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20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3, a product of high-efficiency thermal deglycosylation of ginsenoside Rd, exerts protective effects against scrotal heat-induced spermatogenic damage in mice

WEI LIU^1,#, ZI WANG^1,2,#, JING LENG¹, HENG WEI¹, SHEN REN^1,2, XIAOJIE GONG³, CHEN CHEN⁴, YINGPING WANG^1,2, RUI ZHANG^1,2,*, WEI LI^1,2,*

1 College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China
2 National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Changchun, 130118, China
3 Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, 116600, China
4 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia

* Address correspondence to: Rui Zhang, ; Wei Li,
# These authors contributed equally to this work