The Korean Ginseng Root Transcriptome : Analysis of 6816 Expressed Sequence Tags

  • In, Jun-Gyo (BioPia Co., Ltd., Kyunghee Oriental Medicine Material and Processing Center) ;
  • Lee, Bum-Soo (BioPia Co., Ltd., Kyunghee Oriental Medicine Material and Processing Center) ;
  • Yang, Deok-Chun (Department of Oriental Medicine Material and Processing, Kyunghee University)
  • Published : 2003.04.01

Abstract

Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) is an representative medicinal herb. It is classified as an adaptogen, helping the body to adapt to stress, improving stamina and concentration, and providing a normalizing and restorative effect. However, cultivation and breeding of the plant is very difficult because it requires at least 4-year cultivation from seed germination to root harvest.(중략)

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