• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.373-383
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• 2024

Background: Network pharmacology has emerged as a powerful tool to understand the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of natural products. However, there is a lack of comprehensive evaluations of network-based approaches for natural products on identifying therapeutic effects and key mechanisms. Purpose: We systematically explore the capabilities of network-based approaches on natural products, using Panax ginseng as a case study. P. ginseng is a widely used herb with a variety of therapeutic benefits, but its active ingredients and mechanisms of action on chronic diseases are not yet fully understood. Methods: Our study compiled and constructed a network focusing on P. ginseng by collecting and integrating data on ingredients, protein targets, and known indications. We then evaluated the performance of different network-based methods for summarizing known and unknown disease associations. The predicted results were validated in the hepatic stellate cell model. Results: We find that our multiscale interaction-based approach achieved an AUROC of 0.697 and an AUPR of 0.026, which outperforms other network-based approaches. As a case study, we further tested the ability of multiscale interactome-based approaches to identify active ingredients and their plausible mechanisms for breast cancer and liver cirrhosis. We also validated the beneficial effects of unreported and top-predicted ingredients, in cases of liver cirrhosis and gastrointestinal neoplasms. Conclusion: our study provides a promising framework to systematically explore the therapeutic effects and key mechanisms of natural products, and highlights the potential of network-based approaches in natural product research.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2006

우리나라의 건강기능식품법에서는 인삼 또는 홍삼의 기능성이 자양강장, 면역증진 및 원기회복으로 한정되어 있다. 지금까지 홍삼에 함유된 갈변물질과 산성다당체에 대해서 많은 연구가 수행되었는데, 갈변물질은 항산화 활성과 면역증진기능, 그리고 산성다당체는 소화기관암의 증상개선, 면역기능 증진, 혈압개선, 혈액응고방지, 조혈기능, 알콜해독(간기능 회복, 고지혈 개선 등) 등의 효능이 우수하다고 보고되었다. 이러한 관점에서 현재 인삼과 홍삼의 3가지 기능성외에 항산화활성이라든지 그 외 더 많은 기능성을 추가할 필요성이 있으며, 또 홍삼에 함유되어 있는 활성성분을 적극적으로 이용하여 기준규격형제품은 물론이고 질병위험감소에 대해서 기능성을 표시할 수 있는 개별인정형 제품이나 나아가서는 일반 또는 전문의약품으로 개발하여 홍삼의 이용 가능성을 극대화시키고 국제적으로 경쟁력이 있는 한국인삼으로 그 위상을 제고시켜야 한다고 생각한다.

• 인삼문화
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• 제6권
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• pp.116-134
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• 2024

본 연구는 인삼 시장에 대한 분석을 통해 고려인삼 수출의 문제점을 파악하고자 하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 동북아시아의 주요 인삼 생산국인 한국과 중국의 인삼 경작면적, 수확 면적, 생산량 등의 인삼 생산 현황에 대해 파악하였고 한국의 경우 인삼의 평균 가격, 경영비용, 생산비용 등을 별도로 정리함으로써 생산 측면의 고려인삼의 생산 경쟁력을 보여주고자 하였다. 이어 주요 인삼수출국으로서의 한국, 중국, 홍콩의 수출량, 수출액, 수출단가와 같은 수출 동향과 주요 수출 품목 및 관세율 등의 수출 데이터를 정리하여 고려인삼의 수출 경쟁력을 보여주고자 하였다. 이에 덧붙여 중국, 홍콩, 대만의 인삼 소비 현황을 다양한 사례와 사건을 통해 보여줌으로써 수출국 현지의 소비 형태를 파악하고자 하였다. 생산, 수출, 소비 등에 대한 정보를 미루어봤을 때, 본 연구는 고려인삼의 수출 과정의 장애 요소를 수출시장의 경기침체, 취약한 고려인삼의 가격 경쟁력, 중국 삼과 서양 삼 등 경쟁제품의 시장점유율 증가, 홍보와 판촉의 부족, 다양한 인삼 제품의 개발과 수출의 부족 등으로 도출했다. 동시에 이를 극복하기 위한 방법으로 수출 다각화, 효과적인 생산 시스템 구축, 품질 및 브랜드 강화, 홍보와 마케팅 강화, 다양한 제품 개발 등의 전략을 제안한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-34
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• 1979

