Table 5.

Mean, median and range of seven ginsenosides’ contents (mg/g) in ginseng (including ginseng under forest and cultivated ginseng) with different growing ages.

Summary of Content	Rg1	Re	Rf	Rb1	Rg2	Rh1	Rd	Total
Ginseng Under Forest ≥ 15 years old (n = 10)
Range	1.84–4.48	1.90–3.50	0.49–0.87	2.03–5.39	0.27–3.36	0.15–1.49	0.45–1.49	9.31–18.74
Mean ± SD	3.13 ± 0.93	2.66 ± 0.51	0.68 ± 0.14	3.79 ± 1.19	1.87 ± 0.86	0.89 ± 0.47	0.76 ± 0.29	13.79 ± 3.44
Median	3.04	2.63	0.74	3.96	1.96	0.83	0.73	13.78
Ginseng Under Forest and Cultivated Ginseng < 15 years old (n = 24)
Range	0.47–6.22	0.43–3.45	0.16–1.19	0.45–7.57	0.09–2.95	0.05–3.42	0.17–1.68	2.99–19.55
Mean ± SD	2.34 ± 1.56	2.03 ± 0.82	0.56 ± 0.29	3.33 ± 2.12	1.01 ± 0.91	0.76 ± 0.74	0.70 ± 0.33	10.74 ± 5.43
Median	2.12	2.24	0.51	3.35	0.76	0.51	0.69	10.80
Ginseng Under Forest and Cultivated Ginseng between 10 to 15 years old (n = 13)
Range	1.00–5.10	1.22–3.50	0.29–1.03	1.24–7.57	0.10–2.95	0.15–1.45	0.52–1.49	5.69–18.30
Mean ± SD	2.86 ± 1.37	2.33 ± 0.67	0.69 ± 0.24	4.10 ± 2.15	1.43 ± 1.01	0.76 ± 0.42	0.83 ± 0.24	13.02 ± 4.96
Median	2.91	2.28	0.77	4.36	1.23	0.82	0.77	15.44
Ginseng Under Forest ≥ 10 years old (n = 20)
Range	1.00–5.20	1.22–3.50	0.29–1.03	1.24–7.57	0.10–3.36	0.15–1.49	0.45–1.49	5.69–18.74
Mean ± SD	2.94 ± 1.24	2.39 ± 0.57	0.67 ± 0.21	3.97 ± 1.82	1.60 ± 1.00	0.84 ± 0.43	0.78 ± 0.23	13.19 ± 4.36
Median	2.95	2.42	0.76	3.96	1.60	0.83	0.76	13.62
Ginseng Under Forest and Cultivated Ginseng < 10 years old (n = 14)
Range	0.47–6.22	0.43–3.45	0.16–1.19	0.45–6.13	0.09–2.32	0.05–3.42	0.17–1.68	2.99–19.55
Mean ± SD	2.06 ± 1.58	1.96 ± 0.99	0.49 ± 0.29	2.74 ± 1.81	0.79 ± 0.73	0.72 ± 0.92	0.64 ± 0.40	9.41 ± 5.34
Median	1.85	2.22	0.48	3.35	0.56	0.27	0.62	10.44

Plots for comparisons between ginseng samples with ages below and above 6 years, 10 years, and 15 years were provided in Figures S22–S25 in Supplemental Materials.