and resistance to drugs undermine its potential. Growing evidence suggests that ginsenoside Rg3, a natural compound obtained from the ginseng plant (Panax ginseng), holds significant promise in cancer therapy. Its proposed mechanisms primarily involve the enhancement of immunity, retardation of cancer cellular proliferation and metastasis, triggering apoptosis, angiogenesis, epigenetic modification, and Regulation of transition of epithelial mesenchyma (EMT) and miRNAs/lncRNA. Furthermore, Rg3-ginsenoside potentiates the effectiveness of conventional treatments of cancer and reduces the adverse effects through synergistic interactions. Ginsenoside Rg3's present status in cancer research is thoroughly reviewed in this article, shedding light on its intricate mechanisms and potential to revolutionize cancer therapy through combinatorial and nano-based targeted therapy.

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Antineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicGinsenosidesNeoplasmsAnimalsApoptosisCell ProliferationHumansPanaxAntineoplastic Agents, Phytogenicginsenoside Rg3Ginsenosideschemotherapycombinatorial therapyginseng.Ginsenoside Rg3sensitivitytoxicity

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