Mass spectrometry-based ginsenoside profiling: Recent applications, limitations, and perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Ginseng, the roots of Panax species, is an important medicinal herb used as a tonic. As ginsenosides are key bioactive components of ginseng, holistic chemical profiling of them has provided many insights into understanding ginseng. Mass spectrometry has been a major methodology for profiling, which has been applied to realize numerous goals in ginseng research, such as the discrimination of different species, geographical origins, and ages, and the monitoring of processing and biotransformation. This review summarizes the various applications of ginsenoside profiling in ginseng research over the last three decades that have contributed to expanding our understanding of ginseng. However, we also note that most of the studies overlooked a crucial factor that influences the levels of

SUBMITTER: Kim HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10920005 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature