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http://dx.doi.org/10.5142/JGR.2008.32.1.001

Antinarcotic Effect of Ginseng  

Oh, Sei-Kwan (Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Ginseng Research / v.32, no.1, 2008 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ginseng saponin has been shown to inhibit the development of dependence on morphine, cocaine, methamphetamine, but the antinarcotics effects of ginseng on nalbuphine remains still largely unknown. Ginseng administration attenuated the naloxone-induced jumping behavior on nalbuphine dependent mice. The development of morphine dependence was mediated through ${\mu}-opioid$ receptor, however, development of nalbuphine dependence was mediated through ${\kappa}-opioid$ receptor. However, it was found that the efficacy of analgesic antagonism of GTS was mediated through the serotonergic mechanism, not mediated through the opioid receptor. In addition, ginseng administration modulated cellular signal transduction in the brain. The increased NMDA receptor subunit (NR1, pNR1), phosphate extracellular signal regulated protein kinase (pERK), phosphate cAMP response element binding protein (pCREB) expression by nalbuphine was decreased by the administration of ginseng powder in cortex, hippocampus, striatum of rat brain. These results suggest that ginseng could be one of the targets of antinarcotic therapies to reduce the development of tolerance and dependence on nalbuphine as well as morphine.
Keywords
narcotics; ginseng; morphine; nalbuphine; opioid;
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