Ginseng

Surh YJ, Na HK, Lee JY, Keum YS. Molecular mechanisms underlying anti-tumor promoting activities of heat-processed Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer. J Korean Med Sci. 2001 Dec;16 Suppl:S38-41. College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Keum YS, Park KK, Lee JM, Chun KS, Park JH, Lee SK, Kwon H, Surh YJ. Antioxidant and anti-tumor promoting activities of the methanol extract of heat-processed ginseng. Cancer Lett. 2000 Mar 13;150(1):41-8. Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Rui H. Research and development of cancer chemopreventive agents in China. J Cell Biochem Suppl. 1997;27:7-11. Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Lee JY, Shin JW, Chun KS, Park KK, Chung WY, Bang YJ, Sung JH, Surh YJ. Antitumor promotional effects of a novel intestinal bacterial metabolite (IH-901) derived from the protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides in mouse skin. Carcinogenesis. 2005 Feb;26(2):359-67. Epub 2004 Oct 21. National Research Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.

Surh YJ, Lee JY, Choi KJ, Ko SR. Effects of selected ginsenosides on phorbol ester-induced expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and activation of NF-kappaB and ERK1/2 in mouse skin. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Nov;973:396-401. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.

Keum YS, Han SS, Chun KS, Park KK, Park JH, Lee SK, Surh YJ. Inhibitory effects of the ginsenoside Rg3 on phorbol ester-induced cyclooxygenase-2 expression, NF-kappaB activation and tumor promotion. Mutat Res. 2003 Feb-Mar;523-524:75-85. College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shinlim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.

Konoshima T, Takasaki M, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Duc NM, Kasai R, Yamasaki K. Anti-tumor-promoting activity of majonoside-R2 from Vietnamese ginseng, Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv. (I). Biol Pharm Bull. 1998 Aug;21(8):834-8. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

Konoshima T, Takasaki M, Tokuda H. Anti-carcinogenic activity of the roots of Panax notoginseng. II. Biol Pharm Bull. 1999 Oct;22(10):1150-2. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

Krylova NV, Besednova NN, Solov'eva TF, Loenko IuN, Faustov VS, Konstantinova NA, Smolina TP, Eliakov GB. Anti-inflammatory effect of polysaccharide obtained from ginseng cell cultures. Antibiot Khimioter. 1990 Apr;35(4):41-2.

Konoshima T, Takasaki M, Ichiishi E, Murakami T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Duc NM, Kasai R, Yamasaki K. Cancer chemopreventive activity of majonoside-R2 from Vietnamese ginseng, Panax vietnamensis. Cancer Lett. 1999 Dec 1;147(1-2):11-6. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

Fei XF, Wang BX, Tashiro S, Li TJ, Ma JS, Ikejima T. Apoptotic effects of ginsenoside Rh2 on human malignant melanoma A375-S2 cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2002 Apr;23(4):315-22. China Japan Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130021, China.

Kim S, Kang BY, Cho SY, Sung DS, Chang HK, Yeom MH, Kim DH, Sim YC, Lee YS. Compound K induces expression of hyaluronan synthase 2 gene in transformed human keratinocytes and increases hyaluronan in hairless mouse skin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Apr 2;316(2):348-55. R&D Center, Amore-Pacific Corporation, 314-1 Borari, Kiheung-eup, Yongin-si, Kyounggi-do 449-729, South Korea.

Yagi A, Ishizu T, Okamura N, Noguchi S, Itoh H. Growth of cultured human bronchiogenic epithelioid CCD-14 Br cells and dermal fibroblasts, NB1 RGB treated with ginseng tetrapeptide and its isomer. Planta Med. 1996 Apr;62(2):115-8. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan.

Morisaki N, Watanabe S, Tezuka M, Zenibayashi M, Shiina R, Koyama N, Kanzaki T, Saito Y. Mechanism of angiogenic effects of saponin from ginseng Radix rubra in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Br J Pharmacol. 1995 Aug;115(7):1188-93. Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.

Choi S. Epidermis proliferative effect of the Panax ginseng ginsenoside Rb2. Arch Pharm Res. 2002 Feb;25(1):71-6. Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Korea.

Lee EH, Cho SY, Kim SJ, Shin ES, Chang HK, Kim DH, Yeom MH, Woe KS, Lee J, Sim YC, Lee TR. Ginsenoside F1 protects human HaCaT keratinocytes from ultraviolet-B-induced apoptosis by maintaining constant levels of Bcl-2. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Sep;121(3):607-13. R & D Center, AmorePacific Corporation, 314-1 Bora-ri, Giheung-eup, Yongin-si, Kyeonggi-do 449 729, Korea.

Matsuda H, Yamazaki M, Asanuma Y, Kubo M. Promotion of hair growth by ginseng radix on cultured mouse vibrissal hair follicles. Phytother Res. 2003 Aug;17(7):797-800. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan.

Kim SH, Jeong KS, Ryu SY, Kim TH. Panax ginseng prevents apoptosis in hair follicles and accelerates recovery of hair medullary cells in irradiated mice. In Vivo. 1998 Mar-Apr;12(2):219-22. Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, South Korea.