Protopanaxadiol ginsenosides dynamics in enzymatic reaction and preparation of rare ginsenosides / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To cheaply prepare the rare ginsenosides by biotransformation, ginsenosides C-K, C-Mc, F2, and Rh2 from commercially available Protopanaxadiol (PPD) ginsenoside mixture were prepared using a crude enzyme of Aspergillus g.848 strain. Methods: The rare ginsenosides were obtained from PPD ginsenosides by enzyme reaction; The composition of PPD raw materials and ginsenoside products was measured by HPLC. The monomer ginsenosides and Rh2 group of enzyme reaction product were separated by a silica gel column; The produced monomer ginsenosides were identified by NMR; Rh2 group was identified by UPLC-MS. Results: The raw material of PPD ginsenosides was consisted of ginsenoside Rb1, Rd, Rb2, Rc, and Rg3 groups with four kinds of isomers. During the reaction of enzyme, the best reaction time for the ginsenoside F2 production was 1.5 h to 2 h; The best reaction time for the ginsenoside C-K production was 24 h to 30 h; If producing the Rh2 group, when reacted to 6 h to 12 h, the content of Rg3 group was low, and Rh2 group was high. In the production of C-K, 20 g of crude products were obtained from 30 g of PPD ginsenosides by enzyme reaction, and 8.16 g of C-K, 1.01 g of C-MC, 0.45 g of F2, and 0.19 g of Rh2 group were separated using silica gel column. The rare ginsenosides were identified by NMR, and the Rh2 group was identified using UPLC-MS method. Conclusion: The high activity of monomer ginsenoside C-K, C-Mc, F2, and Rh2 group are successfully prepared from the PPD ginsenosides by enzymatic conversion.