Determination of 11 Ginsenosides in Black Ginseng Developed from Panax ginseng by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for determination of 11 ginsenosides in black ginseng (BG, white ginseng that is subjected to 9 cycles of 95℃ for 3 hr). After eluted by gradient elution of water-acetonitrile without buffer in 70 min, 11 ginsenosides in BG were identified. The proposed method provided good linearity (R²＞0.9995), accuracy (92.2-106.6%), and intra- and interday precision (RSD＜2.6%). In addition, ginsenosides compositions in white, red, and black ginsengs were investigated using this method, respectively. Interestingly, in BG, the content of ginsenoside Rg3 which does not existed in white ginseng was 7.51 ㎎/g, approximately 20 times than that in red ginseng.