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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
COUMARIN-X 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.
D-GALACTOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
D-SUCROSE 0 Root not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTERIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DAUCOSTERIN 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available 2100.0 2.39 Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-F 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN-G 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERANS 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERANS-A-G 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROCOCCAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS-POLYSACCHARIDE-AS-2 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS-POLYSACCHARIDE-PES-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROCOCCUS-POLYSACCHARIDE-PES-B 0 Root not available not available 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
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.