Hyun Woo Kim, Dae Hyun Kim, Byeol Ryu, You Jin Chung, Kyungha Lee, Young Chang Kim, Jung Woo Lee, Dong Hwi Kim, Woojong Jang, Woohyeon Cho, Hyeonah Shim, Sang Hyun Sung, Tae-Jin Yang, Kyo Bin Kang
Ginseng, the roots of Panax species, is an important medicinal herb used as a tonic. As ginsenosides are key bioactive components of ginseng, holistic chemical profiling of them has provided many insights into understanding ginseng. Mass spectrometry has been a major methodology for profiling, which has been applied to realize numerous goals in ginseng research, such as the discrimination of different species, geographical origins, and ages, and the monitoring of processing and biotransformation. This review summarizes the various applications of ginsenoside profiling in ginseng research over the last three decades that have contributed to expanding our understanding of ginseng...
March 2024: Journal of Ginseng Research