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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
RESIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.5 2.4 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.2 1.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-C 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-D 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-E 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENTICOSIDE-F 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESAMIN 15 Root not available 230.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPALDEHYDE-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 73.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPYL-ALCOHOL-4-O-(2'-ALPHA-L-APIOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPYLALCOHOL 1 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.
SODIUM 1 Root 21.0 99.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEROL 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.
SUCROSE 14 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.
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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.