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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Eleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.6 3.0 -0.51 *
METHYL-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSIDE 1 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
MUSSENIN-B 0 Leaf 3000.0 *
MUSSENIN-B 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NIACIN 39 Root 15.0 72.0 0.63 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root 84.0 -0.68 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Root *
PECTIN 24 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHENYLPROPANOIDS 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1470.0 7000.0 0.61 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Root *
POLYSACCHARIDE-PES-A 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
POLYSACCHARIDE-PES-B 0 Root Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2100.0 10000.0 -0.42 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 27300.0 130000.0 0.13 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Stem Bark *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
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 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigastritic 2 *
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antigingivitic 2 *
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 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.