Ginsenoside content of berries and roots of three typical Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) cultivars.
The ginsenoside content of berries and roots of three cultivars of Korean ginseng have been investigated. For all cultivars, ginsenoside Re was the most abundant ginsenoside in roots and berries. However, berries produced more total ginsenosides, and berry the ginsenoside profile differed from that of roots. The ginsenoside Re content of berries was 4-6 times more than that of roots. Averaged across all cultivars, the amounts of the five ginsenosides in berries was Re > Rc approximately = Rg1 approximately = Rb1 approximately = Rd. For roots, the amounts were Re > Rg1 > Rb1 > Rc > Rd. Roots of the Yunpoong cultivar had the greatest ginsenoside content, followed by roots of the Chunpoong cultivar and the Gumpoong cultivar. The total amount of ginsenosides (especially Rb1, Re, and Rg1) was greatest in the Yunpoong cultivar.
Kim
Yong Kyoung
YK
Division of Plant Science and Resources, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-754, Korea.
Yoo
Dae Seok
DS
Xu
Hui
H
Park
Nam Il
NI
Kim
Hyun Ho
HH
Choi
Jae Eul
JE
Park
Sang Un
SU
D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D036145:Ginsenosides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007723:Korea; D005894:Panax / Q000737:chemistry*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D036145:Ginsenosides