Ginsenoside Rg1, Re, Rf, 20(S)-Rh1, Rb1, Rc, Rb2, Rd, 20(S)-Rg3 and 20(R)-Rg3 standards were purchased from the Chromadex (Irvine, CA, USA) and ginsenoside Ro, 20(S)-Rg2, 20(R)-Rg2, 20(S)-Rh2, 20(R)-Rh2, F1, F2, F4, Ra1, Rg6, Rh4, Rk3, Rg5, Rk1, Rb3, Rk2, Rh3, compound Y, compound K, and notoginsenoside R1 standards were obtained from the Ambo Institute (Seoul, Korea). Ginsenoside Rg6 and F4, Rk3 and Rh4, Rg5 and Rk1, Rk2, and Rh3 are epimer compound mixtures. The concentrations of mixture solutions were calculated using the normalization area percentage in the UPLC chromatogram because the UV spectrum of the epimer molecules is the same.
Phosphoric acid was purchased from the Junsei Chemical (Tokyo, Japan), and HPLC-grade acetonitrile and methanol were purchased from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany). For method validation, red ginseng powder (lot no. 1019008; Korea Ginseng Corporation, Daejeon, Korea) and red ginseng concentrate (lot no. 2019119, Korea Ginseng Corporation) were used. Other P. ginseng preparations were obtained from the Korea Ginseng Corporation Research Institute. All distilled water used in this experiment was purified by a Milli-Q gradient system (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA) and the resistance value was measured as 18 MΩ prior to use.
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