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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
CIWUJIANOSIDE-C-1 1 Leaf not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-C-1 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-C-2 0 Leaf not available 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-C-3 0 Leaf not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-C-4 0 Leaf not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-D-1 1 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-D-1 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-D-2 0 Leaf not available 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-D-3 0 Leaf not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-E 0 Leaf not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERIN 2 Root not available 83.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERIN 2 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERINALDEHYDE-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERYL-ALDEHYDE 5 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.
COPPER 12 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Stem not available not available 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
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 8 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *