Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
Anthelmintic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiacne | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
Antiaggregant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antialzheimeran | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antianabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |