A new dammarane glycoside named ginsenoside Rf2 has been isolated from Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) and its chemical structure has been elucidated as 6-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1→2) β-D-glucopyranosyl]dammarane-3β, 6α, 12β, 20(R), 25-pentol by chemical and spectral methods.
Panax ginseng, araliaceae, Red Ginseng, ginsenoside Rf2
NCBI PubMed ID: 9875504Publication DOI: 10.1007/BF02975384Journal NLM ID: 8000036Publisher: Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
Institutions: Korea Ginseng and Tobacco Research Institute, Taejeon, South Korea
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, IR, FAB-MS, methanolysis, HPLC, extraction, CC, melting point determination, optical rotation measuremnt