Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2017, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 965-970.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2017.08.160481

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Analysis of Volatile Components in Processed Ginseng by GC-MS/MS

WANG Wei,ZHENG Fei,GE Yan,QIAO Mengdan,YUE Hao(),LIU Shuying   

  1. Jilin Ginseng Academy,Changchun University of Chinese Medicine,Changchun 130117,China
  • Received:2016-11-29 Accepted:2017-01-20 Published:2017-07-25 Online:2017-07-26
  • Contact: YUE Hao
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.3140040275)

Abstract:

The research of chemical changes in ginseng processing has been focusing on saponins and sugars. In this paper, volatile components in ginseng were studied for the first time, which provide a substance basis for different processed ginseng. The volatile components and their derivative paths of fresh ginseng, sun-dry ginseng and red ginseng were studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS/MS). The volatile components were detected and analyzed using TG-5SILMS nonpolar GC column, with He as the carrier gas through the NIST MS Spectral Database. Thirty, thirty-three and thirty-four species of volatile compounds in fresh ginseng, sun-dry ginseng and red ginseng were detected, respectively. The content of (-)-spartak alcohol in sun-dry ginseng is 31.98 times higher than that in the fresh ginseng, while the levels of eight volatile components such as octanal in sun-dry ginseng is three times higher than those in the fresh ginseng. The contents of ten volatile components such as cyclodecanone in red ginseng are 3 times higher than those in the fresh ginseng. Four volatile compounds in sun-dry ginseng and in red ginseng are not detected in fresh ginseng.

Key words: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, fresh ginseng, sun-dry ginseng, red ginseng, volatile compound