Chemical Studies on Oriental Plant Drugs. XIV. Protopanaxadiol, a Genuine Sapogenin of Ginseng Saponins

Shoji Shibata; Osamu Tanaka; Toshio Ando; Masako Sado; Susumu Tsushima; Tomihiko Ohsawa

doi:10.1248/cpb.14.595

Shoji Shibata, Osamu Tanaka, Toshio Ando, Masako Sado, Susumu Tsushima, Tomihiko Ohsawa

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1966 Volume 14 Issue 6 Pages 595-600

DOI https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.14.595

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Abstract

It was proved that the genuine sapogenin of ginsenosides-Rb₁, -Rb₂, and -Rc, saponins of Ginseng roots, was represented by protopanaxadiol (IVa), and panaxadiol (I) was an artifact formed during the process of the acid hydrolysis of these saponins.

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