Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference (한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2012.05a
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- Pages.8-8
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- 2012
Development of Consumer demand Ginseng Products Using Saponin Modification Techniques
사포닌 변환에 의한 맞춤형 인삼제품개발
- Yang, Deok-Chun (Dept of Oriental Medicinal Materials and Processing, Korean Ginseng Center and Ginseng Resource Bank, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Choi, Kwang-Tae (Dept of Oriental Medicinal Materials and Processing, Korean Ginseng Center and Ginseng Resource Bank, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2012.05.11
Abstract
Ginseng have been traditionally used for strengthening immunity, providing nutrition and recovering health from fatigue. Recently, pharmaceutical activities of ginseng roots have been proven by many researches, and ginseng has become a world-famous medicinal plant. Ginseng saponin, ginsenoside, is one of the most important secondary metabolite in ginseng which has various pharmacological activities. Many studies have aimed to convert major ginsenosides to the more active minor ginsenoside Rg3 for consumer demand ginseng product. Microbial strain GS514 strain was isolated from soil around ginseng roots for enzymatic preparation of ginsenoside Rg3, which strain shows strong ability of converting ginsenoside Rb1and Rd into Rg3 in the solution with NaCl. The gene encoding a
Keywords
- Consumer demand ginseng products;
- Saponin conversion;
- glycosidase gene;
- docking system;
- new ginseng products