Role of Ginseng in therapeutic management of Alzheimer’s Disease

While much of research progress has been achieved in last century on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the conclusive therapy for the same is still unachieved. Several lines of therapeutic regimes have been introduced, which basically act on slowing down the disease progression. However, adverse side effects on lifelong use of such synthetic drugs are also inevitable. Rationale of such realization has attracted researchers to find alternative medicine for AD therapeutics. Natural products have shown promising response in this regard. Among handful of herbal products, Ginseng is notable and capable of recapitulating the equivalent functional attributes like other synthetic drugs available, with no side effects. In the present communication, based on available literature and reported data, we will discuss various aspects of Ginseng attribution as a potential alternative therapeutic approach for AD and whether it may serve as a novel pathway to treat AD.