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. 2017 Aug 18;42(4):512–523. doi: 10.1016/j.jgr.2017.07.005

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Chemical structure of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol (20S-PPD). Orally administered ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, Rb3, Rg3, Rh2, and compound K can be deglycosylated by intestinal bacteria or digestive enzyme and converted to 20S-PPD, a fully deglycosylated ginsenoside metabolite.