Potential Oral Health Benefits of Ginseng and Its Extracts

Yuqing Peng; Wenting Pan; Xixi Cao; Chang Liu

International Dental Journal (Aug 2023)

Potential Oral Health Benefits of Ginseng and Its Extracts

Yuqing Peng,
Wenting Pan,
Xixi Cao,
Chang Liu

Affiliations

Yuqing Peng: School & Hospital of Stomatology, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China
Wenting Pan: Outpatient Stomatology Center, Zhengdong District, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Peoples Republic of China
Xixi Cao: School & Hospital of Stomatology, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China
Chang Liu: School & Hospital of Stomatology, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China; Corresponding author. School & Hospital of Stomatology, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 73, no. 4
pp. 473 – 480

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This review discusses the effects of ginseng and its extracts in the treatment of dental caries, periodontal diseases, endodontic diseases, oral cancers, oral mucosal diseases, and some other dental associations. In the meantime, bioavailability and safety application of ginseng products are discussed. All of the articles reviewed were from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, and VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals Full-Text Database through November 2022, including full-text English or non-English publications. Ginseng and its extracts were shown to have beneficial effects on oral diseases, and further studies are needed to understand the mechanisms and confirm the effects in humans.

Published in International Dental Journal

ISSN: 0020-6539 (Print); 1875-595X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-dental-journal

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