Rare ginsenosides: A unique perspective of ginseng research
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rare ginsenosides (Rg3, Rh2, C-K, etc.) refer to a group of dammarane triterpenoids that exist in low natural abundance, mostly produced by deglycosylation or side chain modification via physicochemical processing or metabolic transformation in gut, and last but not least, exhibited potent biological activity comparing to the primary ginsenosides, which lead to a high concern in both the research and development of ginseng and ginsenoside-related nutraceutical and natural products. Nevertheless, a comprehensive review on these promising compounds is not available yet. AIM OF REVIEW: In this review, recent advances of Rare ginsenosides (RGs) were summarized dealing with the structurally diverse…
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Authors
10- WFWenxiang Fan
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- LFLinhong Fan
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- ZWZiying WangCorresponding
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- ZWZiying Wang
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- YMYuqi Mei
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Topics & keywords
- Dammarane
- Ginseng
- Ginsenoside
- Triterpenoid
- Nutraceutical
- Chemistry
- Traditional medicine
- Saponin