Roles and Mechanisms of Ginseng in Protecting Heart

作     者：郑思道 吴红金 吴德琳 

作者机构：Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Dongzhimen HospitalBeijing University of Chinese Medicine 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第18卷第7期

页      面：548-555页

核心收录：

学科分类：1008[医学-中药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81173367 and No.30873234) Beijing Key Disciplines Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine(No.JZZ-312) 

主　　题：Panax ginseng ginsenoside heart coronary artery disease cardiac hypertrophy heart failure arrhythmia energy metabolism 

摘      要：Ginseng, the root of Panax ginseng C. A. Mayer, has long been used clinically in China to treat various diseases. Multiple effects of ginseng, such as antitumor, antiinflammatory, antiallergic, antioxidative, antidiabetic and antihypertensive have been confirmed by modern medicine. Recently, the clinical utilization of ginseng to treat heart diseases has increased dramatically. The roles of ginseng in protecting heart are foci for research in modern medical science and have been partially demonstrated, and the mechanisms of protection against coronary artery disease, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, cardiac energy metabolism, cardiac contractility, and arrhythmia are being uncovered progressively. However, more studies are needed to elucidate the complex mechanisms by which ginseng protects heart. All such studies will provide evidence of ginseng＇s clinical application, international promotion, and new drug development.