Our nation is confronted with the situation that the rice, a principal food, short of some essential amino acids, leads to imbalanced meals insufficient in the nutrient of Protein, to bring many difficulties in the elevation of nutritional state in our nation. While. our country has been produced much amounts of Panax Ginseng roots which has a stimulating effects on the metabolism of protein, lipid and nucleic acids in the body. And the leaf and trunk of Panax Ginseng were also produced a considerable amounts as the by-products. Author believe that these by-products (leaf and trunk) of Panax Ginseng might have some components possessing simillar activity with Panax Ginseng root although the quantity and qualify of the functional components may more or less be different. Therefore, this study was demised to observe the supplemental effect of the Panax Ginseng-by-Products on the dietary protein efficiency and nutritional state of rats. The feeds used for this experiment were rice containing 30% barely, fish four, and the leaf, trunk and small root of the Panax Ginseng, and the contents of the general nutrients including protein, lipid and carbohydrate etc. in each feed were analyzed for the combination of each feed. And, being based on analytical values of Protein in food. fish Pour as Protein source was added were rice containing 30% barely to be include 8.6 to 8.7%, 12%, 15% and 18% of protein. Then 2% of the leaf, trunk or small reef of Panax Ginseng was supplemented into each of above protein diet group, ton 16 kinds of diets were Prepared. The male albino rats from a Pure strain, weighing 70g to 80g. were used for experimental animals. They were maintained with coresponding fist for f and 8 weeks, and the growth rate, consumption of diets and protein, efficiency of feed and Protein in animals were determined. The lipids, proteins and cholesterols in serum and liver were also determined quantitatively after they were sacrificed in coresponding term. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. Body weigh of diet group containing 8.6 to 8.7%,12%, and 15% of protein are increased remarkably by supplement of 2% of the leaf or small root of Panax Ginseng in comparison with each of controls. But this tendency could not observed in diet group containing 18eA Proteins. 2. Feed efficiency showed same tendency in comparison with changes of gained body weight. Specially, in each of diets containing 8.7%, 12%, 15% and 18% of Proteins, supplement of the leaf of Panax Ginseng showed the better feed efficiency than supplement of the trunk or small root. 3. In feeding group for 8 weeks, protein efficiency showed worst efficiency in diet containing 18% proteins and showed the best efficiency was the diet group containing 12% Proteins. And the efficiency was improved according to supplement of the leaf of Panax Ginseng. 4. Nitrogen contents in serum and liver did not show large differences each other in all diet groups. But contexts of total cholesterol and 1ipid were decreased markedly in diet groups containing 12%, 15% and 18% of proteins in comparison with diet group containing 8.6% to 8.8% of proteins.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2000

비만은 동맥경화의 위험인자로서 혈중에 triglyceride의 농도를 증가시키고, 상대적으로 HDL-Cholesterol의 농도를 감소시킴과 동시에 수축기 혈압을 상승시킨다. 본 연구에서 홍삼제품류를 4년 또는 5년 동안 복용해 온 건강한 사람 (ginseng군)과 홍삼제품을 복용하지 않은 건강한 사람 (control군)을 대상으로 하여 신체 계측치로부터 비만지수를 구하고 이것과 혈중의 triglyceride (TG) 농도, TG/HDL-Cholesterol ratio 및 수축기 혈압과의 상호관계를 연구한 바, ginseng군에서는 대조군에 비해 혈중의 TG 농도가 일정하게 유지되었고, TG/HDL-Cholesterol ratio 및 수축기 혈압도 일정하게 유지되었다. 이러한 현상은 ginseng군에서 기호품으로 alcohol을 섭취하거나, 흡연을 한 경우에도 상관없이 일정하게 유지되었다. 이 결과는 홍삼제품류를 장기 복용하면 비만의 저하 및 고혈압 또는 동맥경화의 위험인자가 억제될 수 있고, 결론적으로 비만, 고혈압 및 동맥경화를 예방할 수 있을 것으로 추정한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.577-584
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• 2018

Background: Ginseng (Panax ginseng) is a widely used traditional herbal supplement that possesses various health-enhancing efficacies. Various ginseng products are available in market, especially in the Korean peninsula, in the form of drinks, tablets, and capsules. The different ginseng types include the traditional red ginseng extract (RGE), white ginseng, and black red ginseng extract (BRGE). Their fermented and enzyme-treated products are also available. Different treatment regimens alter the bioavailability of certain compounds present in the respective ginseng extracts. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to compare the antioxidant and immune-stimulating activities of RGE, BRGE, and fermented red ginseng extract (FRGE). Methods: We used an acetaminophen-induced oxidative stress model for investigating the reduction of oxidative stress by RGE, BRGE, and FRGE in Sprague Dawley rats. A cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression model was used to evaluate the immune-stimulating activities of these ginseng extracts in BALB/c mice. Results: Our results showed that most prominently, RGE (in almost all experiments) exhibited excellent antioxidant effects via increasing superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase activities in the liver and decreasing serum 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, aspartate aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase levels compared with the groups treated with FRGE and BRGE. Moreover, RGE significantly increased the number of white blood cells, especially T and B lymphocytes, and antibody-forming cells in the spleen and thymus, and it also activated a number of immune cell subtypes. Conclusion: Taken together, these results indicate that RGE is the best supplement for consumption in everyday life for overall health-enhancing properties.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2012

