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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
ELEUTHEROSIDE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-J 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-K 0 Leaf not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-K 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-K 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-L 0 Leaf not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-L 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-L 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDE-M 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ELEUTHEROSIDES 6 Root 6000.0 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHEROSIDES 6 Stem 6000.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 5000.0 -0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Leaf not available 3100.0 -0.74 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Root not available 8000.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Stem not available 2600.0 -0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FALCARINDIOL 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 4830.0 23000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 100000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 360000.0 -0.42 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
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.