• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2018

Background: Furosine (${\varepsilon}$-N-2-furoylmethyl-L-lysine, FML) is an amino acid derivative, which is considered to be an important indicator of the extent of damage (deteriorating the quality of amino acid and proteins due to a blockage of lysine and a decrease in the digestibility of proteins) during the early stages of the Maillard reaction. In addition, FML has been proven to be harmful because it is closely related to a variety of diseases such as diabetes. The qualitative analysis of FML in fresh and processed ginsengs was confirmed using HPLC-MS. Methods: An ion-pair reversed-phase LC method was used for the quantitative analysis of FML in various ginseng samples. Results: The contents of FML in the ginseng samples were 3.35-42.28 g/kg protein. The lowest value was observed in the freshly collected ginseng samples, and the highest value was found in the black ginseng concentrate. Heat treatment and honey addition significantly increased the FML content from 3.35 g/kg protein to 42.28 g/kg protein. Conclusion: These results indicate that FML is a promising indicator to estimate the heat treatment degree and honey addition level during the manufacture of ginseng products. The FML content is also an important parameter to identity the quality of ginseng products. In addition, the generation and regulation of potentially harmful Maillard reaction products-FML in ginseng processing was also investigated, providing a solid theoretical foundation and valuable reference for safe ginseng processing.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2003

Red ginsengs are inspected manually by examining those in the dark room with back light illumination. Manual inspection is often influenced by physical condition of inspectors. Sometimes. the best grade, heaven. has some inner holes though it was inspected by a specialist. In order to resolve this problem, this study was performed to develop image processing algorithm to detect the inner holes in the x-ray image of ginseng. Because of little gray value difference between background and ginseng in the image. simple thresholding method was not appropriate. Modified watershed algorithm was used to differentiate the inner holes from background and normal ginseng body. Inner hole edge region detected by watershed algorithm consists of many number of blobs including normal portions. With line profile analysis with scanning one line at a time beginning the starting point. it shelved two peaks both ends representing extracting each blobs. in which setting threshold value as of lower peak value enabled us to obtain inner hole image. Once this procedure has to be done till the finishing point it is completing inner hole detection for one blob. Thus. conducting ail blobs by this procedure is completing inner detection of one whole ginseng. Detection results of the inner holes fer various size of red ginsengs were good even though there was small detection variation. 6.2%. according to position of x-rat tube.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.218-232
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• 1986

In this review quality improvement, new products and processing of ginseng are discussed. Ginseng products are generally classified into two types; the dried product without significant change in original shape of fresh ginseng and various processed ginseng products in liquid or solid types prepared by addition of either ginseng extract of ground powder. The dried ginsengs are generally made 4 years old fresh ginseng roots for production of white ginseng and 6 years old ones for red ginseng. The processed ginseng products, such as ginseng drinks, extracts, teas, powders, capsules or tablets are prepared by addition of extract or powder of the ginseng roots which contain relatively high amount of saponin. At present, more than 200 items of 40 types of products are commercially available in over 70 countries in the world, Since consummers preference on the quality of ginseng products as an health food differs with their cultural background of each country, new products development and quality improvement should be investigated with concerning the particular preference of the consummers of various country. It has been generally found that the Orientals has higher product acceptance on strong ginseng flavor while the Westerners generally prefers the products having mild ginseng odor and taste. Recently consummers are asking for supplemented type of ginseng products with various medical herbs and vital materials instead of ginseng alone. Therefore future work on product development should be emphasized to meet the consummers demand and preference.

• 약학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.163-166
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• 1977

To establish a convenient quantitative method for dammarane glycosides in Korea ginseng, the ginseng roots harvested at the cultivation areas of Ga Pyeong, Geum San and Jeung Pyeong were dried, powered, extracted with methanol and hydrolyzed. The ginseng root obtained at Gang Hwa was divided into three parts: main root, laterial root and cortex, and then these were treated in the same manner as the above. The various hydrolysates thus obtained were subjected to the analysis by an instrument coupled with flame ionization detector. The results showed that panaxadiol contents in the ginsengs of the three different cultivation sites were similar. However, the lateral root of Gang Hwa ginseng was found to contain the largest amount of panaxadiol among the three parts of ginseng. This method of the analysis for panaxadiol in ginseng was found to be one with relative rapidity and ease.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.601-605
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• 2003

