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1. A polysaccharide fraction consisting of about 40% by weight of the roots has been isolated from the roots ofPanax ginseng C. A. Mey and characterized.
2. It has been established that the polysaccharides of ginseng contain a glucan of the starch type and a pectin.
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Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 299–303, 1966
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Ovodov, Y.S., Solov'eva, T.F. Polysaccharides ofPanax ginseng . Chem Nat Compd 2, 243–245 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566981
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