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Compiled from 30 PubMed articles · model: gemma4:31b
Summary
Background
Traditional uses
Active compounds
Mechanism of action
Clinical evidence
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that Korean red ginseng extract had no significant effects on head or face temperature compared to a placebo [PMID:35708631]
In healthy beagles, a KRG extract diet led to a significant decrease in body weight, body condition score, and leptin levels [PMID:31269358]
RGE powder significantly decreased fasting blood sugar in db/db mice, with a dose of 400 mg/kg also improving OGTT and insulin tolerance [PMID:39263785]
KRG extract demonstrated anti-pruritic and anti-inflammatory effects, reducing clinical severity scores and ear thickness [PMID:28244297]
KRG extract mitigated acute renal failure by reducing blood urea nitrogen and creatinine concentrations [PMID:24963615]
Safety & adverse effects
Evidence summary
PubMed sources
- 1.PMID: 35194373 (2022) — Korean Red Ginseng, a regulator of NLRP3 inflammasome, in the COVID-19 pandemic. · Journal of ginseng research
- 2.PMID: 33192124 (2020) — Fructose-arginine, a non-saponin molecule of Korean Red Ginseng, attenuates AIM2 inflammasome activation. · Journal of ginseng research
- 3.PMID: 37296633 (2023) — Korean Red Ginseng-Induced SIRT3 Promotes the Tom22-HIF-1α Circuit in Normoxic Astrocytes. · Cells
- 4.PMID: 36926616 (2023) — Korean Red Ginseng extract treatment prevents post-antibiotic dysbiosis-induced bone loss in mice. · Journal of ginseng research
- 5.PMID: 35708631 (2022) — KGR-BG1, a Standardized Korean Black Ginseng Extract, Has No Significant Effects on Head or Face Temperature Compared with Korean Red Ginseng Extract and a Placebo.