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The results showed that postharvest UV-B irradiation induced generation of nitric oxide (NO), jasmonic acid (JA), and ginsenoside Rg1 of P. quinquefolius roots. The UV-B-induced increase of Rg1 was suppressed by NO-specific scavenger (cPTIO) and NOS inhibitors (PBITU), JA synthesis inhibitor (SHAM), and JA synthesis inhibitor (PrGall), indicating that NO and JA played essential parts in UV-B-induced Rg1. External NO inhibitors treatment inhibited UV-B-induced accumulation of NO and JA, which suggested that NO was located upstream of the JA signal pathway. NO-caused Rg1 was inhibited by SHAM and PrGall, implying JA participated in transmitting signal NO to Rg1 accumulation. In other words, NO mediated the postharvest UV-B-induced Rg1 accumulation by the JA-dependent pathway in P. quinquefolius roots during the drying process, which helps us understand the underlying mechanisms involved in UV-B-induced Rg1 production and provides information helpful for P. quinquefolius production.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules24081462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,15]],"date-time":"2019-04-15T11:15:58Z","timestamp":1555326958000},"page":"1462","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Postharvest UV-B Irradiation Stimulated Ginsenoside Rg1 Biosynthesis through Nitric Oxide (NO) and Jasmonic Acid (JA) in Panax quinquefolius Roots"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1241-2876","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jie","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhi-fang","family":"Ran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao-tong","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"China Pharmacopoeia Committee (2015). 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