Unlock the secret of ginsenoside ck？

Immunity is the only solid barrier to good health. The immune system works like an "army" in the body, fighting against "enemies" that endanger our health every day, but most of the time we do not feel this fierce "battle", because this "team" has an absolute advantage. Once the immunity is broken, our bodies will "collapse" and a series of diseases will appear, which will not only bring pressure to individuals, but also burden families. The repeated outbreaks of COVID-19 confirmed the importance of human immunity. Several studies have confirmed that ginsenoside CK has made a major breakthrough in regulating human immunity, and has successfully emerged in the health food market.

In China, ginseng has always been regarded as the king of all kinds of herbs and the "best tonic in the East". In the West, ginseng is called ginseng. "Ginseng" comes from Greek, meaning "cure all diseases". "Ginseng" is the Chinese pronunciation of ginseng. It is a perennial herb of Panax in Araliaceae, which originated in the Cenozoic Tertiary about 60 million years ago. With the arrival of the Quaternary Ice Age, their living area has been greatly reduced, and ginseng and other ginseng plants have also become ancient relict plants and survived. This is enough to show that ginseng can stand the test of the environment and the times and still contribute to human health.

The classic book "A Dream of Red Mansions" mentioned "Ginseng Yang Rong Pill", which is a tonic that Lin Daiyu usually takes. Lin Daiyu had just entered Jia's house. People looked at her as if she had lost money and asked her what was wrong. What medicine do you take? Daiyu smiled and said, "Now I still eat ginseng Yang Rong pills.". In modern words, deficiency means low immunity, which shows the advantages of ginseng in improving immunity. In addition, [0x9A8B] and [0x9A8B] also describe the prescription containing ginseng.

In ancient times, ginseng was only used by emperors and nobles, but now it has rushed out of Asia, forming a "ginseng fever" all over the world. More and more researchers and scholars began to study ginseng and its derivatives, such as ginseng extract and ginsenoside.

What is ginsenoside CK?

It is a saponin, composed of sapogenin and sugar, uronic acid or other organic acids. Ginsenosides are the essence of ginseng and the main pharmacological active ingredients of ginseng, Panax notoginseng, American ginseng, etc. Up to now, about 50 kinds of ginsenoside monomers have been isolated. The ginsenosides directly extracted in this way are called prototype ginsenosides, including Ra, Rb1, Rb2, Rb3, re, Rg1, etc. Prototype ginsenosides must be decomposed by specific enzymes and converted into rare ginsenosides, so that they can be truly absorbed and utilized by the human body. However, the content of this enzyme in the body is very small, so the utilization rate of prototype ginsenoside in vivo is very low.

Ginsenoside CK (compound K) is a diol saponin, which belongs to rare ginsenoside. It almost does not exist in natural ginseng, and is the main degradation product of other ginsenosides Rb1 and Rg3 with high content in human intestine. It has high biological activity and high human absorption rate. As early as 1972, Yasioka et al. first discovered ginsenoside CK. The "natural prodrug" theory also confirmed the biological activity of ginsenoside CK. Many studies have shown that its anti-tumor and immune enhancing activities are the strongest among all ginsenosides. Ginsenoside Rg3 has not received satisfactory response since it entered the market. Many people do not know that ginsenoside Rg3, which has always been regarded as a promising ingredient, is actually an ingredient insoluble in water and fat, which cannot be directly absorbed by the human body and has a low utilization rate. No matter how much you take in, it really doesn't work.

With the advent of ginsenoside CK, there are more research directions and ideas for protecting health, and more R&D personnel in enterprises will be interested in its application. Ginsenoside CK not only has prominent effects on human immune function, but also has a large number of experimental data to support its anti-cancer, anti diabetes, neuroprotective, memory improvement and skin health effects. In the future, more ginsenoside CK based products will go to thousands of households to protect the health of their families.