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US 10,519,480 B2Granted
Method for selectively producing ginsenoside Rd from saponins of ginseng through enzymatic method
AssigneeAmorepacific Corporation
InventorsGi Baeg Nam, Dong Hyun Kim, Yong Deog Hong, Jun Seong Park
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for selectively producing ginsenoside Rd, which is originally present in ginseng in a trace amount, from panaxadiol-type saponins of ginseng, and more specifically to a method capable of obtaining a desired target compound, that is, ginsenoside Rd, in high yields, by treating a panaxadiol-type saponin obtained from ginseng, with particular enzymes to structurally convert the saponins.
Claims7
A method for producing ginsenoside Rd of the following chemical formula 1 from ginsenoside Rb1,
- said method comprising contacting a substrate comprising ginsenoside Rb1 with pectinase obtained from Trichoderma reesei thereby converting the ginsenoside Rb1 to ginsenoside Rd:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.