Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference (고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1998.06a
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- Pages.146-159
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- 1998
A New Processed Ginseng with Fortified Activity
- Park, Jeong-Hill (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Jong-Moon (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Han, Sang-Beom (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Na-Young (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Surh, Young-Joon (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Lee, Seung-Ki (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Nak-Doo (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
- Park, Man-Ki (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)
- Published : 1998.06.01
Abstract
A new processed ginseng with fortified activity is developed. The process comprise with the heat treatment of fresh or white ginseng at higher temperature and pressure than those used for the preparation of red ginseng. This new processed ginseng showed 7 times higher antioxidant activity and more than 30 times stronger vasodilating activity than those shown in raw ginseng. Other activities found in the new processed ginseng include cancer chemoprevention, antinephrotoxic, and antineurotoxic activities. Less polar ginsenosides isolated from processed ginseng exhibited anti-platelet aggregation activity and anti-cancer activity. Many ginsenosides were isolated from this new processed ginseng, namely 20(S)-
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