[Minor saponins from leaves of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1997 Jan;22(1):35-7, 62.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Five compounds were isolated from the leaves of Panax ginseng and characterized as 20(R)-protopanaxatriol, daucosterine, ginsenoside-F2, ginsenoside-F3 and majoroside-F4 on the basis of spectral analysis and chemical evidence. Among them, majoroside-F4 is obtained from plant for the first time.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Ginsenosides*
  • Panax / chemistry*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Ginsenosides
  • Saponins
  • ginsenoside F2
  • ginsenoside F3
  • ginsenoside F4