Product Name American Ginseng Polysaccharide
Latin Name in Botany Panax quinquefolium L.
Family Araliaceae
Genus Panax
The Used Part Root
IntroductionPanax quinquefolius, commonly known as American Ginseng and often by its Chinese name Huaqishen, is a kind of perennial herbs, belonging to araliaceae. American Ginseng, which is applied most widely with the longest history in traditional medicine in the world, contains great amount of polysaccharides named as American Ginseng polysaccharides besides Ginsenosides. American Ginseng Polysaccharides consist of American ginseng starch and American ginseng pectin. The destarched American ginseng Polysaccharidess generally contains galacturonic acid (GalA), galactose (Gal),Arabinose (Ara), rhamnose (Rha) and glucose etc.Modern researches suggest that ginseng Polysaccharides is of a strong function to inhibit tumor and improve immune activity.
Character
Brown-yellow powder.
Available Specification
Polysaccharides > 15%HPLC ( D-Galacturonic acid )
Pharmacological functionAmerican Ginseng Polysaccharides blocks HL-60 cells at the point from Go to S/G2+M phase in the cell cycle and blocks replication of DNA, thus inhibits the proliferation of cells.
It significantly stimulates lung macrophages to excrete TNP, then functions against the
tumor through direct killing, blockage of blood supply of tumor and immune activation.
It enhances the activity of NK cells to kill the tumor cells.
It induces the proliferation of LAK cells, which significantly improves the killing efficacy against tumor cells.
Ginseng Polysaccharides improves the activity of monocyte-macrophage system significantly. The mice were treated with various dosages of American ginseng Polysaccharides P.O, Q.D. successively for 3 days. Phagocytic activity was analyzed at the end of the 24th hour after the last treatment. The result implies that American ginseng Polysaccharides may significantly increase the phagocytic index.
American Ginseng Polysaccharides improves the formation of antibodies and complements.
Dosage
Recommended dosage: 600-1500mg 15% polysaccharides standardized American Ginseng Polysaccharides.
Applications
Pharmaceutical raw materials
Food and Drink for health care
