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adaptogen, n. Alternative Med.|æˈdæptədʒən|
[ad. Russ. adaptogen (used by N. V. Lazarev): see adapt v., -ogen.]
Any of a class of natural substances, of which ginseng is the best known, which in herbal medicine are considered to help the body adapt to stress and to exert a normalizing effect upon bodily processes.
1969Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. IX. 419 The theoretical basis for separation of a new group of medicinal substances was laid down by Lazarev... The medicinal substances causing SNIR [sc. state of nonspecifically increased resistance] were named ‘adaptogens’. 1980J. H. Appleby tr. Brekhman's Man & Biol. Active Substances iii. 59 Eleutherococcus root extract, the most studied and widely used of the adaptogens. 1991Musclemag Mar. 102/1 Russian athletes..have relied for years on adaptogens—biologically active substances, derived from natural plant and animal sources, which reduce training stress and speed recovery.
So adaptoˈgenic a.
1969Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. IX. 419 This comparatively recent history of the discovery of adaptogenic action of dibazol and its analogues had been preceded by attainments of folk medicine of long standing. 1988R. Mabey et al. Compl. New Herbal v. 189 Ginseng has an overall adaptogenic effect. |
