Ginseng pharmacology: A new paradigm based on gintonin-lysophosphatidic acid receptor interactions

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Choi, Sun Hye ^a   Jung, Seok Won ^a   Lee, Byung Hwan ^a   Kim, Hyeon Joong ^a   Hwang, Sung Hee ^b   Kim, Ho Kyoung ^c   Nah, Seung Yeol ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Sangji University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

G protein coupled LPA receptors; Ginseng; Ginseng pharmacology; Gintonin; LPAs; New paradigm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AUTOTAXIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GINSENOSIDE; GINTONIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PURINERGIC P2X1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84947280813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00245     Document Type: Review

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