• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.464-470
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• 2018

Background: Ginseng produced by hydroponics can be cultivated without using agricultural chemicals; thus, it can be used as a raw materials for functional foods, medicines, and cosmetics. This study aimed to determine the optimal harvesting time to obtain the highest levels of ginsenoside and ginseng, as this was not previously unknown. Methods and Results: One-year-old organic ginseng seedlings were transplanted and cultivated using hydroponics for 150 days in a venlo-type greenhouse, using ginseng nursery bed soil and a nutrient solution ($NO_3{^-}-N$; 6.165, P; 3.525, K; 5.625, Ca; 4.365, Mg; 5.085, S; $5.31mEq/{\ell}$). Ginsenoside content and fresh and dry weights were higher at 120 days after transplanting than at 30, 60, 90, and 150 days. Total ginsenoside content was 11.86 times higher in the leaf and stem than in the root at 120 days after transplanting. Ginsenosides F1, F2, F3, and F5 were detected in ginseng leaves and stems. These chemical compounds are known to be effective in altering skin properties, including whitening, anti-inflammation, and anti-aging. Conclusions: Optimal harvesting time for ginseng cultivated using hydroponics was 120 days after transplanting when the biomass and ginsenoside content were highest.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.539-549
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• 2019

Background: 20(S)-Protopanaxadiol (PPD), the aglycone part of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol ginsenosides, possesses antidepressant activity among many other pharmacological activities. It is currently undergoing clinical trial in China as an antidepressant. Methods: In this study, an ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole time-of-flight mass tandem mass spectrometry method was established to identify the metabolites of PPD in human plasma and urine following oral administration in phase IIa clinical trial. Results: A total of 40 metabolites in human plasma and urine were identified using this method. Four metabolites identified were isolated from rat feces, and two of them were analyzed by NMR to elucidate the exact structures. The structures of isolated compounds were confirmed as (20S,24S)-epoxydammarane-12,23,25-triol-3-one and (20S,24S)-epoxydammarane-3,12,23,25-tetrol. Both compounds were found as metabolites in human for the first time. Upon comparing our findings with the findings of the in vitro study of PPD metabolism in human liver microsomes and human hepatocytes, metabolites with m/z 475.3783 and phase II metabolites were not found in our study whereas metabolites with m/z 505.3530, 523.3641, and 525.3788 were exclusively detected in our experiments. Conclusion: The metabolites identified using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry in our study were mostly hydroxylated metabolites. This indicated that PPD was metabolized in human body mainly through phase I hepatic metabolism. The main metabolites are in 20,24-oxide form with multiple hydroxylation sites. Finally, the metabolic pathways of PPD in vivo (human) were proposed based on structural analysis.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2021

Background: Panax ginseng, as one of the most widely used herbal medicines worldwide, has been studied comprehensively in terms of the chemical components and pharmacology. The proteins from ginseng are also of great importance for both nutrition value and the mechanism of secondary metabolites. However, the proteomic studies are less reported in the absence of the genome information. With the completion of ginseng genome sequencing, the proteome profiling has become available for the functional study of ginseng protein components. Methods: We optimized the protein extraction process systematically by using SDS-PAGE and one-dimensional liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. The extracted proteins were then analyzed by two-dimensional chromatography separation and cutting-edge mass spectrometry technique. Results: A total of 2,732 and 3,608 proteins were identified from ginseng root and cauline leaf, respectively, which was the largest data set reported so far. Only around 50% protein overlapped between the cauline leaf and root tissue parts because of the function assignment for plant growing. Further gene ontology and KEGG pathway revealed the distinguish difference between ginseng root and leaf, which accounts for the photosynthesis and metabolic process. With in-deep analysis of functional proteins related to ginsenoside synthesis, we interestingly found the cytochrome P450 and UDP-glycosyltransferase expression extensively in cauline leaf but not in the root, indicating that the post glucoside synthesis of ginsenosides might be carried out when growing and then transported to the root at withering. Conclusion: The systematically proteome analysis of Panax ginseng will provide us comprehensive understanding of ginsenoside synthesis and guidance for artificial cultivation.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the changes in ingredients according to its cultivation method by examining the content of saponin and non-saponin components of ginseng. Methods: Ginseng saponin component analysis was compared and reviewed using the high-performance liquid chromatography method, and acidic polysaccharide component was measured using the carbazole sulfuric acid method. Results: The comparative analysis of ginseng saponin content of 4 and 6 years old fresh ginseng showed the following results. According to the cultivation method, upland field cultivation fresh ginseng showed higher average content of crude saponin than paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng. Whereas, paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng showed higher average content of total saponin than upland field cultivation fresh ginseng. Ginsenoside Rb1 showed higher content of paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng than upland field cultivation fresh ginseng in 6 years old ginseng. However, it showed higher content of upland field cultivation fresh ginseng than paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng in 4 years old ginseng. Additionally, ginsenoside Rg1 showed higher content of paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng than upland field cultivation fresh ginseng in 6 years old ginseng, whereas upland field cultivation fresh ginseng showed higher content of paddy field cultivation fresh ginseng in 4 years old ginseng. The effect on the content of ginseng saponins and acidic polysaccharides according to paddy field and upland field cultivation methods is considered to be small. Conclusions: The paddy field cultivation method, which is more efficient in production cost due to depletion of farmland and long-distance cultivation, is considered to be an economical cultivation method.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2024

