Research Article

Comparative Study on Chemical Constituents of Ginseng Flowers with Four Consecutive Cultivation Age

Table 3

Identification of common differential compounds in GFs from 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-yr-old.

Peakst/minRIxRIRSIIdentificationGF4 vs. 3GF5 vs. 3GF6 vs. 3CAS
|log2 fold change|Trends|log2 fold change|Trends|log2 fold change|Trends

Esters
111.04122912258453-Hexenyl-3-methylbutanoate2.3692Up1.3944Up1.3045Up10032-11-8
2620.0819191919821Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester0.8165Down0.7553Down0.829Down112-39-0

Terpenes
213.3413931393927Cyclohexane,1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis (1-methylethenyl)-, [1S-(1α,2β,4β)]-0.6242Down0.2964Down0.2598Down515-13-9
313.7314221423897Tricyclo [2.2.1.0 (2,6)] heptane,1,7-dimethyl-7-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)-, (-)-0.733Down0.3609Down0.2925Down512-61-8
414.0814501450924(E)-β-Famesene0.6548Down0.39Down0.3472Down18794-84-8
514.59148914859411,6-Cyclodecadiene,1-methyl-5-methylene-8-(1-methylethyl)-, [S-(E,E)]-0.6304Down0.3595Down0.2948Down23986-74-5
614.6914971497896Naphthalene,1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-4a,8-dimethyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)-, [2R-(2α,4aα,8aβ)]-0.676Down0.4982Down0.4338Down473-13-2
814.8415091509870β-Bisabolene0.8151Down0.5243Down0.4408Down495-61-4
914.9315161513836(+)-Valencene0.5445Down0.3795Down0.3467Down4630/7/3
1015.0115231531822trans-Z-α-bisabolene epoxide0.7683Down0.5707Down0.4441Down-
1416.0716101612845Caryophyllene oxide0.7711Down0.5562Down0.4656Down1139-30-6
1616.5816541646801Ledene oxide-(II)0.7556Down0.4812Down0.522Down-
1816.7816711672857Aromadendrene oxide-(1)0.7213Down0.576Down0.5022Down94020-95-8
1916.8816791678839Aromadendrene oxide-(2)0.7956Down0.6549Down0.5982Down85710-39-0

Alcohols
1115.47156115598261,6,10-Dodecatrien-3-ol, 3,7,11-trimethyl-0.7274Down0.5609Down0.4569Down7212-44-4
1215.78158615878251H-cycloprop[e]azulen-4-ol, decahydro-1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-, [1aR-(1aπ4π4aπ7π7aπ7bπ]-0.4204Down0.3405Down0.2994Down552-02-3
1315.9315981595836Ledol0.7974Down0.5245Down0.4864Down577-27-5
1516.216211619933(−)-Spathulenol0.8015Down0.5889Down0.5577Down77171-55-2
1716.7416681668882β-santalol0.705Down0.5284Down0.5149Down77-42-9
2117.3171417148516-Isopropenyl-4,8a-dimethyl-1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-naphthalen-2-ol0.8203Down0.6263Down0.6352Down726134-57-2
2217.52173217328202-(4a,8-Dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydro-naphthalen-2-yl)-prop-2-en-1-ol0.7628Down0.6464Down0.5929Down-
2417.8317571753809Lanceol, cis0.7969Down0.5485Down0.6216Down10067-28-4
2518.31179517948882-Hexadecanol0.1308Down0.1057Down0.0787Down14852-31-4

Naphthalene and naphthol
714.7715031502871Naphthalene,1,2,4a,5,6,8a-hexahydro-4,7-dimethyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-0.6686Down0.4835Down0.4011Down483-75-0
2017.03169216938301-Naphthalenol,decahydro-1,4a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethylidene)-, [1R-(1α,4aβ,8aα)]-0.7796Down0.5554Down0.5667Down473-04-1

Others
2317.5517341739828Murolan-3,9(11)-diene-10-peroxy0.2798Down0.4756Down0.6198Down-