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Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) is one of the representative herbs, herbaceous perennial plant of Ginseng Family.
Main active ingredient is glycoside which is a compound carbohydrate (a complex of sugar and alcohol or phenol),
such as ginseng saponin or ginsensides. This ingredient has clinical demonstration results that show maintaining physical homeostasis as a tonic, improvement of learning function, failure of memory and efficiency of intellectual work, pain relief effect, cancer prevention effect (suppressing the propagation and metastasis of cancer cells, strengthen anticancer activity of anticancer medicine), anti-diabetic effect, liver function acceleration, controlling blood pressure.
In addition, anti-tiredness and anti-stress, HIV genes stasis, improvements for woman menopause and male sexual function disorder, antioxidant activity and suppress aging effect.
Korean ginseng is widely used as health functional food for prevention of diseases. Additionally, it is sold as medicine such as G115. |
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Clarification of Ginseng
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Raw ginseng(水参)
Harvested Ginseng directly from Ginseng Field |
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Wild Ginseng(山参)
Naturally raised in a Mountain Ginseng |
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White ginseng(白参)
Dried Ginseng from Raw Ginseng intactly |
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Red ginseng(紅参)
Dried Ginseng from Steamed Raw Ginseng |
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Components of Ginseng
| Composition |
Content(%) |
| Organic |
Carbohydrates |
60~70 |
Saccharides
(mono-, di-, tri- and poly-)
Crude fibers
Pectins |
| N-Containing substances |
12~16 |
Proteins
Peptides
Amino acids
Nucleic acids
Alkaloids |
Saponin
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3~6 |
Protopanaxadiol saponins
Protopanaxatriol saponins
Oleanolic acid saponin |
| Fat soluble components |
2 |
Lipids
Fatty acids
Essential oils
Phytosterols
Organic acids
Phenolics
Polyacetylenes
Terpenes |
| Vitamins |
0.05 |
Water soluble vitamins |
| Inorganic |
Ash |
4 |
Minerals |
| Moistures |
9~11 |
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Medicinal Effects of Korean Ginseng
* Psychomotor Activity
* Alzheimer’s / Meomory / Learning / Recognition Abillty
* Antifatigue Actvity
* Antidiabetic Activity
* Impotence |
Clinical Data In WHO Monograph
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Radioprotective Effects
In Vivo Radioprotective Effect of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer and Identification of Active GinsenosidesPhytother. Res. 20, 392–395 (2006)
RadioprotectiveEffect of Panax ginseng on the Phosphatases and Lipid
Peroxidation Level in Testes of Swiss Albino Mice. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 26(3) 308—312 (2003) |
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