Traditional taxonomic methods used for the identification and differentiation of ginsengs rely primarily on morphological observations or physiochemical methods, which cannot be used efficiently when only powdered forms or shredded material is available. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used to determine the unique DNA profiles that are characteristic not only of the genus Panax but also of various Panax subgroups collected from five different countries. RAPD results of OP-5A primer showed a specific single band that is characteristic of all ginseng samples. RAPD results of OP-13B primer demonstrated that OP-13B primer could be used as a unique RAPD marker to differentiate Panax species. These results support that this approach could be applied to distinguish Korean Ginseng (Panax ginseng) from others at the molecular level.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 1987

인삼에서 생리활성이 보고된 알카로이드 분획에 관한 성분연구의 일환으로 백삼 50kg으로부터 알카로이드 분획 2.6g(수율:$5{\times}10^{-3}$%)을 분리하였으며, $CHCl_3$/MeOH(10 : 1)의 전개용매로 TLC한 결과 약 13종 이상의 Dragendorff 시약에 양성인 spot들을 관찰 할 수 있었다. 인삼 종류별 비교에 있어서는 백삼, 홍삼 및 전칠인삼은 서로 별 차이가 없었지만 미국인삼에 있어 No.2(Rf 0.71), No.3(Rf, 0.68)등의 spot가 검출되지 않았다. 또한 백삼에서 1종의 알카로이드 성분을 순수분리하여 화학적, 분광학적인 방법으로 구조를 구명한바 $N_9$-formyl-1-methyl-$\beta$-carboline으로 동정하였다.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.1-19
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• 2002

The use of herbals has increased considerably while their efficacy and safety remain untested. This unsupported surge in demand has prompted a call for their clinical evaluation. One area in which evaluations are emerging is ginseng and diabetes. Growing evidence is accumulating from in vitro and animal models indicating that various ginseng species, American (Panax quinquefolius L), Asian (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), Korean Red, San-chi (Panax notoginseng [Burk.] P.R. Chen), and the non-panax species Siberian (Eleutherococcus senticossus) ginsing, and their fractions, saponins (ginsenosides) and peptidoglycans (panaxans for panax species and eleutehrans for Siberian ginseng), might affect carbohydrate metabolism and related signaling molecules. Recent human studies from our laboratory have also shown a blood glucose lowering effect of American ginseng (AG) and some other ginseng spices postprandially after acute administration and chronically after administration for 8-weeks in people with type 2 diabetes. Although generally encouraging, these data only indicate a need for more evaluations of ginsengs safety and efficacy. Because of poor industry standardization, it is not known whether all ginsengs will affect blood glucose. In this regards some ginseng batches have demonstrated null effects while others have even raised postprandial glycemia. Clinical research should therefore focus on components involved in its glucose lowering effects.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.800-806
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• 2012

체내에서 산화스트레스에 의해 생성되는 활성산소종(reacitve oxygen species, ROS)은 당뇨병, 비만 등과 같은 만성질환을 야기시키는 것으로 알려져 있다. 고려인삼(Panax ginseng)은 수천 년간 피로 회복 및 면역증강용 기능성식품으로 이용되어 왔고, 사포닌, 산성다당체, 페놀성 화합물과 같은 다양한 생리활성 물질을 함유하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에는 고온, 고압처리하여 제조한 신규 인삼에 대한 산화적 스트레스 저감 효능을 평가하고자 하였다. C2C12 근육세포에 산화적 스트레스를 유도하기 위해 $H_2O_2$ 1 mM 처리하고, 전처리 조건을 달리한 인삼 시료를 처리하여 cell morphology 및 항산화 관련 유전자인 SOD, CAT 및 GPx를 살펴보았고, 3T3-L1 지방세포는 분화과정 중 ROS 생성 억제효과 및 CAT, GPx 및 Cu/Zn-SOD의 항산화효소 관련 유전자의 발현 정도를 조사하였다. 고온, 고압처리한 인삼은 산화적 스트레스가 유도된 C2C12 근육세포 및 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 유의적으로 산화적 스트레스를 저감하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 보아, 본 연구진에 의해 개발된 고온 및 고압 처리된 인삼은 항산화 및 항피로 효능이 기대되는 바이며, 본 연구는 동물세포 수준에서의 비교이며, 보다 정확한 작용기전의 구명을 위해 향후 추가적인 연구를 통한 비교 실험이 수행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2024

