Protopanaxatriol (PPT) is an organic compound that is an aglycone of ginsenosides, a group of steroid glycosides.[1] It is a dammarane-type tetracyclic triterpene sapogenins found in ginseng (Panax ginseng) and in notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng).

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  1. ^ Kang, Soo Yeon; Schini-Kerth, Valérie B.; Kim, Nak Doo (1995). "Ginsenosides of the protopanaxatriol group cause endothelium-dependent relaxation in the rat aorta". Life Sciences. 56 (19): 1577–1586. doi:10.1016/0024-3205(95)00124-o. PMID 7723586.