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Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| 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. |