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  • Title: Antihepatotoxic Actions of Ginsenosides from Panax ginseng Roots1.
    Author: Hikino H, Kiso Y, Kinouchi J, Sanada S, Shoji J.
    Journal: Planta Med; 1985 Feb; 51(1):62-4. PubMed ID: 17340405.
    Abstract:
    The antihepatotoxic effects of ginsenosides, saponins from PANAX GINSENG, and their aglycones were investigated utilizing carbon tetrachloride (CCl (4))- and galactosamine (GalN)-induced cytotoxicity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Prominent protective actions were found with 20( S)-ginsenoside-Rh (2), 20( R)-ginsenoside-Rg (3) and prosapogenin of ginsenoside-Ro, 20( R)- and 20( S)-ginsenoside-Rs in CCl (4)-produced cytotoxicity, and 20( S)-ginsenoside-Rh (1) and prosapogenin of 20( S)-ginsenoside-Rs were effective in preventing GalN-induced liver cell damage. The antihepatotoxic effects of chikusetsusaponins, saponins of PANAX JAPONICUS, were also examined. The structure-activity relationship is discussed.
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