Fresh ginseng is prone to spoilage due to its high moisture content. For long-term storage, most fresh ginsengs are dried to white ginseng (WG) or steamed for hours at high temperature/pressure and dried to form Korean Red ginseng (KRG). They are further processed for ginseng products when subjected to hot water extraction/concentration under pressure. These WG or KRG preparation processes affect ginsenoside compositions and also other ginseng components, probably during treatments like steaming and drying, to form diverse bioactive phospholipids. It is known that ginseng contains high amounts of gintonin lysophosphatidic acids (LPAs). LPAs are simple lipid-derived growth factors in animals and humans and act as exogenous ligands of six GTP-binding-protein coupled LPA receptor subtypes. LPAs play diverse roles ranging from brain development to hair growth in animals and humans. LPA-mediated signaling pathways involve various GTP-binding proteins to regulate downstream pathways like [Ca²⁺]_i transient induction. Recent studies have shown that gintonin exhibits anti-Alzheimer's disease and antiarthritis effects in vitro and in vivo mediated by gintonin LPAs, the active ingredients of gintonin, a ginseng-derived neurotrophin. However, little is known about how gintonin LPAs are formed in high amounts in ginseng compared to other herbs. This review introduces atypical or non-enzymatic pathways under the conversion of ginseng phospholipids into gintonin LPAs during steaming and extraction/concentration processes, which exert beneficial effects against degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and arthritis in animals and humans via LPA receptors.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.273-277
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• 1979

한국산(韓國産) 홍삼(紅蔘), 한국(韓國), 미국(美國) 및 캐나다산(産)의 피부(皮付) 백삼(白蔘), 홍삼(紅蔘) 및 백삼(白蔘)의 추출액(抽出液), 한국(韓國) 및 쏘련산(産)의 오가피(五加皮)에 대하여 유리당(遊離糖)의 조성(組成)을 가스 크로마토그래피에 의하여, 측정(測定)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 한국(韓國) 홍삼(紅蔘)과 미국(美國) 및 한국산(韓國産)의 피부(皮付) 백삼(白蔘)에서 ${\beta}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-glucose$, galactose, ${\beta}-glucose,\;sucrose,\;{\alpha}-maltose,\;{\beta}-maltose$를 동정(同定)할 수있었고, 캐나다산(産) 피부(皮付) 백삼(白蔘)에서 위의 유리당(遊離糖) 가운데서 ${\alpha}-maltose,\;{\beta}-maltose$을 검출(檢出) 할 수 없었다. 그리고 피부(皮付) 백삼(白蔘)에는 홍삼(紅蔘)보다 유리당(遊離糖)의 함량(含量)이 훨씬 많았다. 2. 홍삼(紅蔘) 및 백삼(白蔘) 추출액(抽出液)에서 ${\beta}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-glucose,\;galactose,\;{\beta}-glucose,\;sucrose,\;{\alpha}-maltose,\;{\beta}-maltose$를 동정(同定)할 수 있었고, 홍삼(紅蔘) 추출물(抽出物)에는 fructose, 백삼(白蔘) 추출액(抽出液)에는 sucrose의 함량(含量)이 가장 많았다. 3. 쏘련산(産) 오가피(五加皮)에서 ${\beta}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-glucose\;galactose,\;{\beta}-glucose,\;sucrose,\;{\alpha}-maltose,\;{\beta}-maltose$를 동정(同定)할 수있어서 인삼(人蔘) 유리당(遊離糖)의 패턴과 오히려 비슷하였다. 그러나 한국산(韓國産) 오가피(五加皮)에서는 ${\beta}-fructose,\;{\alpha}-$ 및 ${\beta}-glucoses$, sucrose가 동정(同定) 되었을 뿐이고 함량(含量)은 쏘련산(産) 오가피(五加皮)의 1/3에 지나지 않았다.