DEFINITION

American Ginseng Root and Rhizome Powder is the dried roots and rhizomes of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) reduced to a fine or a very fine powder. It contains NLT 3.0% of total ginsenosides, calculated as the sum of ginsenoside Rg₁ (C₄₂H₇₂O₁₄), ginsenoside Re (C₄₈H₈₂O₁₈), ginsenoside Rb₁ (C₅₄H₉₂O₂₃), ginsenoside Rc (C₅₃H₉₀O₂₂), ginsenoside Rb₂ (C₅₃H₉₀O₂₂), and ginsenoside Rd (C₄₈H₈₂O₁₈₎, on the dried basis.