• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.475-482
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• 2013

The main active components of Panax ginseng are ginsenosides. Ginsenoside Rb1 and Rg1 are accepted as marker substances for quality control worldwide. The analytical methods currently used to detect these two compounds unfairly penalize steamed and dried (red) P. ginseng preparations, because it has a lower content of those ginsenosides than white ginseng. To manufacture red ginseng products from fresh ginseng, the ginseng roots are exposed to high temperatures for many hours. This heating process converts the naturally occurring ginsenoside Rb1 and Rg1 into artifact ginsenosides such as ginsenoside Rg3, Rg5, Rh1, and Rh2, among others. This study highlights the absurdity of the current analytical practice by investigating the time-dependent changes in the crude saponin and the major natural and artifact ginsenosides contents during simmering. The results lead us to recommend (20S)- and (20R)-ginsenoside Rg3 as new reference materials to complement the current P. ginseng preparation reference materials ginsenoside Rb1 and Rg1. An attempt has also been made to establish validated qualitative and quantitative analytical procedures for these four compounds that meet International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guidelines for specificity, linearity, range, accuracy, precision, detection limit, quantitation limit, robustness and system suitability. Based on these results, we suggest a validated analytical procedure which conforms to ICH guidelines and equally values the contents of ginsenosides in white and red ginseng preparations.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.78-82
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• 1986

버미큐라이트 폿드 시험으로 묘삼(苗蔘)의 양액재배(養液栽培)에서 N.P.K.의 수준(水準)을 달리하여 근중 ginsenoside의 함량변화(含量變化)를 조사(調査)하였다. 이들 중 어느 하나의 결제 또는 증가는 사포닌 함량(含量)의 증가 또는 감소를 보였다. 사포닌 함량에 영향을 가장 크게 주는 것은 질소이고(15.5%에서 8.9%) P.K.의 순(順)이었다. 각 ginsenoside 함량에서도 유사(類似)한 결과를 보였다. 양분환경변화에 의한 함량변이(含量變異)의 순위(順位)는 $Rd>Rb_1>Rg_1+Rf>Rc>Rg_2{\geqq}Rb_2>Re$로 Re가 가장 둔감하며 다른 요인에 관하여도 둔감할 것으로 보였다. Diol 총량이 triol 총량보다 민감하나 이들의 비(比)는 절반의 변이계수를 보였다. 영양조건에 의한 각(各) ginsenoside의 변이(變異)는 그 함량(含量)과는 무관(無關)하였다. Ginsenoside pattern의 유사도(類似度)는 총 사포닌 함량에 차이가 큰 처리간에서 낮아졌다. 뿌리의 생육(生育)은 수도수구(水道水區)에서만 유의성있게 적었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.351-358
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• 2016

Background: This study was designed to investigate whether ginsenoside Rb1 (Rb1) and compound K (CK) ameliorated insulin resistance by suppressing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced inflammation in adipose tissue. Methods: To induce ER stress, epididymal adipose tissue from mice or differentiated 3T3 adipocytes were exposed to high glucose. The effects of Rb1 and CK on reactive oxygen species production, ER stress, TXNIP/NLRP3 inflammasome activation, inflammation, insulin signaling activation, and glucose uptake were detected by western blot, emzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or fluorometry. Results: Rb1 and CK suppressed ER stress by dephosphorylation of $IRE1{\alpha}$ and PERK, thereby reducing TXNIP-associated NLRP3 inflammasome activation in adipose tissue. As a result, Rb1 and CK inhibited IL-$1{\beta}$ maturation and downstream inflammatory factor IL-6 secretion. Inflammatory molecules induced insulin resistance by upregulating phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 at serine residues and impairing insulin PI3K/Akt signaling, leading to decreased glucose uptake by adipocytes. Rb1 and CK reversed these changes by inhibiting ER stress-induced inflammation and ameliorating insulin resistance, thereby improving the insulin IRS-1/PI3K/Akt-signaling pathway in adipose tissue. Conclusion: Rb1 and CK inhibited inflammation and improved insulin signaling in adipose tissue by suppressing ER stress-associated NLRP3 inflammation activation. These findings offered novel insight into the mechanism by which Rb1 and CK ameliorate insulin resistance in adipose tissue.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1987년도 Proceedings of Korea-Japan Panax Ginseng Symposium 1987 Seoul Korea
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• pp.20-28
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• 1987

