GC-MS analysis of essential oil of honeyed red ginseng / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the constituents of essential oil of honeyed red ginseng, and provide scientific basis for its quality evaluation.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation and separated by capillary GC. The chemical constituents were determined by normalization and were identified by MS.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>One-hundred ninety-five chromatographic peaks were detected and among them 76 compounds were identified, which were 78.27% of the total essential oil.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The main constituents of the essential oil were sesquiterpenoids. Among identified compounds, 24 monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids were isolated from the essential oil of red ginseng for the first time.</p>