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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 6.0 30.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEDERIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MALTOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 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.
CALCIUM 28 Root 840.0 4000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root 1000.0 6045.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Stem Bark not available 77.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-1 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-2 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-3 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-4 0 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available 500.0 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
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.