Effect of Ginsenosides on Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as a neurodegenerative disease that conceals the progressive development of early disease, has a long onset time and complicated etiology. As the number of Alzheimer’s patients increases year by year, it is a hot issue that looking for effective drug prevention and treatment. As the king of Chinese herbal medicine, ginseng contains a variety of pharmacologically active substances, especially ginsenosides can affect multiple metabolic pathways in the body, and its efficacy is relatively complicated. This article reviews the pathogenesis of AD and the preventive effects of five ginsenosides such as Rg1, Rb1, Rg2, Rg5 and Rh1 on AD, in order to provide a basis for the development of functional foods for preventing AD.