• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.358-364
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• 2004

Today, in both domestic and foreign markets, various ginseng products are collected. However, the discrimination of kinds of ginseng is not working well because of improper technical management, which has a bad effect on the normal trade of ginseng. Therefore, the author publishes the text, based not only on many years of real experience of ginseng product mangement but also on the study of the features of wild ginseng, Jang Roy and cultivated ginseng.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.323-328
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• 2000

Free amino acids were extracted and analyzed from Korean mountain ginsengs. Chinese mountain ginsengs and Korean white ginsengs by HPLC. The highest total free amino acid content was 12.46 mg/g in Korean white ginseg(P) and the lowest total free amino acid content was 6.86 mg/g in Korean mountain ginseng (Kㅡ6) The content of arginine in a Korean white ginseng(Y) was 8.77 mg/g Arginine was 77.80% of total free amino acids in a Korean mountin ginseng (KM2) The amount of histidine and methionine in Korean mountain ginsengs were higher than any other ginsengs. The highest amount of threonine and lysine were observed in Korean white ginseng and Chinese mountain ginseng respectively, The contents of glycine in Korean mountain ginseng and korean white ginseng were higher than Chinses mountain ginseng. There is no significant difference between two mountain ginsengs and Korean white ginseng.