Ginseng is a traditional herbal medicine used for prevention and treatment of various diseases as a tonic. Recent scientific cohort studies on life prolongation with ginseng consumption support this record, as those who consumed ginseng for more than 5 years had reduced mortality and cognitive decline compared to those who did not. Clinical studies have also shown that acute or long-term intake of ginseng total extract improves acute working memory performance or cognitive function in healthy individuals and those with subjective memory impairment (SMI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or early Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia who are taking AD medication(s). Ginseng contains various components ranging from classical ginsenosides and polysaccharides to more recently described gintonin. However, it is unclear which ginseng component(s) might be the main candidate that contribute to memory or cognitive improvements or prevent cognitive decline in older individuals. This review describes recent clinical contributors to ginseng components in clinical tests and introduces emerging evidence that ginseng components could be novel candidates for cognitive improvement in older individuals, as ginseng components improve SMI cognition and exhibits add-on effects when coadministered with early AD dementia drugs. The mechanism behind the beneficial effects of ginseng components and how it improves cognition are presented. Additionally, this review shows how ginseng components can contribute to SMI, MCI, or early AD dementia when used as a supplementary food and/or medicine, and proposes a novel combination therapy of current AD medicines with ginseng component(s).

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.464-473
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• 2024

Background: The effects of individual panaxadiol saponin and panaxatriol saponin on rodent models of Parkinson's disease (PD) have been recognized. However, it is not clear whether purified total ginsenosides as an entirety has effect against PD in rat model. This study compared the protective effects of a purified panaxadiol saponin fraction (PDSF), a purified panaxatriol saponin fraction (PTSF), and their mixtures against the rotenone (ROT)-induced PD in rats. Methods: Potential effects of PDSF, PTSF, and their mixtures against motor dysfunction and impairments of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons (DN), blood-brain barrier (BBB), cerebrovascular endothelial cells (CEC), and glial cells were measured in the models of ROT-induced PD rats and cell damage. Pro-inflammatory NF-kB p65 (p65) activation was localized in DN and other cells in the striatum. Results: PDSF and PTSF had a dose-dependent effect against motor dysfunction with a larger effective dose range for PDSF. PDSF protected CEC, glial cells, and DN in models of PD rats and cell damage, while PTSF had no such protections. Chronic ROT exposure potently activated p65 in CEC with enhanced pro-inflammatory and decreased anti-inflammatory factors and impaired BBB in the striatum, PDSF almost completely blocked the ROT-induced p65 activation and maintained both anti- and pro-inflammatory factors at normal levels and BBB integrity, but PTSF aggravated the p65 activation with impaired BBB. Furthermore, PTSF nullified all the effects of PDSF when they were co-administrated. Conclusion: PDSF had significant protective effect against the ROT-induced PD in rats by protecting CEC, glial cells, and DN, likely through inhibiting NF-κB p65 in CEC from triggering neuroinflammation, and also directly protecting glial cells and neurons against ROT-induced toxicity. PDSF has great potential for preventing and treating PD.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 식물공장을 통해 생산된 새싹인삼을 크기에 따라 분류하고 이를 지상부와 지하부로 나누어 진세노사이드 함량과 항산화 활성을 비교하였다. 지상부의 경우 총 phenolic 함량은 중간 크기인 M에서 5.16 GAE mg/g로 가장 높았으며 가장 큰 크기인 L에서 2.23 GAE mg/g으로 가장 낮은 함량을 보였다. 지하부 역시 M 크기에서 가장 높은 함량을 보였으나, 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 한편, 총 flavonoid 함량 역시 지상부(5.16 RE mg/g) 와 지하부(1.28 RE mg/g) 모두 M 크기에서 높은 함량을 보였다. 지상부의 주요 진세노사이드는 Re (20.33-24.15 mg/g) > Rd (11.36-27.42 mg/g) > Rg1 (4.48-5.54 mg/g) 순 있었고 지하부는 Rb1 (5.09-8.61 mg/g) > Re (4.48-5.54 mg/g) > Rc (3.11-4.11 mg/g) 순 있었다. M 크기의 경우 Re와 Rd는 각각 지상부에서 24.15 mg/g과 27.42 mg/g 및 지하부에서 5.20 mg/g과 1.43 mg으로 약 4배와 19배 높은 함량을 보였다. 지상부에는 F3 및 Rh1이 검출되었으나, 지하부에서는 검출되지 않았다. DPPH (74.95%)와 ABTS (94.47%), hydroxyl (70.39%) 라디칼 소거 활성 및 FRAP (2.169) 활성은 다른 크기들보다 M 크기에서 가장 높은 활성을 보였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.645-659
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 콤부차에 적합한 새싹인삼 함량을 확인하기 위해 이화학적 특징, 대사산물, 수용성 phenolics, 수용성 flavonoids, ginsenosides, phenolic acids, flavonols 함량 및 항산화 활성을 분석하였다. 콤부차(CT), 딸기 콤부차(ST) 및 새싹인삼 딸기 콤부차(ST+GS)의 유리 아미노산 총 함량은 ST+GS(273.38 mg/100 mL)가 CT(18.9 mg/100 mL), ST (84.9 mg/100 mL)보다 약 3.2-14.5배 높았다. 무기질 총 함량은 ST+GS(63.99 mg/100 mL)가 CT(15.45 mg/100 mL), ST(19.28 mg/100 mL)보다 약 3.3-4.1배 높았다. 수용성 phenolics는 1.2 mg GAE/mL로 각각 1.9배와 1.8배가량 높았으며, 수용성 flavonoids 또한 0.14 mg RE/mL로 7배와 4.7배가량 높았다. 진세노사이드의 경우 CT와 ST에서는 검출되지 않았으나 ST+GS에서는 ginsenoside Ro, Rg2, Rh1, F2, Rg3 및 compound K가 각각 1.35, 2.4, 4.5, 9.0, 4.6 및 7.8 mg/100 mL씩 검출되었다. Phenolic acids 및 flavonols 함량 또한 ST+GS에서 CT 및 ST와 비교해 높게 검출되었으며, phenolic acids 함량은 각각 1.5배 및 1.2배 높았으며 flavonols 함량의 경우 각각 1.6배 및 1.3배 높게 검출되었다. 항산화 활성은 모든 항목에서 ST+GS가 우수하였다. 이러한 결과는 새싹인삼 첨가가 콤부차의 이점을 더 향상시킨다는 것을 보여준다. 따라서 콤부차에 딸기 및 새싹인삼 농축액을 첨가하였을 때 대사산물 함량과 생리활성이 유의적으로 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이러한 결과를 통해 새싹인삼 함유 콤부차는 콤부차 산업에서의 활용 가치가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 하지만 새싹인삼 콤부차의 상용화를 위해서는 본 연구를 기초자료로 하여 새싹인삼 가공 형태별, 발효 미생물 종류별, 기호성 평가 등 추가적인 연구가 더 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제65권3호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2022

