Evaluation of ginsenoside bioconversion of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Panax ginseng is a physiologically active plant widely used in traditional medicine that is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. Rb1, a major ginsenoside, is used as the starting material for producing ginsenoside derivatives with enhanced pharmaceutical potentials through chemical, enzymatic, or microbial transformation.

Methods

To investigate the bioconversion of ginsenoside Rb1, we prepared kimchi originated bacterial strains Leuconostoc mensenteroides WiKim19, Pediococcus pentosaceus WiKim20, Lactobacillus brevis WiKim47, Leuconostoc lactis WiKim48, and Lactobacillus sakei WiKim49 and analyzed bioconversion products using LC-MS/MS mass spectrometer.

Results

L. mesenteroides WiKim19 and Pedioc

SUBMITTER: Park B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628348 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature