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. 2024 Feb 5;13(3):463.
doi: 10.3390/plants13030463.

Increased Accumulation of Ginsenosides in Panax ginseng Sprouts Cultivated with Kelp Fermentates

Kyung-Wuk Park  1 , Jeong-Ho Kim  1 , Beom-Gyun Jeong  1 , Jun-Ki Park  1 , Ho-Yeol Jang  1 , Yun-Seo Oh  1 , Kyung-Yun Kang  1
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Increased Accumulation of Ginsenosides in Panax ginseng Sprouts Cultivated with Kelp Fermentates

Kyung-Wuk Park et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

Currently, new agri-tech has been developed and adapted for the cultivation of crops using smart farming technologies, e.g., plant factories and hydroponics. Kelp (Laminaria japonica), which has a high industrial value, was considered as an alternative to chemicals for its eco-friendly and sustainably wide use in crop cultivation. In this study, a fermented kelp (FK) was developed for use in hydroponics. The FK contained various free and protein-bound amino acid compositions produced by fermenting the kelp with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Supplementing FK as an aeroponic medium when cultivating ginseng sprouts (GSs) elevated the total phenolic and flavonoid contents. Additionally, seven ginsenosides (Rg1, Re, Rb1, Rc, Rg2, Rb2, and Rd) in GSs cultivated with FK in a smart-farm system were identified and quantified by a high-performance liquid chromatography-evaporative light scattering detector/mass spectrometry analysis. Administering FK significantly increased the ginsenosides in the GSs compared to the control group, which was cultivated with tap water. These results indicate the FK administration contributed to the increased accumulation of ginsenosides in the GSs. Overall, this study suggests that FK, which contains abundant nutrients for plant growth, can be used as a novel nutrient solution to enhance the ginsenoside content in GSs during hydroponic cultivation.

Keywords: ginseng sprout; ginsenoside; hydroponics; kelp fermentate; nutrient solution.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Figure A1
Chromatogram of ginsenosides as analyzed by HPLC for the ginsenoside-enriched extract fractions from ginseng sprouts treated with different concentrations of fermented kelp (FK). (A) Seven ginsenoside standards, different colors indicate chromatograms of seven ginsenosides, respectively; (B) control, cultivated using tap water; (C) 0% FK; (D) 10% FK; (E) 25% FK; (F) 50% FK; (G) 100% FK. Ginsenosides: 1, Rg1; 2, Re; 3, Rb1; 4, Rc; 5, Rg2; 6, Rb2; 7, Rd.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Changes in pH value (A) and total soluble solids (B) during the fermentation of kelp with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Data are the mean ± S.D. of three independent measurements.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cultivation of ginseng sprouts with fermented kelp (FK) using an aeroponic system. (A) Process of ginseng seedling and (B) growth status of ginseng sprouts in an aeroponic environment.
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