Ginsenoside

Ginseng (Panax sp.) one of the best selling natural products in the world, contains a large class of saponins mainly of dammarane-type triterpenoids structure, glucosides of Protopanaxdiol or Protopanaxtriol, called GINSENOSIDES. They are critical markers of species, processing and quality of ginseng and ginseng-based products. The composition of such saponin mixture compared to ginsenoside standards of a given plant or extract is typical of its specy : Asian ginseng, American ginseng, Notoginseng or others... These substances are also broadly investigated for their health and pharmacological properties, specially in CNS and cardiovascular diseases prevention, or as chemopreventives and antidiabetics. We offer a complete list of useful high quality ginsenoside reference materials, to be used as analytical standards or makers for biological studies