Table 1.

Examples of the ginsenosides present in ginseng and their chemical names. Adapted and modified from Chi et al. [17,18].

Ginsenosides	Chemical Names
Rb1	3-O-[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20-O-[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Rb2	3-O-[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20-O-[a-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Rc	3-O-[b-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20-O-[a-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Rd	3-O-[b-d-Glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Re	6-O-[a-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxatriol
Rg1	6-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxatriol
Rg2	6-O-[a-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxatriol
Rh1	6-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxatriol
Rh2	3-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
F1	20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxatriol
F2	3-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Compound K	20-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Compound O	3-O-b-d-glucopyranosyl-20-O-[a-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Compound Y	20-O-[a-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol
Mc	20-O-[a-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1-6)-b-d-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol