A Comparative Study of High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Analysis of Ginseng Saponin

인삼(人蔘)사포닌분석(分析)을 위한 고속액체(高速液體)크로마토그래피법(法)의 비교연구(比較硏究)

Ginseng saponins separated from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography using a carbohydrate analysis column. The effect on the resolution and retention time of each ginsenosides, as well as the addition effect of n-butanol on a acetonitrile/water system, was examined using various proportions of acetonitrile/water system (80/20-94/6) which have been used with typical solvent of carbohydrate analysis column. The retention time of each ginsenosides was greatly affected by the compositions and mixture proportions of the mobile phase and also markedly increased as the proprotion of acetonitrile in mobile phase increased. It was proved that acetonitrile/water system (80/20) and acetonitrile/water/n-butanol system (86/14/10) were very effective mobile phases for diol and triol sapoin analyses, respectively. According to the result obtained by this method, the PT/PD ratios of white and red ginseng saponins were 0.401 % and 0.561 %, respectively. Red ginseng increased PT/PD ratio, compared with white ginseng. This is attributed to the change of saponin pattern by processing method and the change of PT/PD ratio would greatly influence on the biochemical and pharmacological effects of ginseng and its products.

인삼(人蔘)사포닌중의 각(各) ginsenosides를 효과적(效果的)으로 분리(分離) 정량(定量)하기 위하여 carbohydrate analysis column을 사용(使用)한 HPLC로 전형적(典型的)인 용매(溶媒) system인 acetonitrile/water의 혼합비율(混合比率)을 80/20에서 94/6까지 조정(調整)하여 retention time과 분리능(分離能)과의 관계(關係)를 비교실험(比較試驗)하였고 또 n-butanol의 첨가효과(添加效果)도 조사(調査)하였다. 기본구조(基本構造)가 다른 diol saponin과 triol saponin을 같은 mobile phase로 만족하게 분리정량(分離定量)하기는 어렵다. 따라서 diol saponin은 acetonitrile/water system(80/20), trol saponin은 acetonitrile/water/n-butanol system(86/14/10)을 mobile phase로 하여 분석(分析)함이 효과적(效果的)이었다. 이 방법(方法)에 따라 백삼(白蔘)과 홍삼(紅蔘)을 정량(定量)한 결과(結果), diol saponin 함량(含量)은 큰 차이(差異)가 없으나 triol saponin 함량(含量)은 홍삼(紅蔘)이 백삼(白蔘)보다 증가(增加)하였다. 특(特)히 PT/PD ratin가 백삼(白蔘)은 0.401인데 비(比)해 홍삼(紅蔘)은 0.561로서 홍삼(紅蔘)이 백삼(白蔘)보다 약 1.4배(倍)나 높았다. 이것이 홍삼(紅蔘)의 생화학적약리효능(生化學的藥理效能)과 깊은 관계(關係)가 있다고 판단(判斷)되며 열처리(熱處理)에 의한 제조공정(製造工程)과 관계(關係)가 있다.