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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
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS-SAPONIN-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-A 0 Root not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B 2 Root 985.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 1 Root not available 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 1 Stem Bark not available 23.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 1 Tissue Culture not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-2 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-4 0 Root not available 230.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-C 1 Root not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-D 1 Root not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-D 1 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-D 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-E 2 Root not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-5 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-6 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-7 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-8 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-F 0 Root 400.0 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-G 0 Root 250.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 5 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteinigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).