Ginseng: A promising neuroprotective strategy in stroke

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Rastogi, Vaibhav ^a   Santiago Moreno, Juan ^a   Doré, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Hemorrhage; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CHIKUSETSU SAPONIN; COMPOUND K; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME C; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84921865218     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00457     Document Type: Review

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