Table 1.

Major contents of saponin and nonsaponin fractions of RGE

Components		RGE (mg/g ± SD)	Saponin fraction (SF, mg/g ± SD)	Nonsaponin fraction (NS, mg/g± SD)
Ginsenoside	Rg1	1.06 ± 0.02	13.33 ± 0.70	0.35 ± 0.61
	Re	1.21 ± 0.03	15.68 ± 0.77	0.40 ± 0.70
	Rf	1.04 ± 0.02	13.39 ± 0.89	0.35 ± 0.6
	Rh1	0.96 ± 0.01	11.54 ± 1.05	0.32 ± 0.56
	Rg2s	1.43 ± 0.08	15.75 ± 0.96	0.48 ± 0.82
	Rb1	5.19 ± 0.03	64.20 ± 5.02	1.73 ± 3.00
	Rc	2.02 ± 0.05	25.98 ± 2.54	0.67 ± 1.17
	Rb2	1.88 ± 0.02	22.96 ± 1.63	0.63 ± 1.08
	Rd	0.67 ± 0.00	8.29 ± 0.75	0.22 ± 0.39
	Rg3s	2.10 ± 0.03	21.69 ± 2.95	0.70 ± 1.21
	Rg3r	0.96 ± 0.01	10.60 ± 1.30	0.32 ± 0.55
Arginine–fructose–glucose		28.18 ± 1.06	6.75 ± 2.97	39.78 ± 10.06
Acidic polysaccharides		63.10 ± 0.53	21.40 ± 2.53	95.43 ± 28.05
Water		4.42 ± 1.22	3.38 ± 1.30	5.64 ± 1.24

RGE, Red ginseng extract; SD, standard deviation.