人参、石菖蒲及其药对防治阿尔茨海默症的药理作用研究进展

Advances in pharmacological effects of ginseng,acorus calamus and its couplet medicine on Alzheimer′s disease

阿尔茨海默病(Alzheimer′s disease,AD)病因复杂,发病机制尚未完全阐明,现有药物仅能缓解其症状,亟待研发有效的治疗药物。作为补虚药及开窍药的代表药物,人参及石菖蒲均有提高记忆力、改善学习能力及减轻认知障碍的药理作用,是中医治疗痴呆症的常用药物。人参-石菖蒲药对联用可促进活性成分入脑发挥药效,并通过抗炎、抗氧化应激、调节神经元-突触可塑性等多途径延缓AD进程,具有多层次、多系统和多靶点的作用特点。该文尝试总结现有研究成果,为进一步探讨人参、石菖蒲的联用,实现协同增效的作用机制以及配伍的量效关系奠定基础,为研制防治AD的中药创新药物提供科学依据。

The pathogenesis of Alzheimer′s disease(AD)is complex and unclear.Existing drugs can only alleviate its symptoms,and there is an urgent need to develop effective therapeutic drugs.As the representative drugs of tonic and enlightening medicine,ginseng and acorus calamus have pharmacological effects to improve memory,improve learning ability and reduce cognitive impairment,which are commonly used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of dementia.The combination of ginseng and acorus calamus can further promote the active ingredients into brain to exert their medicinal effects,and delay the process of AD through anti-inflammatory,anti-oxidative stress,modulation of neuronal-synaptic plasticity and other multiple pathways,with multi-level,multi-system and multi-target action characteristics.This paper attempts to summarize the existing research results and lay the foundation for further exploring the synergistic mechanism of action of ginseng-acorus calamus combination and the dose-effect relationship of the combination,so as to provide a scientific basis for the development of innovative Chinese medicines for the prevention and treatment of AD.