Metabolomic understanding of intrinsic physiology in Panax ginseng during whole growing seasons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Panax ginseng Meyer has widely been used as a traditional herbal medicine because of its diverse health benefits. Amounts of ginseng compounds, mainly ginsenosides, vary according to seasons, varieties, geographical regions, and age of ginseng plants. However, no study has comprehensively determined perturbations of various metabolites in ginseng plants including roots and leaves as they grow.

Methods

Nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR)-based metabolomics was applied to better understand the metabolic physiology of ginseng plants and their association with climate through global profiling of ginseng metabolites in roots and leaves during whole growing periods.

Results

The results revealed that all metabolites including carbohydrates, amino

SUBMITTER: Lee HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6823831 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature