Analysis of Volatile Oils in Ginseng

In order to provide data for clarifying the contents of volatile oils in ginseng, the determination of volatile oils was performed, the fresh ginseng was taken as the test samples. The gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to determinate the contents of volatile oils in each ginseng sample. Among of all samples, the 4-year-old ginseng from Antu city was the richest in volatile oils. While the 6-year-old ginseng from Dadi Ji’an had the lowest contents of volatile oils. Among of the identified volatile oils, the shared components included β-farnesene, α-gurjunene, calarene, spathulenol, α-caryophyllene, and so on. In general, both the types and the contents of volatile oils in all ginseng samples were all different.