Research Article

Rapid Identification of Characteristic Chemical Constituents of Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, and Panax japonicus Using UPLC-Q-TOF/MS

Table 2

Cracking information of chemical components in PG under negative ion mode.

No.IdentityFormulaRtTheoretical valueActual valuePpmMain MS/MS fragments detectedSaponin typeRef.

1Ginsenoside Re5C42H72O154.65861.4848 [M + HCOO]861.4824 [M + HCOO]−2.79415.0735 [M-H-GlcUA-Rha-CH3COOH-H2O]PPT[23]

220-O-glucosylginsenoside RfC48H82O196.091007.5427 [M + HCOO]1007.5408 [M + HCOO]−1.89961.5369 [M-H]
799.4875 [M-H-Glc]
637.4326 [M-H-2Glc]
475.3742 [M-H-3Glc]
PPT[24]

3Notoginsenoside R1C47H80O186.23977.5321 [M + HCOO]977.5280 [M + HCOO]−4.19931.5211 [M-H]
799.4812 [M-H-Xyl]
637.4296 [M-H-Xyl-Glc]
475.3794 [M-H-Xyl-2Glc]
PPT[24]

4Ginsenoside ReC48H82O186.48991.5478 [M + HCOO]991.5457 [M + HCOO]−2.12945.5381 [M-H]
799.4808 [M-H-Rha]
783.4891 [M-H-Glc]
637.4294 [M-H-Glc-Rha]
475.3801 [M-H-2Glc-Rha]
PPT[2427]

5Ginsenoside Rg1C42H72O146.52845.4899 [M + HCOO]845.4871 [M + HCOO]−3.31799.4819 [M-H]
637.4293 [M-H-Glc]
475.3802 [M-H-2Glc]
PPT[27, 28]

6Ginsenoside Rg7C42H72O146.54845.4899 [M + HCOO]845.4870 [M + HCOO]−3.43799.4816 [M-H]
637.4293 [M-H-Glc]
475.3775 [M-H-2Glc]
PPT[24, 27]

7Malonyl-ginsenoside Rg1C45H74O176.72885.4848 [M-H]885.4771 [M-H]−8.70841.4857 [M-H-CO2]
799.4765 [M-H-Mal]
781.4659 [M-H-Mal-H2O]
637.4263 [M-H-Mal-Glc]
619.4142 [M-H-Ma-H2O-Glc]
475.3755[M-H-Mal-2Glc]
PPT[2729]

8Yesanchinoside D (6'-O-acetyl-ginsenoside Rg1)C44H74O157.31887.5004 [M + HCOO]887.4955 [M + HCOO]−5.52841.4865 [M-H]
781.4639 [M-CH3COOH]
PPT[24]

9Notoginsenoside R2C41H70O137.35815.4793 [M + HCOO]815.4787 [M + HCOO]−0.74769.4833 [M-H]
637.4329 [M-H-Xyl]
475.3798 [M-H-Xyl-Glc]
PPT[27, 30]

10Ginsenoside RfC42H72O148.15845.4899 [M + HCOO]845.4879 [M + HCOO]−2.37799.4833 [M-H]
781.4752 [M-H-H2O]
637.4337 [M-H-Glc]
475.3816 [M-H-2Glc]
PPT[24]

11Malonyl-ginsenoside Rb1C57H94O268.421193.5955 [M-H]1193.5938 [M-H]−1.421149.6027 [M-H-CO2]
1107.5938 [M-H-Mal]
945.5364 [M-H-Mal-Glc]
783.4828 [M-H-Mal-2Glc]
765.4836 [M-H-Mal-2Glc-H2O]
621.4205 [M-H-Mal-3Glc]
459.3793 [M-H-Mal-4Glc]
PPD[24, 27, 30]

12Malonyl-ginsenoside RcC56H92O258.601163.5849 [M-H]1163.5798 [M-H]−4.381119.5902 [M-H-CO2]−
1077.5809 [M-H-Mal]−
945.5629 [M-H-Mal-Xyl]−
783.4856 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-Glc]−
621.4377 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-2Glc]−
459.3702 [M-H-Mal- Xyl-3Glc]−
PPD[24, 26, 27, 30]

13Ginsenoside RoC48H76O198.64955.4903 [M-H]955.4875 [M-H]−2.93955.4875 [M-H]
793.4306 [M-H-Glc]
569.3799 [M-H-CO2-H2O-2Glc]
455.3496 [M-H-2Glc-GlcUA]
OLE[24, 27]

14Ginsenoside RcC53H90O228.751123.5900 [M + HCOO]1123.5856 [M + HCOO]−3.921077.5808 [M-H]
945.5377 [M-H-Xyl]
783.4871 [M-H-Xyl-Glc]
621.4434 [M-H-Xyl-2Glc]
459.3853 [M-H-Xyl-3Glc]
PPD[24, 27, 30]

15Ginsenoside Rb2/ginsenoside Rb3C53H90O228.761123.5900 [M + HCOO]1123.5859 [M + HCOO]−3.651077.5814 [M-H]
945.5422 [M-H-Xyl]
783.4926 [M-H-Xyl-Glc]
621.4468 [M-H-Xyl-2Glc]
459.3786 [M-H-Xyl-3Glc]
PPD[24, 25, 27]

16Malonyl-ginsenoside Rb2C56H92O258.811163.5849 [M-H]1163.5817 [M-H]−2.751119.5912 [M-H-CO2]−
1077.5797 [M-H-Mal]−
945.5309 [M-H-Mal-Xyl]−
783.4660 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-Glc]−
621.4481 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-2Glc]−
459.3897 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-3Glc]−
PPD[24, 30]

17Malonyl-ginsenoside Rb3C56H92O259.061163.5849 [M-H]1163.5876 [M-H]2.321077.5974 [M-H-Mal]
945.5316 [M-H-Mal-Xyl]
783.5035 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-Glc]
621.4245 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-2Glc]
459.3838 [M-H-Mal-Xyl-3Glc]
PPD[24]

18Zingibroside R1C42H66O149.24793.4374 [M-H]793.4355 [M-H]−2.39631.38266 [M-H-Glc]
569.3931 [M-H-Glc-CO2-H2O]
455.3629 [M-H-Glc-GlcUA]
OLE[27]

19Ginsenoside RdC48H82O189.29991.5478 [M + HCOO]991.5463 [M + HCOO]−1.51945.5413 [M-H]
783.4880 [M-H-Glc]
621.4258 [M-H-2Glc]
459.3817 [M-H-3Glc]
161.0483 [Glc-H]
PPD[24, 26, 27]

20Malonyl-ginsenoside ReC51H84O219.351031.5427 [M-H]1031.5428 [M-H]0.101031.5460 [M-H]
987.5533 [M-H-CO2]
945.5430 [M-H-Mal]
783.4849 [M-H-Mal-Glc]
637.4373 [M-H-Mal-Rha-Glc]
475.3859 [M-H-Mal-Rha-2Glc]
PPT[24, 27]

21Notoginsenoside Fe/vina-ginsenoside R16C47H80O1710.09961.5372 [M + HCOO]961.5469 [M + HCOO]10.09915.5186 [M-H]
783.5407 [M-H-Xyl]
753.5070 [M-H-Glc]
621.4315 [M-H-Xyl-Glc]
459.3875 [M-H-Xyl-2Glc]
PPD[27]

22Malonyl-notoginsenoside FeC50H82O2010.141001.5321 [M-H]1001.5320 [M-H]−0.10783.4836 [M-H-Xyl-Mal]
459.3748 [M-H-Xyl-Mal-2Glc]
PPD[27]

23Ginsenoside F2/ginsenoside Rg3C42H72O1311.62829.4949 [M + HCOO]829.4916 [M + HCOO]−3.98783.4875 [M-H]
621.4391 [M-H-Glc]
459.3772 [M-H-2Glc]
PPD[27, 31, 32]