The Superiority of Korean Ginseng
- Carbohydrates, including starch, comprised of 60-70% of Korean
ginseng but it has unique ingredients, which cannot be seen in other
plants, such as ginsenoside, polyacetylene.
- Sulfur-aromatic compounds gomisin-N and –A, and acidic peptide
which has a similar function to insulin. In particular,
non-saponin ingredients, phenol and polyacetylene,
which suppress the activation of sulfation and the
propagation of cancer cells are contained in much more
abundance than American ginseng, so Korean ginseng is
very biologically active.
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Korean ginseng's main
medical ingredient is called ginsenoside and it has not only a
different chemical structure from the saponin of other plants but also
a very
- Thanks to recent developments in technology that can separate and
anylze ingredients and materials much more precisely, up to thirty
gisenoside chemical structures have been revealed so far. According to
the chemical structures
of ginsenosides, gisenosides are classified into protopanaxadiol(PD),
rotopanaxatriol(PT), oleanane, and so far nineteen, ten, and one chemical
compounds have been separated and refined respectively.
- Korean ginseng has a total of thirty saponins, a lot more than the fourteen contained in
American ginseng and the fifteen contained in the Chinese variety.
Ingredient/ Classification |
Korean Ginseng |
American Ginseng |
Chinese Ginseng |
Japanese Ginseng
|
Red Ginseng |
White Ginseng |
Total Saponin |
34 |
23 |
14 |
15 |
8 |
Panaxadiol(PD) |
22 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
Panaxa triol(PT) |
11 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
Oleanolic Acid |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
1 |