수삼을 건삼, 홍삼 및 농축액으로 제조하는 과정 중 difenoconazole의 잔류특성을 구명하고 가공계수를 산출하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 약제 살포는 2009년(4년근)과 2010년(5년근) 2년에 걸쳐 안전사용기준에 준하여 약제를 살포하였으며, 수확한 인삼은 (주)한국인삼공사의 공인된 방법으로 건삼과 홍삼으로 제조한 후 각각의 물과 알코올 농축액을 제조하였다. 수삼 중 시험농약의 검출한계와 정량한계는 0.001과 0.003 mg/kg이었으며, 가공품의 경우 0.002와 0.007 mg/kg이었다. 4년근 수삼 및 가공품의 잔류량은 0.006-0.017 mg/kg이었으며, 5년근 수삼 및 가공품의 잔류량은 0.042-0.196 mg/kg으로 5년근 수삼 및 가공품 잔류량이 4년근 수삼 및 가공품 잔류량 보다 증가하였다. 수삼과 가공품의 잔류량 비로 산출한 가공계수는 4년근 건삼의 경우 1.71-2.17, 홍삼 1.62-2.03, 농축액 1.76-2.98이었으며, 5년근의 경우 건삼 2.89-3.07, 홍삼 1.89-2.20, 농축액 2.36-4.67이었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.214-224
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• 2022

Red ginseng oil (RGO), rather than the conventional aqueous extract of red ginseng, has been receiving much attention due to accumulating evidence of its functional and pharmacological potential. In this review, we describe the key extraction technologies, chemical composition, potential health benefits, and safety of RGO. This review emphasizes the proposed molecular mechanisms by which RGO is involved in various bioactivities. RGO is mainly produced using organic solvents or supercritical fluid extraction, with the choice of method greatly affecting the yield and quality of the end products. RGO contains a high unsaturated fatty acid levels along with considerable amounts of lipophilic components such as phytosterols, tocopherols, and polyacetylenes. The beneficial health properties of RGO include cellular defense, antioxidation, anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis, chemoprevention, hair growth promotion, and skin health improvement. We propose several molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways that underlie the bioactivity of RGO. In addition, RGO is regarded as safe and nontoxic. Further studies on RGO must focus on a deeper understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms, composition-functionality relationship, and verification of the bioactivities of RGO in clinical models. This review may provide useful information in the development of RGO-based products in nutraceuticals, functional foods, and functional cosmetics.

• 한국의사학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2016

Ginseng, a Korean native herb, has been a symbol of mystic cure-all which provides longevity benefits throughout Korean history. According to Chinese historical records, a major source of wild ginseng has been described as Korean peninsula, which is the most suitable ginseng production area, and the Manchu region near Mt. Baekdu and the Maritime Province. Since Tang dynasty period (618-917 CE), Chinese has also called ginseng as "Goryeo Ginseng", which is named after "Goguryeo" (37 BCE-668 CE), an ancient kingdom of Korea, from which they mainly imported the herb as the region was famous for its high quality of ginseng. To date, it refers to Korean ginseng. This study compares the medicinal properties of ginseng as stated in the ancient Korean medical books with the major Korean historical records regarding the usage of ginseng and its symbolism of longevity in everyday life. By contrasting these findings, we tried to figure out how the actual medicinal properties of ginseng and the anticipation of longevity are related. It was confirmed that the expectations about longevity were widely applied to everyday life. In addition, the study investigates the various usage of ginseng as a motive for decorative patterns and as an ingredient for daily products including snacks, health drinks, various types of food, clothing patterns, and so on. Finally, the usage of ginseng ingredients in the cosmetic products fulfilled the desire of Korean people to purchase, showing the aesthetic recognition and medicinal understandings about the herb. These findings suggest that ginseng is an important medicinal agent that not only symbolizes longevity and good health but also has a great influence on the lives of Koreans.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.123-129
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• 1989

국내외로 다변화하는 소비기호추세에 영합할 수 있는 제형으로의 제품개발을 위하여 국내의 가정주부를 대상으로 소비기호동향을 조사 $.$ 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 가정주부들이 애용하는 다류는 커피>율무차>인삼차>홍차의 순이었고, 80% 이상이 인삼을 식품으로 인식하고 있었으며, 56% 정도가 인삼의 효과를 인정하였으나 약 43%가 체질에 따라 다르다고 인식하고 있어 체질과의 상관관계 연구가 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 90% 이상이 인삼의 복용경험을 가지고 있었고, 복용 시 기대효과는 주로 약리적인 것으로 과음이 으뜸이었다. 복용방법은 전통적인 복용형태인 탕으로 다려 먹는 방법을 가장 애용하고 있었다. 인삼의 향취미는 88% 이상이 좋은 반응을 보였고, 70% 이상이 유통가격을 복용의 기피요인으로 평가하고 있어 유통구조개선과 아울러 원가절감 개선을 위한 연구가 절실한 것으로 사료된다. 시판 인삼가공제품에 대한 인지율과 구입 및 복용경험은 제형에 따라 큰 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 인삼차와 인삼드링크류는 기호도가 아주 높은 반면 인삼캡슐과 인삼타브렐는 아주 낮았고, 평균 인지갯수는 4개이었다. 연령에 따라 인삼 및 인삼가공제품에 대한 기호도가 상당한 차이를 나타내고 있어 소비대상을 연령별로 면밀히 분석 구분하고 기호에 영합할 수 있는 새로운 제품으로의 제형개발과 기존제품의 품질개선이 이루어져 야 할 것으로 사료된다.