Kim Jisu, Han Su-Young, Min Hyeyoung
College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
J Ginseng Res. 2020 Jan;44(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jgr.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
The sense of vision is the primary means by which we gather information from our surroundings, and vision loss, therefore, severely compromises the life of the affected individuals, their families, and society. Loss of vision becomes more frequent with age, and diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma are the major causes of vision impairment. To find active pharmacological compounds that might prevent or ameliorate the vision-threatening eye diseases, numerous studies have been performed, and some botanical compounds, including those extracted from ginseng, have been shown to possess beneficial effects in the treatment or prevention of common ocular diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent reports investigating the therapeutic effects of ginseng and ginsenosides on diverse ocular diseases and discuss their therapeutic potential.
视觉是我们从周围环境收集信息的主要方式，因此，视力丧失严重影响受影响个体、其家庭和社会的生活。随着年龄的增长，视力丧失变得更加频繁，糖尿病性视网膜病变、年龄相关性黄斑变性、白内障和青光眼是视力损害的主要原因。为了找到可能预防或改善威胁视力的眼部疾病的活性药理化合物，人们进行了大量研究，一些植物化合物，包括从人参中提取的化合物，已被证明在治疗或预防常见眼部疾病方面具有有益作用。在这篇综述中，我们总结了最近关于人参和人参皂苷对各种眼部疾病治疗作用的报道，并讨论了它们的治疗潜力。
