Ginsenosides are novel naturally-occurring aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands.

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that mediates many of the biological and toxicological actions of structurally diverse chemicals. In this study, we examined the ability of a series of ginsenosides extracted from ginseng, a traditional Chinese medicine,...

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Main Authors: Qin Hu, Guochun He, Jing Zhao, Anatoly Soshilov, Michael S Denison, Aiqian Zhang, Huijun Yin, Domenico Fraccalvieri, Laura Bonati, Qunhui Xie, Bin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3679084?pdf=render