Scientists and herbalists identified and defined adaptogens shortly after, and up until the 1980s the USSR drove a targeted research direction into plant adaptogens, publishing over 1000 papers with a significant focus on
Eleutherococcus senticosus (18), the goal being to develop drugs to assist survival and maintenance of mental and physical capacity in situations of intense or prolonged stress (18).
(2001) The effects of
Eleutherococcus senticosus and Panax ginseng on steroidal hormone indices of stress and lymphocyte subset numbers in endurance athletes.
One paper investigated in vitro the effect of
Eleutherococcus senticosus on BDNF.
"Composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of
Eleutherococcus senticosus fruit extracts," J.
Effects of LED on growth morphogenesis and eleutheroside contents of in vitro cultured plantlets of
Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim.
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae) Distribution area of eleutherococcus includes Primorye, Amur, and Sakhalin.
Water-soluble polysaccharide from
Eleutherococcus senticosus stems attenuates fulminant hepatic failure induced by D-galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide in mice.
(2008), os quais trabalharam com
Eleutherococcus senticosus e Citrus spp, respectivamente.
Kothetkov, "The glycosides of
Eleutherococcus senticosus. I.
Siberian ginseng (
Eleutherococcus senticosus), also known as Eleuthero, is now available from Cactus Botanies, a vertically integrated botanical raw material supplier.
Such a possibility is supported by the information that druids fantasy may contain morning glory/Ipomoea convolvulaceae, Argyreia nervosa, Acorus calamus ("sweet flag", "calamus"), Siberian ginseng (
Eleutherococcus senticosus), and Piper methysticum ("kava", kava-kava") (Dennehy, Tsourounis & Miller 2005; http://www.herbalparty.com/ shopping/store.php/products/druids-fantasy).