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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticanker | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anticariogenic | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticataract | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Anticholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antichorea | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticirrhotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |