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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
FRIEDELIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSYL-ISOFRAXIDIN 0 Root not available 175.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCANS 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
GUM 0 Root 14700.0 70000.0 -1.50 Duke, 1992 *
HEDERASAPONIN 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HEDERASAPONIN-B 0 Leaf 800.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEDERASAPONIN-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 2.5 12.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Root not available 40.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Stem Bark not available 21.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFRAXIDIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOFRAXOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMARA-9(11)-15-DIEN-19-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNANS 10 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.
LIRIODENDRIN 4 Root 116.6 2800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENDRIN 4 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1050.0 5000.0 1.30 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
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.