Research progress on quality control of red ginseng using near infrared spectroscopy / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Red ginseng exhibits a variety of pharmacological activities, including anticancer, anti-aging, anti-diabetics, anti- hypertensive, which can enhance cardiovascular function effects. However, the quality of red ginseng is uneven in the market, and causing trouble to consumer and industrial production. Therefore, qualitative and quantitative analysis is vital to guaranteeing the quality of red ginseng. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has been used for the identification, chemical content, and procedure control of red ginseng. However, beyond the existence of complex chemistry content and uncertainty pharmacological action of red ginseng, NIR model robustness is influenced by equipment, environment and nontarget component of sample itself, and primarily to limit its popularization and application of actual industry. How to optimize data acquisition and procession to improve signal to noise ratio and enhance prediction ability of model still needs to be studied.