To clarify central mechanisms of ginsenosides, changes in ingestive and ambulatory behaviors were investigated in rats after single or continuous infusion into the third cerebroventricle or various hypothalamic loci. Following single infusion into the third cerebroventricle, ginsenoside Rbl at doses of 0.05, 0.10 and 0.20 $\mu$mol dose-dependently decreased food intake. None of the doses tested affected ambulation. Drinking suppression was only observed at the maximum dose of 0.20 $\mu$mol. Equimolar injections into the peritoneum had no effects on ingestive behavior or ambulation. These findings indicated that ginsenoside Rbl specifically and centrally inhibited food intake. According to analyses of daily feeding patterns, this feeding suppression was the result of a decrease in meal size, not from changes in the postprandial intermeal interval or eating speed. The suppressed food intake was accompanied by hyperglycemia, leaving plasma insulin unaffected. Unilateral micro injection of 0.01 u mot ginsenoside Rb, into the ventromedial hypothalamus specifically decreased food intake, although equimolar injection into the lateral hypothalamic area did not affect food intake. Following continuous infusion of Rg, into the third cerebroventricle, the feeding inhibition due to surgical operation was attenuated. Rbs administered by the same procedure abolished the toxic effect of toxohormone-L on food intake. Taken together, these findings suggest that ginsenoside as a whole may have pharmacological potency to maintain feeding at a certain physiological level.

• 생약학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.219-224
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• 1991

Liver protective effects of ginsenosides as well as fractions of dammarane glycosides of Panax ginseng were studied using galactosamine (GalN)-induced cytotoxicity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Preventing effects on GalN-induced hepatotoxicity were found both microscopic observation and determination of GPT level with total dammarane glycosides fraction and $20(S)-ginsenoside-Rb_1$ as well as $20(S)-ginsenoside-Rg_1$ at the concentration of $50{\mu}g/ml$. The syntheses of both protein and RNA were significantly increased by the treatment of $50{\mu}g/ml$ of total dammarane glycoside fraction, $20(S)-ginsenoside-Rb_1$, -Rc, -Re and $-Rg_1$, respectively in both normal and GalN-induced cytotoxic hepatocytes.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.212-218
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• 1995

A human hepatoma cell line, hep G2, was used to investigate the mechanism of serum cholesterol reduction by ginseng total saponin, ginsenoside-$Rb_1$, - $Rb_2$, and non-saponin fraction (ether extraction). Hep G2 cells were incubated in 10 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml of cholesterol containing serum free-RPMl1640 medium with various concentration of ginseng components. The amounts of cholesterol in Hep G2 cells were decreased to maximum 51% in total saponin or two ginsenoside-treated groups while there was 137% increase in cholesterol level of control group as compared with that of normal group. Nonsaponin groups did not show the same effect. In order to elucidate the observed changes in the amount of cholesterol, the activity of amyl CoA : cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) in groups showing remarkable reduction in cholesterol amount, i.e., total saponin 10-6%, ginsenoside-$Rb_1$ $10^{-4}$%, ginsenoside-$Rb_2$, $10^{-4}$%, and non-saponin fraction $10^{-4}$%, was assayed using [1-$^{-14}C$%]oleic acid as enzyme substrate. The activity of ACAT was increased in all groups tested as compared with that of control group except for non-saponin group cultured in water soluble cholesterol containing medium. The serum cholesterol lowering effects of ginseng components can partially be attributed to the increased hepatocellular ACAT activity.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2007

HPLC에 의한 미량 Ginsenoside의 분석법을 확립하고자 연구를 수행하였던 바, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 인삼 ginsenosid의 분석은 많이 시도되어 왔으나 주요 사포닌 및 미량 사포닌의 분석법이 정립되지 않고 있는 실정인바, 본 연구에서는 이동상 용매의 기울기 용리를 다양하게 변화를 주어 Rb$_1$, Rb$_2$, Rb$_3$, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf Rg$_1$, Rg$_2$, Rg$_3$, Rh$_1$, Rh$_2$의 총 12종의 사포닌을 양호하게 분리하는데 성공하였다. 이동상의 흐름 속도는 1.00ml/min이고 column온도는 35$^{\circ}$C, UV detector의 파장은 203nm로 모두 일정하게 한 결과였으며, 최적의 분석조건은 H$_2$O와 CH$_3$CN의 용매 조성이 82/18, 70/30, 55/45, 50/50으로 각각의 ginsenosides의 안정적인 Area 값을 얻을 수 있었고 재현성을 시도해본 결과, 반복간 편차가 적어 재현성이 매우 양호한 것으로 나타났다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.217-220
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• 2006

