Table 3
Comparative ginsenosides contents of both white and red ginseng according to six extraction steps

Extraction steps1) Ginsenosides (mg/g)
Rg1 Re Rf Rg2+Rh1 Rb1 Rc Rb2 Rb3 Rd Rg3 Total
White ginseng 1st 9.31 9.34 2.59 1.36 7.82 7.10 4.28 0.10 1.22 ND2) 43.12
2nd 6.91 5.31 1.79 0.83 6.71 4.55 2.95 0.58 1.28 ND 30.91
3rd 4.65 3.58 1.15 0.63 4.91 3.00 1.98 0.40 1.08 ND 21.38
4th 1.33 2.75 0.30 0.38 3.48 0.91 0.61 0.11 0.25 ND 10.12
5th 0.10 2.06 0.23 0.10 1.19 0.68 0.45 0.09 0.19 ND 5.09
6th 0.39 1.42 0.08 0.06 0.51 0.27 0.18 0.05 ND ND 2.96
Total 22.69 24.46 6.14 3.36 24.62 16.51 10.45 1.33 4.02 - 113.58
Red ginseng 1st 11.38 8.08 2.36 1.28 10.17 7.97 4.47 1.04 1.56 0.55 48.86
2nd 7.09 4.53 1.47 0.71 6.54 4.13 2.37 0.54 1.02 0.33 28.73
3rd 4.42 2.85 0.86 0.34 4.21 2.07 1.24 0.29 0.64 0.20 17.12
4th 3.10 2.11 0.60 0.25 3.51 1.62 1.01 0.27 0.54 0.17 13.18
5th 0.75 0.81 0.13 0.07 0.79 0.31 0.17 0.02 0.06 0.02 3.13
6th 0.29 0.38 0.06 0.02 0.29 0.12 0.06 0.01 0.02 0.01 1.26
Total 27.03 18.76 5.48 2.67 25.51 16.22 9.32 2.17 3.84 1.28 112.28
1st, 65℃ 70% EtOH; 2nd, 75℃ 60% EtOH; 3rd, 80℃ 50% EtOH; 4th, 85℃ 40% EtOH; 5th, 90℃ 20% EtOH; 6th, 95℃ 0% EtOH.
Not detected.
All extraction conditions performed for 12hr.