Plant Eleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 *