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Plant Eleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 6.0 30.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEDERIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MALTOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
CALCIUM 28 Root 840.0 4000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root 1000.0 6045.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Stem Bark not available 77.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-1 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-2 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-3 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-4 0 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adaptogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *