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New Saponins from Vietnamese Ginseng: Highlights on Biogenesis of Dammarane Triterpenoids

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Book cover Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

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Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer (ginseng) and its two congeners, P. notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen (Sanchi ginseng) and P. quinquefolium L. (American ginseng), are well-known plant drugs which have been widely used in many countries of the world, especially in Asia and North America. These are now cultivated plants, differentiating them from a variety of wild Panax spp., which are morphologically related and distributed from Japan to the Eastern Himalayas. Comparative studies on the saponin composition of P. ginseng and other Panax spp. have been elaborated extensively in view of pharmacological and chemotaxonomical interest.1,2

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  1. Science-Production Union of Ginseng and Medicinal Plants, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 41 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Nguyen Minh Duc & Nguyen Thoi Nham

  2. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734, Japan

    Ryoji Kasai, Kazuhiro Ohtani, Aiko Ito & Kazuo Yamasaki

  3. Suzugamine Women’s College, Inokuchi 4-chome 6-18, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima 733, Japan

    Osamu Tanaka

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, 246B Noble Research Center, 74078-0454, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

    George R. Waller

  2. Institute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734, Japan

    Kazuo Yamasaki

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Duc, N.M. et al. (1996). New Saponins from Vietnamese Ginseng: Highlights on Biogenesis of Dammarane Triterpenoids. In: Waller, G.R., Yamasaki, K. (eds) Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 404. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1367-8_13

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