METHOD FOR DETERMINING AGE OF GINSENG ROOTS USING CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPY

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for determining the age of ginseng roots using chromatography-mass spectroscopy, comprising: a first step of extracting metabolites from a ginseng sample; a second step of analyzing the extracted metabolites by using LC/MS or GC/MS; a third step of converting the LC/MS or GC/MS analysis result into a value capable of being statistically processed; and a fourth step of analyzing the converted value by a statistical method so as to determine the age of ginseng roots. The present invention can accurately and precisely determine the age of ginseng roots within a short time by analyzing metabolites of ginseng through a metabolomic analysis method using LC/MS or GC/MS and can minimize the loss of ginseng roots in case of using fine roots.