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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
SUGARS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Root 18900.0 90000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Root not available 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SYRINGARESINOL-GLUCOSIDE 1 Root not available 790.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Root 40.0 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Root Bark not available 1370.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Stem Bark not available 24.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.4 2.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-E 75 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.
WATER 0 Root not available 790000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZINC 77 Root 0.9 4.2 -0.87 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
Toxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 6 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.