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A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide

Modern studies have shown that adaptogens can non-specifically enhance the resistance of human body under a wide range of external stress conditions with a multi-targeted and multi-channel network-like manner, especially by affect the immune-neuro-endocrine system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adre...

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Autores principales: Liao, Lian-ying, He, Yi-fan, Li, Li, Meng, Hong, Dong, Yin-mao, Yi, Fan, Xiao, Pei-gen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6240259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-018-0214-9
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author Liao, Lian-ying
He, Yi-fan
Li, Li
Meng, Hong
Dong, Yin-mao
Yi, Fan
Xiao, Pei-gen
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He, Yi-fan
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description Modern studies have shown that adaptogens can non-specifically enhance the resistance of human body under a wide range of external stress conditions with a multi-targeted and multi-channel network-like manner, especially by affect the immune-neuro-endocrine system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. This review article draws the attention to the relationships of adaptogens, tonics from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and ginseng-like herbs worldwide, which all have similar plant sources and clinical applications. To clarify the sources and pharmacological mechanisms of these plant-originated adaptogens, which will provide useful information for the utilization of adaptogens to improve the human health. Meanwhile, the TCMs and the world-wide ginseng-like herbs from each region’s ethnopharmacology will be beneficial modernization and globalization.
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spelling pubmed-62402592018-11-26 A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide Liao, Lian-ying He, Yi-fan Li, Li Meng, Hong Dong, Yin-mao Yi, Fan Xiao, Pei-gen Chin Med Review Modern studies have shown that adaptogens can non-specifically enhance the resistance of human body under a wide range of external stress conditions with a multi-targeted and multi-channel network-like manner, especially by affect the immune-neuro-endocrine system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. This review article draws the attention to the relationships of adaptogens, tonics from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and ginseng-like herbs worldwide, which all have similar plant sources and clinical applications. To clarify the sources and pharmacological mechanisms of these plant-originated adaptogens, which will provide useful information for the utilization of adaptogens to improve the human health. Meanwhile, the TCMs and the world-wide ginseng-like herbs from each region’s ethnopharmacology will be beneficial modernization and globalization. BioMed Central 2018-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6240259/ /pubmed/30479654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-018-0214-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Liao, Lian-ying
He, Yi-fan
Li, Li
Meng, Hong
Dong, Yin-mao
Yi, Fan
Xiao, Pei-gen
A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title_full A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title_fullStr A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title_short A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in TCM with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
title_sort preliminary review of studies on adaptogens: comparison of their bioactivity in tcm with that of ginseng-like herbs used worldwide
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6240259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-018-0214-9
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