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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Med Chem. 2009;16(19):2475–2484. doi: 10.2174/092986709788682146

Table 1.

Changes of Content of Ginsenosides (Saponins) in Ginseng with its Cultivation Years [13]. Thin Layer Chromatography and Colorimetric Method were Used for Quantitative Comparison of Saponin Contents of Ginseng Harvested in Different Years After Cultivation

Years Total saponins (%) Rb (%) Rg (%) Ro (%)
2 1.97 0.88 0.54 0.13
3 2.20 1.03 0.62 0.17
4 4.75 2.27 1.10 0.40
5 4.60 2.08 1.19 0.21
6 3.84 1.94 0.81 0.29
9 3.81 2.32 0.46 0.40