Enzymatic formation of compound-K from ginsenoside Rb1 by enzyme preparation from cultured mycelia of Armillaria mellea

Background: Minor saponins or human intestinal bacterial metabolites, such as ginsenosides Rg3, F2, Rh2, and compound K, are more pharmacologically active than major saponins, such as ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, and Rc. In this work, enzymatic hydrolysis of ginsenoside Rb1 was studied using enzyme prepar...

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Main Authors: Jitendra Upadhyaya, Min-Ji Kim, Young-Hoi Kim, Sung-Ryong Ko, Hee-Won Park, Myung-Kon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Ginseng Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226845315000500