Data acquisition was performed on Thermo Xcalibur software (version 4.5) whereas data processing and data mining were performed on Free StyleTM 1.8 SP1 software and Compound DiscovererTM software (Thermo ScientificTM, version 3.2.0.421). Negative-ion mode was adopted to perform data acquisition due to ginsenosides exhibited high [M – H] and/or [M – H + HAc] ion responses in a full scan in this mode. The extracted solution of RRPG was first analyzed in a full scan mode so as to minimize the losses of signals and then targeted MS/MS analysis was followed after constructing the precursor ion lists.
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