This study compared the contents of ginsenoside according to the extract conditions of red ginseng to provide basic information for developing functional food using red ginseng. According to the result, the content of crude saponin was highest in 72 hours of extraction at $82^{\circ}C$ (RG-823). The content of prosapogenin (ginsenoside $Rh_1,\;Rh_2,\;Rg_2,\;Rg_3$) was highest in 48 hours of extraction, and followed by 72 and 24 hours at $82^{\circ}C$. And at $93^{\circ}C$ the prosapogenin contents were highest in the order of 48 hours, and next in 24 and 72 hours. In addition, ginsenoside $Rb_1,\;Rb_2$ Rc and Re were not detected in 72 hours of extraction at $93^{\circ}C$ (RG-933) presumedly due to hydrolysis, but ginsenoside Rd, Rf and $Rg_1$ were detected as long as 72 hours of extraction. These results show that protopanaxatriol group is relatively more resistant to heat than protopanaxadiol group.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2007

본 실험은 홍삼을 이용하여 주름 예방에 효과가 있는 건강 기능 식품을 개발하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용하고자 홍삼이 사람의 섬유아세포에 대한 콜라겐 생합성 정도, 콜라겐 분해효소 활성, 세포 증식, 항산화 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 조사포닌은 홍삼물엑기스 (WE), 에탄올 엑기스 (EE), 에탄올엑기스를 88% 주정으로 용해시켜 정제한 엑기스 (PE) 에서 각각 72 mg/g, 107 mg/g, 220 mg/g으로 함유되어 있었다. 홍삼시료는 1 ${\mu}g/ml$, 5 ${\mu}g/ml$, 10 ${\mu}g/ml$의 농도로 첨가하여 섬유아세포를 배양하였다 . 콜라겐 생합성 정도는 대조군이 1.86 ${\mu}g/ml$이었고 Retinoic acid의 경우 0.03 ${\mu}g/ml$의 농도로 처리했을 때 2.85 ${\mu}g/ml$이었다 . 홍삼의 첨가농도 10 ${\mu}g/ml$을 기준으로 할 때 물엑기스에서는 대조군과 유사하였고, EE (ethanol extract)에서는 2.05 ${\mu}g/ml$, PE (purified ethanol extract)에서는 2.58 ${\mu}g/ml$, ginsenoside $Rg_1$은 2.01 ${\mu}g/ml$이었으며 $Rb_1$은 3.07 ${\mu}g/ml$의 콜라겐을 생성하여 대조군에 비하여 165% 증가하였으며 retinoic acid보다 더 높았다. MMP-1 활성에서는 10 ${\mu}g/ml$의 농도로 배양했을 때 EE, PE, $Rg_1$, $Rb_1$에서 대조군의 92%, 94%, 91%, 48%을 나타내어 $Rb_1$이 저해효과가 뚜렷하였다. MTT assay에서 모든 시료는 대조군에 비하여 84%${\sim}$96%의 수준으로 세포 생존율을 나타내어 의미있는 세포 독성을 나타내지 않았다. 항산화 정도를 나타내는 SOD 활성은 높은 수준은 아니었으나 Vit.C에 비하여 28${\sim}$79%의 활성을 나타내었다. 이상의 실험 결과를 종합해 볼 때 홍삼 시료는 사람의 섬유아세포에 대하여 콜라겐 생합성을 증가시키고 MMP-I 활성을 억제하였으며 항산화 효과를 나타내어 피부 주름 생성을 억제하는 효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었고, 홍삼의 사포닌 성분 중에서는 $ginsenoside-Rg_1$에 비하여 $ginsenoside-Rb_1$이 더 효과적이었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2010

Ethanol and water extracts of white and fermented ginseng were prepared and their ginsenoside composition and antioxidant effects were assessed. The main ginsenosides in white ginseng were $Rb_1$ > Re > $Rg_1$, and those in fermented ginseng were $Rb_2+Rb_3$ > Rd > $Rg_1$. Ginsenosides Rd and $Rg_3$ in fermented ginseng were enriched 11 and 58 times, respectively, over that in white ginseng through fermentation with five Bacillus spp. The greatest levels of 2-deoxyribose and superoxide anion dismutase-like activities were found in 50% ethanol extracts of fermented ginseng. Thus, these data suggest that white ginseng has the greatest free radical scavenging activity and that fermented ginseng has the highest antioxidant activity.