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Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative disorders, namely Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis (MS), are increasingly major health concerns due to the increasingly aged population worldwide. These conditions often share the same underlying pathological mech...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7349707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells9061464 |
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author | Ikram, Muhammad Ullah, Rahat Khan, Amjad Kim, Myeong Ok |
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description | Neurodegenerative disorders, namely Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis (MS), are increasingly major health concerns due to the increasingly aged population worldwide. These conditions often share the same underlying pathological mechanisms, including elevated oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and the aggregation of proteins. Several studies have highlighted the potential to diminish the clinical outcomes of these disorders via the administration of herbal compounds, among which gintonin, a derivative of ginseng, has shown promising results. Gintonin is a noncarbohydrate/saponin that has been characterized as a lysophosphatidic acid receptor (LPA Receptor) ligand. Gintonin may cause a significant elevation in calcium levels [Ca2+]i intracellularly, which promotes calcium-mediated cellular effects via the modulation of ion channels and cell surface receptors, regulating the inflammatory effects. Years of research have suggested that gintonin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects against different models of neurodegeneration, and these effects may be employed to tackle the neurological changes. Therefore, we collected the main scientific findings and comprehensively presented them, covering preparation, absorption, and receptor-mediated functions, including effects against Alzheimer’s disease models, Parkinson’s disease models, anxiety and depression-like models, and other neurological disorders, aiming to provide some insights for the possible usage of gintonin in the management of neurodegenerative conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-73497072020-07-15 Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders Ikram, Muhammad Ullah, Rahat Khan, Amjad Kim, Myeong Ok Cells Review Neurodegenerative disorders, namely Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis (MS), are increasingly major health concerns due to the increasingly aged population worldwide. These conditions often share the same underlying pathological mechanisms, including elevated oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and the aggregation of proteins. Several studies have highlighted the potential to diminish the clinical outcomes of these disorders via the administration of herbal compounds, among which gintonin, a derivative of ginseng, has shown promising results. Gintonin is a noncarbohydrate/saponin that has been characterized as a lysophosphatidic acid receptor (LPA Receptor) ligand. Gintonin may cause a significant elevation in calcium levels [Ca2+]i intracellularly, which promotes calcium-mediated cellular effects via the modulation of ion channels and cell surface receptors, regulating the inflammatory effects. Years of research have suggested that gintonin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects against different models of neurodegeneration, and these effects may be employed to tackle the neurological changes. Therefore, we collected the main scientific findings and comprehensively presented them, covering preparation, absorption, and receptor-mediated functions, including effects against Alzheimer’s disease models, Parkinson’s disease models, anxiety and depression-like models, and other neurological disorders, aiming to provide some insights for the possible usage of gintonin in the management of neurodegenerative conditions. MDPI 2020-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7349707/ /pubmed/32549286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells9061464 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Ikram, Muhammad Ullah, Rahat Khan, Amjad Kim, Myeong Ok Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title | Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title_full | Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title_fullStr | Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title_full_unstemmed | Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title_short | Ongoing Research on the Role of Gintonin in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders |
title_sort | ongoing research on the role of gintonin in the management of neurodegenerative disorders |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7349707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells9061464 |
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