새싹인삼은 잎부터 뿌리까지 섭취가 가능하며 스마트 팜 또는 식물공장에서 재배 시 계절에 영향을 받지 않으며 농약을 사용하지 않아도 되는 이점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 새싹인삼의 최적 재배 시기를 확인하고 영양성분과 항산화 활성을 비교 분석하였다. 생육 시기에 따른 지방산과 무기질 함량은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 총 아미노산 함량은 45일까지 약간 감소하였고 이후에는 증가하였으며 생육 65일 arginine 함량은 3309.11 mg/100 g으로 가장 높게 확인되었다. 총 ginsenoside 함량은 생육기간 동안 큰 변화가 없었다(25일 29.83 mg/g→45일 32.77 mg/g→65일 26.02 mg/g). Ginsenoside Rg2 (0.62 mg/g), Re (8.69 mg/g), Rb1 (4.75 mg/g) 및 Rd (3.47 mg/g)의 함량은 생육기간 중 45일에 가장 높았다. Phenolic acids와 flavonols 함량은 생육 45일 (338.6 및 1277.14 ㎍/g)까지 증가 후 65일까지 감소하였다. Phenolic acids와 flavonols의 주요 화합물은 각각 benzoic acid (99.03-142.33 ㎍/g)와 epigallocatechin (416.03-554.64 ㎍/g)로 확인되었다. DPPH (44.27%), ABTS (75.16%)와 hydroxyl (63.29%) 라디칼 소거활성 및 FRAP 환원력(1.573 OD_573nm) 또한 총 phenolics 및 총 flavonolids 함량과 마찬가지로 생육 45일에 가장 높은 활성을 보였다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to prepare black Panax ginseng leaf (PGL) and evaluate its antioxidative effect. In order to make black PGL, the raw PGL was successiely steamed at $95^{\circ}C$ for 3 hr nine times. The antioxidant activities of total saponins (Sa) from PGL and black PGL against peroxyl radicals and peroxynitrites were determined by the total oxy-radical scavenging capacity (TOSC) assay. Specific TOSC values for black PGL-Sa against peroxyl radicals and peroxynitrites were 2.3-fold and 2.1-fold of PGL-Sa, respectively, and 2.2-fold and 5.2-fold of glutathione, a positive control antioxidant, respectively. The black PGL-Sa exhibited stronger antioxidative effect than PGL-Sa. The main ginsenosides of black PGL were $Rg_3,\;Rk_1\;and\;Rg_5$. Among the saponins in black PGL, the amount of ginsenoside $Rg_3$ was examined by HPLC. 22.12 mg of ginsenoside $Rg_3$ was obtained from 1g of dried black PGL.