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Recent methodology in the phytochemical analysis of ginseng.

Angelova N, Kong HW, van der Heijden R, Yang SY, Choi YH, Kim HK, Wang M, Hankemeier T, van der Greef J, Xu G, Verpoorte R

Division of Pharmacognosy, Section Metabolomics, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

This review summarises the most recent developments in ginseng analysis, in particular the novel approaches in sample pre-treatment and the use of high-performance liquid-chromatography-mass spectrometry. The review also presents novel data on analysing ginseng extracts by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (Fourier transform mass spectrometry) in the context of metabolomics. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Published 6 December 2007 in Phytochem Anal.
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