Dammarane sapogenins (from oriental ginseng)
Panax ginseng
In rats under simulated weightlessness and isolation, dammarane sapogenins from ginseng stem and leaf restored water-maze learning and working memory.
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In brain-cell cultures under inflammatory challenge, ginsenoside Rg1 and ginseng extract returned activated microglia, the brain's immune cells, to rest.
Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials in 87 and 108 adults: platelet aggregation fell, clotting tests untouched.
Ginseng’s ginsenoside Rg1 raised AMPK activation in the visceral fat of obese mice.
Drove fat release and heat production through the β3 receptor, in fat cells and in diabetic mice.
Measured in human stomach tissue rather than in a dish: in a placebo-controlled trial, the lining's inflammatory-cell score improved significantly, with less oxidative DNA damage in the biopsy itself.
In roundworms its ginsenosides extend lifespan through three separate longevity routes at once.
The sovereign Qi tonic: in ninety adults with unexplained chronic fatigue, it beat placebo on mental fatigue.
The root the entire category is named after. Panax means all-healing, which is a claim the plant did not make for itself, and wild root is the form the tradition has always valued most.
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