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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical databases facilitate in-depth plant, chemical, bioactivity, and ethnobotany searches using scientific or common names. Search results can be downloaded in PDF or spreadsheet form. Of interest to pharmaceutical, nutritional, and biomedical research, as well alternative therapies and herbal products.


Key: A= Biological Activity C= Chemical E= Ethnobotany Plant P= Plant S= Syndrome U= Ethnobotany Use
P Panax ginseng (Chinese Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng)
P Panax notoginseng (Sanchi Ginseng)
P Panax quinquefolius (American Ginseng; Ginseng)
E Panax schinseng (Ginseng; Jen Shen; Mandragore Coreenne; Schin Seng; Shin Seng)
E Panax ginseng (Jen Shen; Jen Shen Chiu; Otane-Ninzin; Ren Shen; Shen Lu; Shen Ts'Ao)
E Panax quinquefolius (American Ginseng; Ginseng)
E Panax repens (San Chi; Shen Yeh)
E Panax quinquefolium (American Ginseng; Amerikaanse Ginseng; Amerikanischer Ginseng; Ginseng)
E Panax japonicum (Totiba-Ninzin)
E Panax quinquefolia (Ginseng; Ginseng Americain)