近一年来我们接受几宗西洋参检品,经检验结果均非西洋参而是人参。由于西洋参价格比人参贵约十倍,货源又较缺,因此有些不法分子乘机以人参加工后冒充西洋参。现将两者的区别分述如下: 西洋参为五加科植物西洋参Panax quin- In the past year, we have received several Western American ginseng products. The test results are not American ginseng but ginseng. As American ginseng prices are about ten times more expensive than ginseng and there are fewer sources of supplies, some criminals took the opportunity to take part in the process of posing as American ginseng. The differences between the two are now described as follows: American ginseng is an Araliaceae ginseng Panax quin-