ReviewNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2025
Investigating the protective properties of Panax ginseng and its constituents against biotoxins and metal toxicity: a mechanistic review.
Review in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Chasing the FoxO in Metabolic Disorders: Novel Considerations for Oxidative Stress, Programmed Cell Death, Wnt, and the Gut Microbiome.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Disrupts Cardiac Development in Chicken Embryos Through Oxidative Stress and Activation of TGFβ1/COL3A1 Pathway in Chick Embryos.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Natural toxins are toxic substances produced by living microorganisms and cause harmful effects to other creatures, but not the organisms themselves. Based on the sources, they are classified into fungal, microbial, herbal, algae, and animal biotoxins. Metals, the oldest toxicants, are not created or destroyed by human industry as elements, just concentrated in the biosphere. An antidote can counteract the toxic effects of a drug or toxin or mitigate the adverse effects of a harmful substance. The potential antidote effects of Panax ginseng in organ toxicity have been proved by many scientific research projects. Herein, we are going to gather a comprehensive mechanistic review of the antidotal effects of ginseng and its main constituents against natural toxins and metal toxicity. In this regard, a literate search has been done in PubMed/Medline, Science Direct, and Scopus from 2000 until 2024. The gathered data showed the protective impacts of this golden plant and its secondary metabolites against aflatoxin, deoxynivalenol, three-nitro propionic acid, ochratoxin A, lipopolysaccharide, nicotine, aconite, domoic acid, α-synuclein, amyloid β, and glutamate as well as aluminum, cadmium, chrome, copper, iron, and lead. These antidotal effects occur by multi-functional mechanisms. It may be attributed to antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic effects. Future research directions on the antidotal effects of ginseng against natural toxins and metal toxicity involve broadening the scope of studies to include a wider range of toxins and metals, exploring synergistic interactions with other natural compounds, and conducting more human clinical trials to validate the efficacy and safety of ginseng-based treatments.
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